paris pass [combines museums and metro]

hello

i%26#39;ll visit paris 2 oct 09 for a week. it%26#39;s the first sunday of the month and i have some qustions:

1. Has anyone used the Paris Pass (combines museums and metro)?

2. i wish to know about the Palaces of Versailles.

i want to visit the gardens, the Trianons and the queen villege (Marie-Antoinette Estate).

Does the paris pass provide an acsess for there?

and what abot the little train that give you a ride from place to place at Palaces of Versailles?

3. i understand that the fountains works only at sunday. i wonder if it%26#39;s better to go on sunday to visit the Palaces of Versailles for that reason or mabey fo to the disneyland or maby stay at the city and visit the louvre %26amp; center pompidou. as i said, it%26#39;s the first sunday of the month, and i worry about the standing in the long lines.

can you help me to deside what to do?

sorry for my bad english.

Thanks for the help.

shirley.

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Search the Paris Pass in box above -many comments-generally I think folks don%26#39;t think it is good deal but I have no experience with it.

The Paris Museum Pass covers all buildings at Versaille-the train/tram is extra as is audio guide .

I would think free Sunday would be crowded at Louvre. I like to go in the evenings it is open -Wed and Fri. -

crowds much lighter.

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Shirley,

I apologise to the person who posted this as I don%26#39;t know who to credit.

planetware.com/map/versailles-map-f-versaill… good map of vesailles

The train is called %26quot;Les Petits Trains%26quot; and it%26#39;s located on the right side after you go pass the chateau and facing the garden. There will be signs for you. The cost is now 6,5euro and you can hop on, hop off all day. There are 3 stops: The Chateau, the Domaine de Marie Antoinette (trianon) and the Grand Canal. First train departs at 10am and last train comes back from the Grand Canal at 6.45pm, so time your visit.

Note that The Châteaux de Trianon and the Domaine of Marie-Antoinette [Marie-Antoinette Estate] do not open until Noon, so it%26#39;s best to plan on touring the main Chateau then the gardens in the morning.

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I believe that if you look closely at the %26quot;Paris Pass%26quot; it%26#39;s really a bundling of the other existing instruments. So you are really buying the same Paris Museum Pass and Paris Visite cards, plus you might gain a few extra discounts or access to a few venues not covered in the Pass. But my impression is that it doesn%26#39;t offer additional value vs. simply buying those passes directly from the metro station / fnac / etc.

J