The grounds out back are also huge and by huge I mean 800 hectares. It was closed due to snow the morning we were there but it was open after lunch. But after spending almost four hours inside we were Versailled out. We decided on a short hour long walk outside.
A view behind the palace. They were fixing up the fountain while we were there. The water out back is available to boat around in during warmer months.
This is the Latona fountain.
The hedgerows were particularly well cut.
Another excellent water sculpture, this time with Neptune and his horses. If you carry on to the right of him, you get to the Trianon, little Trianon and Marie Antoinette's little farming village she made to feel more down to earth. The Trianon's are regarded as one of the finest examples of modern architecture of a classical vein. It is open to the public but has been used to house guests of the French state even today. It was originally built as a retreat for King Louis the fourteenth and his official state mistress.
The grove of the colonnade, built in 1685.
There are many cats in the gardens.
Another statue.
By the way, this is March and I could not get all the tour buses in the picture. Get there early! If traveling from Paris, take an early suburban train and have breakfast at the Ibis hotel. Its cheap and all you can eat with lots of nice items.
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