Paris Side Trips

Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2014 | Side-tripping from Paris into the Ile de France, we indulge in the world of royal and aristocratic extravagance in the pre-Revolutionary playground of France’s elite. We explore Versailles, Europe’s palace of palaces; exquisite Vaux-le-Vicomte; and extravagant Fontainebleau, home to centuries of French rulers. We’ll also marvel at the glass and statuary of Chartres Cathedral…and dine like kings. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #france
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  • @rumarahim4384
    @rumarahim43844 жыл бұрын

    My husband and I travelled to Paris last week for 6 days to celebrate his 37th Birthday and absolutely loved it to the max! 🥰 🇫🇷🥐 xx

  • @ErikaMarrisAEroy

    @ErikaMarrisAEroy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sana all

  • @victoriacousins4501

    @victoriacousins4501

    3 жыл бұрын

    @James Robert If you liked Paris, go to Saint Pittsburgh , Russia. It’s absolutely stunning!

  • @sonsen25

    @sonsen25

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure you fitted in , Paris is destroyed by people like you.

  • @Zzoarqg
    @Zzoarqg6 жыл бұрын

    France is so beautiful and Versailles just takes your breath away.

  • @stephen10.
    @stephen10.6 жыл бұрын

    you have the best job in the world

  • @oliveroliver1273

    @oliveroliver1273

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes indeed

  • @yamahonkawazuki

    @yamahonkawazuki

    3 жыл бұрын

    he gets paid ( im assuming paid well) to do something he enjoys. i am envious lol

  • @James-mw7zv

    @James-mw7zv

    3 жыл бұрын

    It ain't a job if you enjoy it

  • @abdollahibourk8013

    @abdollahibourk8013

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ho are you

  • @marif936
    @marif936 Жыл бұрын

    Paris is one of my favorite cities. I wish I could travel again and enjoy life.

  • @vatsalasampat895
    @vatsalasampat8953 жыл бұрын

    Hello Mr.Steves. This video has been shot so well. The palaces featured here are pointers to the opulence, luxury and prosperity that were the hallmark of pre revolution France. Megalomania at its peak. The serene lakes, the cool greenery and the sprawling palace grounds backed by your intelligent and informative commentary make this vlog superlative. Being a French teacher it has always been my dream to travel to France. Your videos will surely guide me just like the way your Italy vlogs inspired me before I travelled to that country last year. Thank you Mr. Steves.

  • @geoguyrocks354
    @geoguyrocks3543 жыл бұрын

    Paris is so dreamy and beautiful. Art everywhere you look.

  • @pfranks75

    @pfranks75

    Жыл бұрын

    We are finishing up a cruise on the Seine in Paris. I’m looking forward to it in April of 2023.

  • @joannwatkins8762
    @joannwatkins87622 жыл бұрын

    I can watch this over and over again

  • @stevehoffman9735
    @stevehoffman97353 жыл бұрын

    One of the best episodes, and I've seen them all. Learned a lot from this one!

  • @mirandusings
    @mirandusings9 жыл бұрын

    "script, please" How cute, haha!

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff1235 ай бұрын

    I went to Paris at 16. It was amazing.

  • @zyzor
    @zyzor3 жыл бұрын

    That meal takes me back to my time in France. Such elegance and not necessarily expensive.

  • @deemm1265
    @deemm12656 жыл бұрын

    Ah, this takes me back to France and Paris, the cuisine, the wine the deserts!!! the culture.

  • @EEN63
    @EEN639 жыл бұрын

    Definitely one of my favorite videos thus far! Beautiful, opulent and absolutely over-the-top. I can't help but think of all the amazingly talented artisans and craftsmen that spent years creating such intricate and gorgeous architecture and decor! Such fabulous historical treasures!!!

  • @Slainte-Mhath

    @Slainte-Mhath

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget how many died on the job and how many peasants toiled and starved while paying taxes to pay for it all. The Elite did not pay tax, a time the elite are trying hard to return to.

