Château de Versailles: private hire and after-hours events
Dinner for 650 where Louis XIV once held court. The seating plan is the easy part.
Versailles, Île-de-France · €€€€
The Palace of Versailles hires out historic galleries for gala dinners, cocktails and concerts outside public hours, with fountains and fireworks as optional extras. The ultimate Paris-region gala for conferences and incentive groups from a hundred to several hundred guests.
Space hire is handled by the palace's Department for Events and Privatising Spaces. Seated dinners in the Gallery of Battles run on Mondays (when the palace is closed to visitors); group rates for the Night Fountains Show and Royal Serenade start from 30 people.
Image courtesy of Château de Versailles
Sources · facts checked October 2026
- en.chateauversailles.fr/tourism-professionals/private-functions-and…
- en.chateauversailles.fr/private-hire-gallery-battles
- en.chateauversailles.fr/private-hire-crusades-rooms
- en.chateauversailles.fr/private-hire-lower-gallery
- bienvenue.chateauversailles.fr/fr/chateau/a-voir/534_galerie-des-gl…
- whc.unesco.org/en/list/83
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