On The Traveling Professor's small group tours to Paris, we usually schedule a day trip to Versailles from Paris.  Versailles is located outside of Paris, but not far. It is worth the trip but some planning is involved to get there quickly, efficiently and inexpensively. In today's blog post, The Professor will show you how to get the most out of a day trip to Versailles from Paris.

Not only are there many great attractions within Paris, there are many good ones outside of town too.  In today's blog post, The Professor lists several exciting and easy-to-do trips that won't require an overnight stay outside of town.  Read the blog post to find out what's fun and easy to do on your next tour to Paris.

Last month, I led a group of 8 travelers to Paris.  On the itinerary was a trip to Versailles.   By train, the enormous chateau is about 40 minutes outside of Paris.  There is no doubt that Versailles is glorious and grand.  However, if not planned correctly, you might lose your head over some of the more frustrating aspects of visiting Versailles.  In this blog post I will diplomatically point out some of the shortcomings of what could be a great museum and help you enjoy your trip while having your cake and eating it too.

It's a piece of cake to get from Paris to Versailles.  On many of our small group tours to Paris we have done the 40-minute journey by RER "C" train to visit the former home of Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV, the Sun King.   In this blog post we give you specific directions on how to get to Versailles so you won't lose your head trying to figure it all our on your own.