  • @kylewit924

    @kylewit924

    6 жыл бұрын

    udrdoug If you hadn't said this, I would have tried to. This palace embodies no less than a hundred years of suffering. It is certainly "over the top"

  • @moniquehuchet3646

    @moniquehuchet3646

    4 жыл бұрын

    I found Versailles obscene in its opulence. The castles of the Loire alley are more approachable. I am embarrassed by Versailles.

  • @zacharyd8697
    @zacharyd86974 жыл бұрын

    Europe is a legendary place to live and it’s beautiful

  • @styx1272
    @styx1272Ай бұрын

    Thanks again Rick & Friends . Yours are a suave production.

  • @jalbe-jennifer6728
    @jalbe-jennifer67289 жыл бұрын

    The upholstery in Napoleon's apartment is beautiful, thank you for showing it in great detail! I also want to thank you for the new uploads, I've been a fan since childhood and I love that the Rick Steve's team made the videos available on KZread.The sites in "Paris Side-Trips" and the Château's in "France’s Loire: Château Country" have been added to my visitor's list!

  • @vautierchristophe

    @vautierchristophe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dear sir you made the greatest choice. As a french man I would choice the same places. In Versailles when the fountain are running there is some baroque music in every "bosquet". It is so lovely. From time to time there is what we call the night party. It is a party with some fire works as it was done for the sun king on the 17th century. Chartres cathedral is always so beautiful. Don't miss the stain glass "Notre dame de la belle verrière" it is the most beautiful of the cathedral. This place is well-known for its bleu stain glasses we call this colour "le bleu de Chartres" until now nobody could remake a such bleu colour

  • @Caroleccs
    @Caroleccs5 жыл бұрын

    I love Rick Steves' videos of his travels; regardless where he goes, makes me want to go there. Wish I could bring him along my future trip to Europe so his guidance would maximize the enjoyment of my travels!

  • @davemaxa5263

    @davemaxa5263

    4 жыл бұрын

    Read and explore on your own, more fun that way.

  • @prajaktakhairkar9054
    @prajaktakhairkar90545 ай бұрын

    your vedios are calming peaceful feels literally travelling world

  • @PhilFeedback
    @PhilFeedback Жыл бұрын

    Great video footage, I’ve been to France four different times over the years!

  • @geoguyrocks354
    @geoguyrocks3543 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, this is the most rewarding job!

  • @juliocesarrodriguez4919
    @juliocesarrodriguez49195 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Europe's best palaces and castles are in France. I travelled a lot all over Europe so I say this. Thanks Steves.

  • @ajmalshahtravelling7088
    @ajmalshahtravelling70888 жыл бұрын

    amazing historical palaces in paris

  • @SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets
    @SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets4 жыл бұрын

    Good video, Mr. Rick Steves. Very educational.

  • @taesungmin7794
    @taesungmin77943 жыл бұрын

    dreaming of travel and wonderland

  • @dianahmaetabiana4095
    @dianahmaetabiana40955 жыл бұрын

    I wish that someday I can travel to Paris ❤️

  • @ciarandevaney385
    @ciarandevaney3852 ай бұрын

    Rick, this man knows his stuff 💯

  • @CNHabs
    @CNHabs8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the detailed videos! It helped me a lot for my upcoming trip!

  • @jmalihannyc
    @jmalihannyc9 жыл бұрын

    Great Job! Nicely produced and edited :)

  • @onlybosslion9267
    @onlybosslion92673 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful is the architecture and the stained glass!

  • @naveen-ib5ly
    @naveen-ib5ly7 жыл бұрын

    Mr Rick steves i like europe the most i am very happy of your europe collection videos. Thank you sir and your term.for giving us this good videos..

  • @marcoschwarz3763
    @marcoschwarz37638 жыл бұрын

    Great video document. I saw Paris at least 5 times. Fortunately my uncle lives in Paris.

