Isabella was knowledgeable about France and it’s history during the reign of Louis the 14-15 and interspersed her talk with humour. She was approachable and led the group in a timely manner leaving time for photos . I’m short she was an excellent tour guide with good English for this English speaking tour .

Our tour guide Barbara was very intelligent and knew all the stories and history of the palace! She was fluent in multiple languages and had a great sense of humor and personality. From my experiences in the past, sometimes it’s difficult to hear or understand the tour guide because the place we are touring is too loud or the headphones are problematic or the tour guide is just speaking too softly, this was not the case on this tour. Crystal clear and her voice was just loud enough to hear the whole time through even though it was noisy and packed inside the palace the day we went! I loved every minute of her tour and would highly recommend it.

In order to avoid the long queue for admission because we are going in the middle of summer, we decided on a designated time + with a guide (English). Since we were from Japan, we still hadn't given up the custom of wearing a mask, but the guide wore a mask as prescribed before entering the tour, which was a wonderful manner in the hot weather. The entrance is expected to be a large queue. It was so crowded that we had to stand in line under the scorching sun even with a timed priority admission ticket, but the staff lined up on behalf of us. In the meantime, wait in the shade near the entrance, receive an explanation of the restroom from the guide, receive a receiver & earphone (you can hear the guide's voice using a microphone), and explain the history of the palace before entering. So I had no time to spare. When it was my turn, I was able to replace the staff who were standing in line under the scorching sun, so I was able to avoid the dizzying scorching heat and save m