Louis XIV himself wrote a book to guide visitors through "his" gardens. The exact purpose of this guidebook is still not know. We only know that there are six versions of this book, written between 1689 and 1705. Nowadays visitors can follow the king guidance. In this Photographic Tour we have, more or less, followed this "Royal" tour.
The itinerary varies from one version of the book to another. If you want to follow the king's tour, you should start at the 'Parterre d'Eau' --in front of the Chateau main facade--, visit the Orangery, walk along the garden's main axis --from the Latona Basin to the Apollo Basin-- take a boat to the Menagerie and Trianon, and walk back to the castle through the Dome Grove, the Flora and Ceres Basins and visit the Neptune Basin. This later pool is where we are currently heading ...