Potager du Roi - Visite guidée thématique : À la découverte des plantes médicinales_Versailles
Sarah Ballesteros

Versailles, the sun of Yvelines

Potager du Roi – Themed guided tour: Discovering medicinal plants

78000 Versailles

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Enjoy a fascinating sensory journey through medicinal plants and the secrets of the plant world in the heart of the King’s Kitchen Garden.

The King’s Kitchen Garden invites you to discover a unique world where nature, history and botanical knowledge come together. During this guided tour, explore emblematic medicinal plants cultivated for centuries for their therapeutic properties, such as rosemary, sage and thyme.

The tour also highlights the often-overlooked benefits of fruits and vegetables grown in the garden. Apples, rhubarb and peas reveal another side of the plant world through traditional remedies, historical uses and botanical discoveries.

Filled with historical anecdotes and stories about medicinal practices past and present, this immersive experience offers a new perspective on the King’s Kitchen Garden as a living place at the crossroads of nature, science and heritage.

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How to get there?

Versailles, the sun of Yvelines

Potager du Roi

10 rue du Maréchal Joffre

78000 Versailles

RER C from Invalides: Versailles Château Rive Gauche then 10 min. on foot Line N from Paris-Montparnasse: Versailles Chantiers then 15 min. on foot Line L from Paris-Saint-Lazare: Versailles - Rive Droite then 30 min. on foot or take bus line 6203 It is possible to park inside the Potager car park for people with reduced mobility (on presentation of proof) by ringing the outside intercom.

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