  • @nguyenhoangvu4216
    @nguyenhoangvu42168 жыл бұрын

    Europe is so rich in terms of culture, customs, music, and,.... so much more to discove (A man from Vietnam). Thank so much for sharing the clips.

  • @r.22r

    @r.22r

    5 жыл бұрын

    As does the east! China, India, Japan etc have wonderful ancient culture . There is much the east has given the world. Much older than the western culture actually, but of course its all so very lovely. East and west both 🙂

  • @Diegomax22

    @Diegomax22

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ! That's make me proud to be French and European !

  • @toughharley1903
    @toughharley19033 жыл бұрын

    Rick I always enjoy your fascinating fun clean fun videos and amazed by the interesting people you get enjoy being with. I hope you get to travel soon 😁😍👍

  • @freewanderer9614
    @freewanderer9614 Жыл бұрын

    he who comes home with most experience wins, brilliant.

  • @hermanyosep9864
    @hermanyosep9864 Жыл бұрын

    Dear Mr Rick Steve and the team... Thank you for the video...France is really beautifull...some of important places are beautiful,; with garden, flowers, pool, maybe in difference seasons...really famous,; in my village, there are clusters, with real estate named Versailles, Fontainebleau...and now we are getting to defence the government by people...

  • @sandramadera2439
    @sandramadera24392 жыл бұрын

    I L❤️VE France.

  • @unityindia8973
    @unityindia89734 жыл бұрын

    Historical beautiful place .. Amazing.❤️ Thanks you so much,!

  • @bellarose8267
    @bellarose82676 жыл бұрын

    i love paris so much!!!

  • @manthanyagnik20
    @manthanyagnik209 жыл бұрын

    awesome ........ just loved it..............

  • @victormancotrigueros
    @victormancotrigueros9 жыл бұрын

    I like it so much! thank you very much!

  • @Eemmy66
    @Eemmy664 жыл бұрын

    Your videos sir are so enjoyable that I feel I already traveling there , thank you

  • @bitansikdar2555
    @bitansikdar25555 жыл бұрын

    So educative... brilliant episode

  • @davidwhitehead7369
    @davidwhitehead73693 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyable vid, how I'm longing to travel again !

  • @bibekdarsonikquotes6327
    @bibekdarsonikquotes63272 жыл бұрын

    Good morning Steve's . Salute my heart along with ours whole body. ❤️

  • @fatimaelaidi2667
    @fatimaelaidi26673 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for these pieces of valuable information 💖

  • @bramblebramble7691
    @bramblebramble76914 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for a great video!❤️

  • @jayashreegatade4421
    @jayashreegatade44215 жыл бұрын

    Rick this is well done. :) Thank you!

  • @joann5782
    @joann57824 жыл бұрын

    Enjoying all the vedios. Thank you

  • @ajmalshahtravelling7088
    @ajmalshahtravelling70888 жыл бұрын

    wonderful versailes

  • @dwalker6868
    @dwalker68685 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @peace_ashet
    @peace_ashet5 ай бұрын

    Rick w the sneak disses lol

  • @Respect-120
    @Respect-1204 жыл бұрын

    Good job Rick steves

  • @ggauche3465
    @ggauche34656 жыл бұрын

    The opulence is breathtakingly arrogant! Great video, but not even a mention of the labyrinth at Chartres, surely one of its most interesting features.

  • @hemlatabenpurani1015
    @hemlatabenpurani1015 Жыл бұрын

    SIR RICK STEVE FANTASTIC VIDEOS 📹 👏 👍 👌

  • @syedbukhari2689
    @syedbukhari26892 жыл бұрын

    Thanks steve

  • @GeneralHensaleey
    @GeneralHensaleey Жыл бұрын

    Side trips from Paris

  • @ditor.franco4252
    @ditor.franco42526 жыл бұрын

    Ótimos Videos,

  • @rahimullahmirza3849
    @rahimullahmirza38493 жыл бұрын

    beautiful

  • @sookwilson1077
    @sookwilson10775 жыл бұрын

    I Have seen the Versailles twice, compared it to the Forbidden City in Beijing, it's mostly huge structure serounded with red walls with smaller garden.

