Vaux le Vicomte castle - Half Day Tour

Departing from your Paris hotel, your expert driver guide will drive you to visit Vaux le Vicomte private inhabited castle. In 1661, Nicolas Fouquet, challenged architect Le Vau, decorator Le Brun and landscape designer Le Nôtre to create the most sumptuous palace in France. The result is one of the greatest 17th-century French châteaux.   The castle boasts magnificent ceilings, lavish furnishings, as well as a stunning garden. You will enjoy seeing the ornamental lakes and fountains which descend to a formal canal. Louis XIV was so impressed by Vaux le Vicomte that he decided to call on the same artists to build the Versailles palace. After 350 years of history the Château and the Garden of Vaux-le-Vicomte still offer a living experience of the Grand Siècle. Many people describe it as their favorite Château in France.