Golf holidays in Versailles · since 1981

Versailles golf holidays

Saint-Germain, Fourqueux, and Joyenval, west of Paris.

4.9 from real golfers · 5 courses · from £320pp (≈ €365) (≈ $425) (≈ CA$595) (≈ AU$605) (≈ NZ$735) (≈ CHF 345) (≈ kr 4,105) (≈ kr 4,125) (≈ kr 2,785) · ATOL-protected where flights are added

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Golf holidays in Versailles start from £320 (≈ €365) (≈ $425) (≈ CA$595) (≈ AU$605) (≈ NZ$735) (≈ CHF 345) (≈ kr 4,105) (≈ kr 4,125) (≈ kr 2,785) per person, across 5 courses we can book, 2 hotels and resorts we sell. Sold ground-only, hand-priced around your dates, and arranged by us since 1981.

£320 (≈ €365) (≈ $425) (≈ CA$595) (≈ AU$605) (≈ NZ$735) (≈ CHF 345) (≈ kr 4,105) (≈ kr 4,125) (≈ kr 2,785)from, per person
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Versailles is the formal one. The town sits about 17 km west of central Paris in the Yvelines, built to service a palace whose park still covers 815 hectares with 93 hectares of formal garden inside it, and it has the manners to match. The golf spreads west and north across the department and the inner suburbs, and it includes the course Europe won the Ryder Cup on in 2018 and the one the Olympics were played over in 2024. They are the same place.

We have sold golf and nothing else since 1981. Breaks here are ground-only and hand-priced around your dates: choose the courses and the number of rounds, and we build the trip around them. Flights are a separate ATOL-protected add-on. Money is protected through PTS.

Why play golf in Versailles

  • L'Albatros at Guyancourt is why most people come. The 2018 Ryder Cup, the 2024 Olympic tournament, and the Open de France almost every year since 1991.
  • Two Harry Colt designs within half an hour, at Saint-Cloud and Saint-Germain, with 22 French Opens between them.
  • A base where you can walk to dinner and still drive to a different course each morning.
  • The palace is a serious half-day and it sits in the middle of the golf rather than an hour from it.
  • The fountain shows run right through the golf season in 2026, so an evening in the gardens is available rather than theoretical.
  • Orly is the nearer airport, and Versailles is reached without crossing Paris.

The courses you’ll play

[Golf National Albatros Golf Club](/product/golf-national-albatros-golf-club/) at Guyancourt is the headline and it earns the billing. Hubert Chesneau and Robert von Hagge built it with Pierre Thevenin, it opened on 5 October 1990, it plays 7,331 yards to a par of 71, and the water down the closing stretch is entirely indifferent to your handicap. Next door, [Golf National Aigle](/product/golf-national-aigle/) is 6,224 yards to the same par and much better company for most club golfers. [Saint Cloud Golf Club](/product/saint-cloud-golf-club/) opened in 1913 to a Harry Colt plan across Garches, Rueil-Malmaison and Vaucresson, twelve kilometres west of central Paris, and hosted the Open de France thirteen times between 1926 and 1987; its shorter Jaune course arrived in 1930 from Colt and John Morrison. [Saint Germain Golf Club](/product/saint-germain-golf-club/) is Colt again, moved to its present ground in the forest in 1920, nine French Opens to its name. [Yvelines Golf Club](/product/yvelines-golf-club/) lies further out into the department and is the gentlest of the five.

Where you’ll stay

Two hotels, and the gap between them is a canyon. Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace opened on 1 May 1910 on the boulevard de la Reine, on the northern edge of the palace park, and in May 1919 the terms of the peace were read to the German delegation in its main hall. Three nights and two rounds start from £705pp (≈ €815) (≈ $935) (≈ CA$1,315) (≈ AU$1,345) (≈ NZ$1,615) (≈ CHF 765) (≈ kr 9,045) (≈ kr 9,085) (≈ kr 6,135), four nights and three rounds from £935pp (≈ €1,085) (≈ $1,245) (≈ CA$1,745) (≈ AU$1,785) (≈ NZ$2,145) (≈ CHF 1,015) (≈ kr 11,995) (≈ kr 12,055) (≈ kr 8,135). It is the best address in the hub and it is quietly aware of the fact. La Residence du Berry is the other answer entirely, in the town proper, from £320pp (≈ €365) (≈ $425) (≈ CA$595) (≈ AU$605) (≈ NZ$735) (≈ CHF 345) (≈ kr 4,105) (≈ kr 4,125) (≈ kr 2,785) for three nights and two rounds or £420pp (≈ €485) (≈ $555) (≈ CA$785) (≈ AU$805) (≈ NZ$965) (≈ CHF 455) (≈ kr 5,385) (≈ kr 5,415) (≈ kr 3,655) for four and three. Small, well kept, a short walk from the Notre-Dame quarter, which is exactly where you want to be at eight in the evening. Neither has a course on site.

