Versailles (France)

[ernstk]

Hi

I'm going to be spending 5 days in Versailles at the end of this week.

Any suggestions for good photography in the area, apart from the palace?

Thanks
Ernst

 

[ferider]

Any suggestions for good photography in the area, apart from the palace?

Paris ?

 

[wilonstott]

Yea I hear Paris is cool too.

 

[Rob-F]

If you get tired of the palace, just walk out to the main street, where the train station is, and take a walk up and down. I got a few decent street shots around there.

 

[winoto]

definitely down the main street and surrounds. if you go on a weekend, there should be a market happening. great people shots.
can't go wrong. just loead the film correctly. a costly mistake i made with my m3...at least i have the pictures in my memory.

 

[elude]

Paris.
The city of Versailles is not that interesting. It's just a pleasant suburb, besides the Chateau and close surroundings.

 

[ernstk]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I am specifically interested in Versailles, as I'm spending time there with friends. I visit Paris regularly and wanted to explore somewhere out of the city.

Ernst

 

[Herjulfr]

Just walk in the city of Versailles, the market is a good idea. There is also St-Germain-en-Laye, the park is pleasant (nice view on Paris and La Défense), the castle too and there is, inside it, the Musée des antiquités nationales, where you can find collections of objects dating from the celtic and frankish times.

 

[majid]

Versailles is my birthplace, but I would have to agree, there is not much there besides the Château. The "Rive Gauche" district (to the left when facing the palace) has been preserved better than the rest of Versailles and has buildings per the original urban plan. Louis XIV gave free parcels of land to all, provided they did not build buildings higher than 2 stories, most dodged this restriction using the distinctive mansardes (garrets).

The Trianon and Marie-Antoinette's pretend farmhouse are technically not part of the Château itself, but well worth visiting. Versailles is famously bourgeois, so you can people-watch the prototypical "BCBG Versaillais" clad in a loden jacket (for men) or Hermes scarves and pearls (for women).

In summer, they run the historic fountain and waterworks, with baroque and classical music concerts such as would have beenplayed in the Sun King's day.