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Vaux le Vicomte Tour
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Before his death, Mazarin warned Louis XIV to beware the ambition of Nicolas Fouquet, the Sun King's finance minister; and the latter took the warning to heart. Fouquet effortlessly spent only five years (1656-1661) in creating his country home masterpiece, Vaux le Vicomte, an astonishing feat under the circumstances. Not only did Fouquet fill in the valleys between three villages (without bulldozers) to accomplish this feat, he also discovered and launched Louis le Vau, the architect, Charles Le Brun, the decorator, and Andre Le Notre, the landscape artist, all of whom were essential to its creation.
Vaux le Vicomte was by far the most splendid and sumptuous country home in Europe when an unsuspecting Louis XIV was invited to the celebration of its opening in 1661. Outdone by his own minister, livid Louis lost no time putting Fouquet in jail (his trial for embezzlement began 19 days later). He also requisitioned the three artists responsible for Vaux and lost no time in embarking on the creation of an even more astonishing chateau at Versailles.
Paris Luxury Tours usually pairs this tour of Vaux le Vicomte in the morning with an afternoon tour of the Chateau of Versailles (and its park) in the afternoon, because the two chateaux are so intertwined in their histories and creation. Lunch at any one of hundreds of delightful country inns between Melun and Versailles is a pleasant way to relax between the two visits. You will be driven to both chateaux effortlessly and professionally by a bilingual driver/guide who intimately knows the history of both.
Cost for 1-3 persons: 800 € per group
--- for 4-6 persons: 950 € per group
Includes driver/guide, luxury vehicle, fuel and tolls.
Meals, entry fees, drinks not included.
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