This week I’m taking you on a little journey to some of the farthest corners of the nearly 2,000 acre estate of Versailles. If it’s your first visit, then of course you want to explore the palace and the gardens along the grand canal first, but if it’s your second visit or you have more time and good walking shoes, I highly recommend heading for the Trianon Estate, which consists of two smaller palaces, English and French gardens, and the Hamlet of Marie Antoinette complete with farm animals.
Beyond the elegant Château de Versailles and the formal gardens you’ll find the Estate of Trianon with its two smaller palaces and a hamlet constructed at the wish of Marie Antoinette to resemble a rural French village.