Whether you subscribe to Sofia Coppola’s version of history or to more established record, it is universally accepted fact that Marie Antoinette had a fatal spending problem. But we tend to forget (or ...

Marie Antoinette’s Versailles quarters are reopening to the public, including the Gold Room. Photo: T. Garnier. Courtesy of Château de Versailles. Shortly after her arrival in Versailles in 1770 to ...

The Palace of Versailles, known as château de Versailles in French, is a paragon of Baroque architecture that once served as a royal residence and the de facto capital of France—but its beginnings are ...

Versailles, one word and the magic happens. Versailles spreads over 800 hectares and includes the Palace, the gardens, the Park, the Trianon estate and several buildings in town. Versailles is the ...

In July, I visited Versailles in France for the first time. I quickly wished I'd gone somewhere else. The palace and surrounding estate were awe-inspiring, but so packed that I struggled to enjoy them ...