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Old Jul 31st, 2018 | 12:42 AM
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Hello ,

I am planning trip to Ch teau de Versailles.
Can someone tell me if the passport ticket allows entry to the night fountain show? http://www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/en/spectacles/2018/night-fountains-show

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Old Jul 31st, 2018 | 07:33 PM
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FYI, Versailles is a palace, not a ch teau.
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Old Aug 1st, 2018 | 06:34 AM
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What do you mean by 'the passport ticket'?
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Old Aug 1st, 2018 | 08:09 AM
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I see that this site is no longer allowing accent marks. It should be ch teau, but the circumflex has sometimes been dropped.
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Old Aug 1st, 2018 | 08:14 AM
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Hi alitravel, I googled Passport Ticket and it looks like it is required for the light show:

Fountains Shows and Musical Gardens | Palace of Versailles

Hopefully, someone with first-hand experience can confirm.

Please report back and have a great time.
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Old Aug 1st, 2018 | 08:15 AM
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Underhill, StCirc had problems with the circumflex a also!
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Old Aug 1st, 2018 | 08:56 AM
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FYI, Versailles is a palace, not a ch teau.>>

Maybe tell Versailles that, I don't think you should correct the OP for calling it that, its own website has right at the top "chateau de Versailles" and that's the name of its URL. Official website - Palace of Versailles

Personally, I haven't been to that but if I had to bet, I'd say that special light show at night is NOT included in the Passport.

The Passport ticket is something Versailles sells and covers most things and the regular fountain etc shows but that night lightshow thing is something special. Maybe you can email to ask if you really want to know.
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Old Aug 1st, 2018 | 09:12 AM
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Discover Palace of Versailles

en.chateauversailles.fr/discover

The Palace of Versailles, whose origins date back to the seventeenth century, was successively a hunting lodge, a ​seat of power and​,​ from the nineteenth century​,​ a museum. With the gardens and the ​​Palaces of Trianon, the park of the Ch teau de Versailles

Weird from official site they use chateau and palace both - what if the difference:

<Palace: the official residence of a sovereign, archbishop, bishop, or other exalted person. Chateau: a large French country house or castle.
Anyway interesting.

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Old Aug 2nd, 2018 | 06:05 AM
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How about helping the OP with his/her question rather than quibbling about whether it's a palace or a chateau??
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Old Aug 3rd, 2018 | 08:07 AM
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People's expectations about sights can differ depending on the description. For example, castles are not chateaux; people expecting nicely fortified castles instead find sumptious mansions.
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Old Aug 3rd, 2018 | 12:06 PM
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Chateaux forts are castles - fortified chateaux - palaces are not. Anyway Versailles is awesome and be sure to explore the vast grounds and Le Hameau where Marie-Antoinette allegedly played peasant farm gal. Tours probably include that but it's a not long walk or people mover ride from palace.
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Old Aug 6th, 2018 | 05:43 AM
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thanks everyone for posting the replies ... i just came back .. had an awesome time in paris ...i skipped versailles in this trip but maybe next time i will cover it .. visited eiffel , louvre , montmartre , arc de triomphe , notre dame cathedral and in the end disneyland .. !! enjoyed a lot !!
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Old Aug 6th, 2018 | 07:19 AM
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Many here poohpooh Euro Disney - but you enjoyed it - great! As have I only a few visits there.
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Old Aug 9th, 2018 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TDudette
How about helping the OP with his/her question rather than quibbling about whether it's a palace or a chateau??
Or chastising quibblers?
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Old Aug 9th, 2018 | 03:59 PM
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The quibbling has little to do with answers OP already got and by quibbling posts keeps post alive and garners more attention to original question. Quibbling is part of what makes Fodor's so fun and I do not think OPs mind but may find it relevant to their topic.
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