Welcome to Versailles by Queen Marie-Antoinette

From Vienna to Versailles... the destiny of a future Queen. Your journey begins where every great story should: as you step out of the railway station. Standing before the statue of France's great playwright, Molière, you will find Marie Antoinette waiting eagerly to meet you. Restless and uneasy, she struggles to find her place within the Palace, confined by a role she has never truly chosen. Is the crown simply too heavy to bear? Must she surrender to the rigid expectations of the royal court? Or should she dare to forge her own path? These are the questions that haunt her, and she needs your help to find the answers. Before she became Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, she was Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna of Habsburg-Lorraine, a lively and spirited young girl whom no one, not even her own mother, imagined would one day wear the French crown. Yet history took an unexpected turn when France chose her to marry the future King Louis XVI. 

The Golden Prison. As you make your way toward the Palace, Marie Antoinette paints a vivid picture of Versailles, a palace unlike any other in the world, celebrated for its breathtaking beauty and extraordinary wealth. But beyond the glittering façades lies another reality. She reveals the hidden life of a queen: the relentless demands of court etiquette, the endless ceremonies, and the courtisans who seize every opportunity to spread rumours and fuel scandal. Before your eyes, what should have been her home slowly becomes a gilded prison, leaving her with only one desire: to escape. 

Reinventing Queenship in the Kingdom of Rules and "étiquette". It is in reaction to the rigid rules of the French court that the image of the Queen we remember truly takes shape. In defiance of the constraints imposed upon her, Marie Antoinette creates her own spaces of freedom. She reinvents fashion, introduces bold new hairstyles, and embraces a more personal way of living. Above all, she finds refuge in the places that have since become legendary: the Petit Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet. There, she will reveal how the architect Richard Mique helped bring these peaceful retreats to life, and she will share the story of her remarkable relationship with the enigmatic Swedish nobleman, Count Axel von Fersen. Let yourself be captivated by Versailles, a town where every street echoes with the history of France. Discover the remarkable story of one of history's most fascinating queens, and perhaps understand why Marie Antoinette herself could have summed up her life with these words: "No one is born a queen. One becomes one." 

Welcome to Marie-Antoinette's Versailles. You are now facing the Palace of Versailles. Th heart of the Absolute French Monarchy in the 17th and 18th century. Let yourself be captivated by Versailles, a town where every street echoes with the history of France. Discover the remarkable story of one of history's most fascinating queens, and perhaps understand why Marie Antoinette herself could have summed up her life with these words: "No one is born a queen. One becomes one." Having discovered it through marie-Antoinette's eyes, you may see it a bit differently. You will immagine the Queen laughing with her friends or her lover in the gardens of the Palace or in the Hameau de la Reine while French aristocats whisper all the bad they think about this Austrian Queen... Another perspective that might delight you !