Palace of Versailles – Grand Canal of Versailles loop from Versailles-Chantiers
Palace of Versailles – Grand Canal of Versailles loop from Versailles-Chantiers
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Palace of Versailles – Grand Canal of Versailles loop from Versailles-Chantiers
02:13
20.1km
120m
Running
Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: September 10, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
1.92 km
Palace of Versailles
Highlight • Castle
The UNESCO World Heritage site welcomes around 15 million visitors annually.
It is simultaneously a royal residence, a history museum, and a national palace.
The grounds of the Palace of Versailles are state-owned and cover approximately 787 hectares. Over a hundred rooms in the palace bear witness to the splendor of the former royal residence, while around a hundred other rooms, covering over 10,000 square meters, house the remarkable painting and sculpture collection of the Musée de l’Histoire de France, founded by Louis-Philippe in 1837.
As a small hunting lodge of Louis XIII, it once drew ridicule from the nobility, so the king had it expanded between 1631 and 1634 into a 3-winged palace, which still forms the core of the site today. Under his son, the "Sun King" Louis XIV, the transformation of the hunting lodge into a palace began.
Versailles was to become the center of royal power under the young king. In 1667, it was declared the future seat of government, and the court began to move from Paris to Versailles.
The most famous room in the palace is undoubtedly the Hall of Mirrors. It is almost 75 meters long and 10 meters wide. Its "Galerie des Glaces" consists of 357 mirror surfaces and serves a very specific purpose: the mirrors are opposite the 17 floor-to-ceiling windows and are intended to "bring" the park into the hall.
The Hall of Mirrors remained a historically significant and fateful place, even when the palace was no longer inhabited after the French Revolution:
In 1871, the Prussian King Wilhelm I had himself proclaimed German Emperor there,
and in 1919, the Treaty of Versailles ended the First World War in the same location.
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4.32 km
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles
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4.33 km
Grand Canal of Versailles
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Magnificent circuit to practice if possible during the week and outside the tourist season.
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4.34 km
Castle Park
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4.36 km
View of the Apollo Basin and the castle
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Access is free for bikes, and there are several circuits to practice in the park. Favor visits outside the tourist season to better enjoy the paths.
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6.30 km
Sabotiers
Forest
8.52 km
View of the Grand Canal in the park of the Palace of Versailles
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10.4 km
La Flottille
Forest
18.7 km
King's Stables, Palace of Versailles
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The château is made up of a complex set of courtyards and buildings preserving an architectural harmony. It covers 63,154 m2, divided into 2,300 rooms, 1,000 of which are assigned to the National Museum of the Palaces of Versailles and Trianon2.
The park of the Palace of Versailles covers 815 ha, compared to more than 8,000 ha before the French Revolutionnote 1, including 93 ha of gardens. It includes many elements, including the Petit and Grand Trianon (which was the residence of Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis-Philippe I, and Napoleon III), the Queen's Hamlet, the Grand and Petit Canal, a menagerie (now destroyed), an orangery and the Swiss pond. Among the most visited in Europe, the site is at the heart of discussions on the management of overtourism.
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20.1 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
17.8 km
1.03 km
883 m
217 m
131 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
11.3 km
4.53 km
3.31 km
895 m
< 100 m
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