Royal socks, Marie-Antoinette tea… at the Palace of Versailles, souvenir shops hold their rank

The Palace of Versailles, its Hall of Mirrors, its Trianon, its gardens… and its shops. Each more neat than the other. In the middle of summer, that of the Dufour pavilion, located at the end of the visit, is teeming with tourists. “There, again, there is no one, assures Christelle, saleswoman at the castle for twenty-two years. Usually we don’t take a step. “Each year, they are 7 million to hurry to the Sun King. And so many potential customers.