Best time to play golf in Versailles

April to October, and in 2026 the calendar is already fixed for the half of the trip that isn't golf. The Musical Gardens run 1 April to 30 October, the Musical Fountains 3 April to 1 November, and the Night Fountains 6 June to 19 September. May and June give long light and the gardens at full pressure. July and August see the Parisians leave without the palace emptying at all, while the parkland courses firm up and quicken. September is our pick, with the town back to itself and evenings still warm enough to sit outside. Winter golf is playable on the suburban courses, but Ile-de-France in January is dark and damp and we would not sell it as a treat.

A sense of Versailles

History & heritage

Louis XIV moved the court here on 6 May 1682 and the town has been living off that decision ever since. The Hall of Mirrors went up between 1678 and 1686 to Jules Hardouin-Mansart's design. The park now runs to 815 hectares, down from more than 8,000 before the Revolution, and UNESCO listed the estate in 1979. Give the Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet a morning of their own. They are where the court went to stop performing, and the temperature of the architecture changes completely. The Potager du Roi, the kitchen garden laid out to feed the household, is still in production and recognised as a Remarkable Garden of France. It takes a tiny fraction of the traffic the palace does, which tells you something.

Food & wine

Versailles eats well because it has always had to. The Notre-Dame quarter holds the covered market, and the streets around it are where the town's own restaurants sit, rather than the ones pitched at coach parties. Order classically here: sole, veal, a sauce made properly, cheese before pudding. Brie de Meaux and Brie de Melun both took AOC in 1980 and both come from Seine-et-Marne, the Melun smaller and sharper and considerably less polite about itself. There is no local wine to speak of, which frees the lists up nicely. Burgundy by the glass, Loire whites that suit this food better than people expect, and champagne being sold as a drink rather than an event. Book Friday and Saturday tables ahead of arriving.

Beyond the fairways

The gardens deserve more than the hour most visitors give them. Le Notre's scheme reads best on foot and early, before the fountains start and the groups land, and the far end by the Grand Canal is close to empty most mornings. Hire a rowing boat. Beyond the estate, Saint-Germain-en-Laye has its own chateau, its forest and a long terrace above the Seine, and it happens to be where one of the golf courses lives, so a round and an afternoon fit together neatly. Paris is a short run in on the RER C, which makes an hour at the Orsay realistic from here in a way it is not from most golf bases. The market quarter alone will hold an evening without the palace being involved.

Getting around & exploring

Drive, but understand what you are driving in. The A13 leaves Paris at the Porte d'Auteuil for Normandy, with exit 5 at Vaucresson signed for Versailles centre, and the whole corridor carries commuters as well as holiday traffic. The peripherique is the real problem: 35 km of ring road taking around 240,000 vehicles a day, limited to 50 km/h since 1 October 2024. Plan every route so you never have to touch it. Between the courses you are on suburban roads rather than open country, so allow more time than the map suggests. The trains, though, are excellent. RER C runs to Versailles Chateau Rive Gauche and out to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines for Guyancourt, line L from Saint-Lazare reaches Versailles Rive Droite, and line N from Montparnasse reaches Versailles-Chantiers.

Good to know before you book

Getting there

Orly is the closer of the two main airports and the run out to Versailles keeps you south and west of the city throughout. Charles de Gaulle works, but the crossing costs time you will not get back. Hire a car if you intend to play four different courses; take a private vehicle with a driver if you would rather the evenings were unencumbered. By rail it is simple: Eurostar into Gare du Nord, across on the RER, and RER C sets you down at Versailles Chateau Rive Gauche a few minutes from the palace gates. Driving from Calais means the A1 and then the ring west, which is the leg to time carefully. We sell ground-only, so hotel, golf and transfers are priced together, with flights as a separate ATOL-protected add-on.

