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Free toilets Snacks 11am › 12pm Grand perspective: Water Parterre, Latona’s Fountain, MORNING Apollo’s Fountain Morning walk Facilities for visitors with reduced mobility Picnic area 11:15am › 11:45am Orangery Parterre, Estimated time: 1h30 Ballroom, Bacchus Fountain, Souvenirs MORNING Lost and found Saturn Fountain, Chestnut Grove, Book shop Colonnade Grove, Girandole Grove AFTERNOON Afternoon walk 2:30pm › 4pm Grand perspective, Estimated time: 2h Apollo’s Bath Grove, Pyramid, Water walk, Triumphal Arch Grove, NOTICE TO VISITORS Dragon Fountain, Three Fountains Grove, Golden Children Fountain, Keep your ticket with you and show it at control points. AFTERNOON Ceres Fountain, Dauphin’s Grove, No picnics are allowed inside the paying area, except Flora Fountain, Enceladus Grove in the authorised picnic area. It is forbidden to walk or sit on lawns or to lean on or touch statues. GROVES & FOUNTAINS Water display or garden schedules may change. Please see The fountains’ water is non-drinkable. Bathing is prohibited. information at the garden’s entrances or in our website. NOT TO BE MISSED Please observe instructions given by hospitality staff.