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Can anyone tell me where to take RER to Versailles?

What is the duration on RER?

Thank you so much.

http://frontoffice.chateauversailles.fr/en/planning-your-visit/practical-information/0168-access-and-parking.html

gives info and has a journeyplanner here:

http://www.transilien.com/web/site/accueil/horaire-itineraire/recherche-trajet

You can get the RER from Paris St Lazare, Rive Gauche or Montparnasse but the journeyplanner will allow you to put in e.g. nearest Metro to your hotel and will provide travel options from there.

Train journey is around 20 minutes or so.

Versailles is over rated and so many people that you can't see anything.

Vaux le Vicomte was the prototype for Versailles and was never vandalized. The furniture and even cooking pots are still in place. Better yet, there are no people in the way so that you can actually see them.

You also can check this site http://www.ratp.fr/ (under "itinéraires")
It will give you all indications you need, from your nearest metro station to Versailles.
If you don't want to take a train (a bit faster but more expansive), you can catch the "RER C", for instance at the "Mussée d'Orsay" station (Versailles Gauche is then the last stop) It takes about half en hour.


You'll have to get out at the station "Versaille Rive Gauche", it's about ten minutes walk from the castle.

And I wouldn't miss a visit in if you have time in Paris, particularly now that the famous "Galerie des Glaces" has been renovated. The park is also wonderful when the sun shines.
But it's true that it's always crowded and also a bit expansive.

RER C and get off at Vesailles Rive Gauche.

Take 25 minutes from the effiel tower area(Chaps du Mars).