Versailles - Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes

Every Saturday night in the summer the Château de Versailles closes early, and hosts a special event called Les Grandes Eaux Noctures, which is a 2 hour spectacle from 9 until 11pm. The evening starts with everyone culminating at the top of the stairs that lead into the fabulous and famous gardens. This is when you see that the design and placement of Versailles was not by accident. In the beautiful month of August, the sun sets nearly perfectly over the end of the canal. Simply amazing.



Then, for the following 2 hours you get to walk the garden grounds: all the fountains are running and are illuminated, classical music is playing in the background.




The evening finishes with a fireworks display above the Bassin du Char d'Apollon


At the end of the night, it's a mad rush out of Versailles. Just make sure you make it to the RER (Metro) station right away: there is only 1 train going into Paris. I guess the cabbies make a mint on these 10 or so Saturday nights............

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