Fees and Opening days :
From March 27th to November 7th 2010, from 10 am to 5:45 pm, last admission at 5:30 pm.
The Estate is closed on wednesdays except in July and August.
Candlelight evenings : Every Saturday from May 1st to October 9th (except on September 12th) from 8 pm to midnight (last admission at 11 pm).
"Vaux le Vicomte celebrates Christmas" : Christmas decors and illuminations at the château and in the gardens. Open everyday from December 18th 2010 to December 31st 2010 from 11 am to 6 pm, closing at 5 pm on december 24th and 31st 2010 (closed on Décember 25th).
Non guided day visit : 14 Euros. Reduce price (children from 6 to 16 years old, people 60 years old) : 11 Euros.
Non guided visit by candlelit : 17 Euros/person. Reduce price : 15 Euros.
Family pack day visit (2 adults and 2 children) : 44 Euros.
Family pack pass day visi (2 adults and 2 children) : 52 Euros.
Garden only : 8 Euros.
Groups tariffs for up to 20 people.

Description :

Of the many gardens created by André Le Nôtre, it is the one at Vaux le Vicomte that most clearly demonstrates the genius of this landscape architect. This masterpiece is the fruit of a meeting of minds, between Nicolas Fouquet and the three artists who are behind the creation Vaux. Le Nôtre was one of them. The north-south perspective is the garden's dominant feature. From the north, where it begins, it descends towards the château, traverses it through three sets of captivating arches, extends to the south of the château in successive terraces, plunges down to meet the river Anqueuil which widens its course into a miror, then rises sharply above the Grottoes to continue across the forest and to the invisible horizon. It is the perfection of the relationship between all the parts of the garden, so well-balanced that it creates an apparent symmetry, that lends the garden its enchantment and charm.