Fees and Opening days :
Season 2011:
The Estate will be open every day: 10 am to 6 pm, from March 19th to Nov 13th, 2011 (Last admission at 5:45 pm).
The estate will be exceptionally closed on June 22nd.
Open until 11 pm during candlelights evenings.
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 visit (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.