  • @jakytube1
    @jakytube12 жыл бұрын

    If I am traveling to any place in Europe, you Steve are part of my journey! Thanks again, your team and you rocks!!! Plus. No a single dislike on your videos said all!!!😍

  • @shilpapathak2296
    @shilpapathak22963 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @sintes88
    @sintes884 жыл бұрын

    Nice video Rick, but the majority of us still work for "nobles", french or not.

  • @sanguinarium1614
    @sanguinarium16145 жыл бұрын

    *"Some are born to rule, and the rest of us... just deal with it" Welcome in the USA ! No wait...*

  • @frawldog
    @frawldog4 жыл бұрын

    Great show rick. I live near you and wo7ld love to meet

  • @GoodVideos4
    @GoodVideos43 жыл бұрын

    Overcoming abusive power, to earn freedom. Yeah, that needs to happen now again.

  • @abigaillizeth7395
    @abigaillizeth73953 жыл бұрын

    France rebuilt palace of saint cloud, please!

  • @goldenjamie5240
    @goldenjamie52404 жыл бұрын

    i love you rick steves you are a king

  • @judydennis1242
    @judydennis12425 жыл бұрын

    Would love to take a trip to Paris that is Gardens and Palaces. 🌹🏰

  • @ursulahans4783
    @ursulahans47836 жыл бұрын

    Uau ❤❤

  • @zoefang4563
    @zoefang45635 жыл бұрын

    Louis Roi Soleil

  • @strawberryshortcake912
    @strawberryshortcake9123 жыл бұрын

    Got to have the goat cheese ice cream the food is indescribable it is so good

  • @palm0607
    @palm06076 жыл бұрын

    Just looking at Charred Chapel.....I can see where St. Patrick Catherdal borrowed its design from.....

  • @romolovisone9587
    @romolovisone95872 жыл бұрын

    Viva Parigi la città più bella del mondo MON amour

  • @jagrajsingh8300
    @jagrajsingh83002 жыл бұрын

    Nice ji

  • @percymonroe7028
    @percymonroe70288 ай бұрын

    Is that château de Pray in the Loire valley?

  • @tehhocie2673
    @tehhocie26733 жыл бұрын

    Hi rick, take me to europe please

  • @Grandizer8989
    @Grandizer89894 жыл бұрын

    Just don’t go to Versailles on a Tuesday bc the Louvre is closed.

  • @cjstrike87
    @cjstrike877 жыл бұрын

    Rick...the bed at 13:05. Come on man.

  • @prajaktakhairkar9054
    @prajaktakhairkar90545 ай бұрын

    make more videos

  • @ab077
    @ab0774 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could get job like you, you are so lucky...

  • @dailylifetaste4091
    @dailylifetaste40913 жыл бұрын

    Best

  • @James-mw7zv
    @James-mw7zv3 жыл бұрын

    Does money buy happiness? Most definitely!

  • @kobyjones
    @kobyjones8 жыл бұрын

    Chateau du Pret? I can't find it online?

  • @kailichang3681

    @kailichang3681

    4 жыл бұрын

    Try this: Chateau De Pray

  • @Dudealoodledo
    @Dudealoodledo4 жыл бұрын

    They should sell t-shirts that say "I think I Chartres!"

  • @rjp801

    @rjp801

    3 жыл бұрын

    no.... no.... every idea is not a good one. and your parents were wrong - you are not special...

  • @Dudealoodledo

    @Dudealoodledo

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rjp801 oh but sir, you are special, so special, you think that you are the authority and be all end all on what is a good idea or not, and can't differentiate between a serious suggestion and a joke. Go eat your crayons.

  • @lt2143
    @lt21434 жыл бұрын

    Loire is one syllable and is pronounced as lwar not Lo-Warr.

