Great palace, but the rooms were extremely crowded with tourists

Versailles is a great and huge palace with a great garden. Unfortunately, the influx of tourists during the holiday season is also infinitely large, so that you sometimes push your way through the rooms. In connection with the heat on this August day and the fact that the staff only opened very few windows, the air was unbearably hot and stuffy at times. However, I would describe the garden tour as a tourist rip-off. We booked the tickets on Tuesdays because the water fountains should be active then. Therefore, the garden also costs admission. Admission is free on days without water features. We even had to pay admission for the child on site, since the garden, unlike the castle, is not free for children. But fountains? none. There were no water features, but entry was still charged for thousands of tourists.