Good to know

  • Money is protected through PTS 5087, and we hold IATA. Flights, when added, are ATOL-protected separately.
  • Two hotels and five courses. A small hub, and the two hotels sit at opposite ends of the market with nothing in between.
  • Book L'Albatros early. It is a working tournament venue and tee times are finite.
  • Bring a handicap certificate. Saint-Cloud and Saint-Germain are private clubs.
  • Buy palace entry before you travel rather than on the morning.
  • Send your dates and course preferences and we will hand-price the break. We reply promptly.

The courses you can play in Versailles

Golf National Aigle, Paris — Versailles golfGolf National Aigle, ParisDesigned by Hubert ChesneauPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Golf National Albatros Golf Club, Paris — Versailles golfFrench Open and Ryder Cup hostGolf National Albatros Golf Club, ParisDesigned by Robert von HaggePlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Saint Cloud Golf Club, Versailles — Versailles golfChampionship pedigreeSaint Cloud Golf Club, VersaillesDesigned by Harry ColtPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Saint Germain Golf Club, Versailles — Versailles golfSaint Germain Golf Club, VersaillesDesigned by Harry ColtPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Yvelines Golf Club, Versailles — Versailles golfYvelines Golf Club, VersaillesDesigned by Bill BakerPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →

Hotels — play the area’s courses

La Residence du Berry, Versailles — Versailles golfLa Residence du Berry, VersaillesGolf National Aigle, Paris · Golf National Albatros Golf Club, Parisfrom£320 (≈ €365) (≈ $425) (≈ CA$595) (≈ AU$605) (≈ NZ$735) (≈ CHF 345) (≈ kr 4,105) (≈ kr 4,125) (≈ kr 2,785)per personDiscover this hotel →Waldorf Astoria Trianon Palace, Versailles — Versailles golfWaldorf Astoria Trianon Palace, VersaillesSaint Cloud Golf Club, Versailles · Golf National Aigle, Parisfrom£705 (≈ €815) (≈ $935) (≈ CA$1,315) (≈ AU$1,345) (≈ NZ$1,615) (≈ CHF 765) (≈ kr 9,045) (≈ kr 9,085) (≈ kr 6,135)per personDiscover this hotel →

Hand-built around your dates

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Frequently asked questions

Golf holidays in Versailles. The questions our golfers ask most.

How long is LeShuttle crossing time to France

The Eurotunnel LeShuttle from Folkestone to Calais takes about 35 minutes, which makes a self-drive trip genuinely easy for the Northern France golf resorts. Le Touquet, Hardelot and the courses around the Somme are roughly two to three hours on from Calais, so you can load the clubs, drive on and be on the first tee the same day, and on those breaks we can include the crossing in the price. For the south and southwest, such as Biarritz, the Riviera and Provence, most golfers fly into Nice, Marseille, Biarritz or Bordeaux and we arrange transfers on the ground.

How much does a golf holiday in France cost?

Golf holidays in France start from £235 (≈ €265) (≈ $305) (≈ CA$435) (≈ AU$445) (≈ NZ$535) (≈ CHF 255) (≈ kr 3,015) (≈ kr 3,025) (≈ kr 2,045) pp with Golf Planet Holidays. That is a hand-built ground package, and the final price depends on your hotel, the courses you play and the season.

When is the best time to play golf in France?

May, June, September and October are the best months, with comfortable temperatures and courses in peak condition. The south of France stays playable into late autumn.

Where should I play golf in France?

There are more than 700 golf courses in France. As first steps we would recommend Northern France. There are ten great courses here.  Chat with us about the various choices if you wish to venture further afield.

How many golf courses are there in France?

We feature 130 courses and 102 resorts across France including Saint Malo Golf Club and Sept Tours Golf Club. Your specialist matches the courses to your group's standard and budget.

Is it easy to get around in France?

Getting around France is straightforward. Self-driving is the most popular option — if you've come via Le Shuttle, you already have your car. Trains are excellent for city-to-city travel, particularly from Paris to Bordeaux (2 hours on the TGV). Within golf regions like the Algarve or Brittany, a hire car gives you the freedom to explore at your own pace. We include all airport or station transfers in our packages and can arrange inter-course transfers, so you're never left without options.

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