  • @CarrieJamrogowicz
    @CarrieJamrogowicz2 ай бұрын

    Shart cathedral? Ahahaha my inner 12 year old is alive and well….

  • @graceserenachristie2914
    @graceserenachristie29149 жыл бұрын

    Also I have a degree in Divinity. So actually the floors are crosses as are the windows and the mirrors are cross in designs. And the ceiling it was not someone who decided just to paint people. Now if you are clairvoyant you can ask God to separate the clouds to see the people and to show heaven which is drawn on your show 6:43 parts of the Hall of Records is shown on the ceiling there. Yes you can see that all the time if you look up after praying a lot with angels around you. In France they just painted what they saw. All the churches had similar paintings...... the ceilings are not someone's imaginations they are real just seen by painters who work for Kings and Queens. All of the white and the Gold it to make the Building more Divine for its purpose on earth as in Heaven to rule with a lot better advisers.... was the plan people don't know that it was only told to the inside groups. As you see the mirrors are also doors.......

  • @linklindquist8116

    @linklindquist8116

    6 жыл бұрын

    Payhole Everdouche the

  • @chrisk8187
    @chrisk81875 жыл бұрын

    Who would have thought...?

  • @iainsanders4775
    @iainsanders47753 жыл бұрын

    There's something of the Steve Martin in this guy. Or maybe it's the other way around..

  • @gabrielleangelica1977
    @gabrielleangelica197711 ай бұрын

    I guess he has no problem with the way 🦆 liver is made...

  • @kalondyTejera
    @kalondyTejera4 жыл бұрын

    This is so nice. You must work really hard! let's be friends

  • @sutats
    @sutats3 жыл бұрын

    Like a French fairytale.

  • @francescoarellano7513
    @francescoarellano75138 жыл бұрын

    Gotta repeat history...Off with their heads...

  • @francescoarellano7513

    @francescoarellano7513

    8 жыл бұрын

    a fact my friend...One wonders!

  • @bruceburns1672

    @bruceburns1672

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Charles And what are you going to replace it with , some boring Socialist Soviet type President , the Socialist Brits from the Labor Party decided to hand Britain over to whoever and pretty well the Brits have no rights in their own country , in time it will be a country who belongs to nobody and that nobody cares about , I witnessed the anarchy of the Communist Unions in the 70's when Britain was brought to its knees , bankrupt and an outright class war , from the worlds greatest and richest and most influential power to begging for money from the International monetary fund , that's the price your nation paid by letting the rabble get control , I can only say thank the good lord that Britain set up the empire and in the modern era we had the Anglo sphere or we would have descended into another dark age with Hitler and the Soviet Union , the Brits should go all out to preserve every bit of there culture along with all the Europeans as there is nothing like it in the world , Europe is a marvel for all the world .

  • @bruceburns1672
    @bruceburns16728 жыл бұрын

    THE VANITY OF HUMANITY IS ENOUGH TO TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY .

  • @chrischiampo8106
    @chrischiampo81067 жыл бұрын

    😮😮😮😎👍🏼😀👨🏼‍🔧👩🏻‍🔧😁

  • @marcelavictoriaserrano4156
    @marcelavictoriaserrano41564 ай бұрын

    Yo soy la chica de la que todos hablan soy de Claypole Buenos Aires argentina soy anastasia estoy buscando un familiar en paris

  • @vjjhbyhy
    @vjjhbyhy2 жыл бұрын

    Rick is kind of based when he talks about the wealth gap

  • @JohnAranita
    @JohnAranita4 жыл бұрын

    Steve Smith thinks he's so cool. : - )

  • @rinirivini3432

    @rinirivini3432

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ok gbu .Tyan Ivan george Olive Nita Mark Judá..Paulawith

  • @JohnAranita

    @JohnAranita

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rinirivini3432 I agree.

  • @goldenjamie5240
    @goldenjamie52404 жыл бұрын

    rick what is your zodiac sign?

  • @deidreskelton9900
    @deidreskelton99004 жыл бұрын

    Sigh.........