Living like a king at Versaille's Palace

Imagine waking up in the Palace of Versailles with a butler dressed in costume knocking at the door of your room starting the day with an unforgettable experience: "Le Lever de la Reine". Visit and stroll through the Domaine de Trianon, enjoy a massage or beauty treatment at the Spa Valmont, and regain your strength with a tasting of sweet macarons.

After lunch, you will be able to choose from a series of magnificent dresses and have your hair and make-up done in Marie Antoinette style, with the ideal look for afternoon tea in one of the private rooms of the palace. Afterward, you will learn how to make rose-infused water from the gardens of Versailles, like the one used by the queen herself to keep her skin moisturized and soft. Tempting... isn't it?

Marie Antoinette was perhaps the most famous character of the Court of Versailles. She married the dauphin and future King Louis XVI in 1770 and was the queen of France from 1774 until the guillotine put an end to all the glamour, despotism, and profligacy of the French nobility in 1789.

During her reign, she was frowned upon by the French court itself because of her Austrian origin and was repeatedly accused of squandering money on whims such as building her own village within the palace grounds to discover what country life was like. The nobles also disliked the influence she exerted over her husband's political decisions. It was frowned upon for a woman to think and make decisions. The truth is that, until the French Revolution, Versailles contained a frivolous parallel reality far removed from the misery and problems in which the rest of the French people were immersed.

The Palace of Versailles began as a modest hunting lodge built by Louis XIII in 1623, but under the ownership of Louis XIV, Versailles became a magnificent palace known throughout the world. Over the course of more than 100 years, and during the numerous successions to the throne, the building was embellished and enlarged to accommodate the court of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. 

Located at the gates of Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle was built in 1681 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Louis XIV's favorite architect and an icon of French classicism. This grandiose building once played host to Europe's political and cultural elite, from ambassadors and artists to musicians, writers, and scientists of the Enlightenment.

Now, more than two centuries later, Le Grand Contrôle has been completely restored and offers guests an exclusive glimpse into the interior and secrets of what was once the most admired royal palace in the world. 

This exclusive hotel has 14 rooms and suites with an interior design, furnishings, and period accessories that take you to the past of luxury and royal sumptuousness that lived within its walls in the eighteenth century, but with the comfort and amenities of the XXI century. Sustainability is also one of the values of this hotel, which uses geothermal energy to heat the building, LED lights in the old chandeliers and the restaurant's ingredients come from local producers in the area.

The great feast of Alain Ducasse

In this sense, the gastronomic experience, by Alain Ducasse will not leave you indifferent. The renowned French chef has developed a series of gastronomic experiences such as "The Feast", an exclusive menu that mixes tradition and modernity, consisting of two, three, or five courses and is inspired by the feasts of the time of the kings, where lunch rivaled dinner in terms of the amount of food offered.