Versailles Christmas Market

In Versailles, Christmas revolves around two makers’ markets rather than a big village of chalets beneath the windows of the château. “La Cour des créateurs et des saveurs de Noël” brings together around thirty makers and producers at 6 Avenue de Sceaux, over three December weekends, and the “Comptoir de Noël” at the Domaine de Madame Élisabeth opens the season at the end of November with around 120 artisans and traders. These Versailles Christmas markets keep a human scale, in a town that has held on to its old ways: 18th-century façades, Avenue de Paris running towards the royal gates and the covered halls of the old Notre-Dame market. The 2026 programme has not yet been published; the dates and opening hours given here are those of the 2025 edition.

La Cour des créateurs et des saveurs de Noël, Avenue de Sceaux

The event is organised by Théma Créations at 6 Avenue de Sceaux. In 2025, it took up three December weekends: 6 and 7, 13 and 14, then 20 and 21, from 10am to 7pm on the Saturday and from 10am to 6pm on the Sunday. Around thirty makers and producers run stands there, hence the name: pieces made by the people selling them on one side, food and drink on the other. The format is small and can be covered in an hour; it is the place for a gift that doesn’t come from a chain store.

If you are aiming for the Cour des créateurs in 2026, keep the December weekends in mind and check the dates with the Versailles tourist office before you come.

The Comptoir de Noël at the Domaine de Madame Élisabeth

At the end of November, the Département opens the Domaine de Madame Élisabeth, at 73 Avenue de Paris, for its “Comptoir de Noël”. The 2025 edition ran from Friday 28 to Sunday 30 November, with around 120 artisans and traders. It is the larger of the two events, and the only one set in an estate rather than in town.

The two events don’t overlap: the Comptoir de Noël opens the season, and the Cour des créateurs takes over on the following weekends. In 2025, that made four weekends in a row with a makers’ market in Versailles, from 28 November to 21 December.

The Notre-Dame market and royal splendour as a backdrop

What gives Christmas in Versailles its character is the neighbourhood. The Notre-Dame market, one of the oldest in the Île-de-France, keeps its covered halls and its stalls all year round: the square is alive day in, day out, garlands or not. The square also hosts “Le Versailles des créateurs”, a makers’ market held in autumn and spring (on 11 October 2025, then from 28 March 2026), not in December.

Over in the Saint-Louis district, the Cour des Senteurs extends the stroll: this little gem, opened in 2013 a hundred metres from the château gates, brings together fine craft houses, tableware and gastronomy. It’s worth passing through to see another side of the town, between the King’s Kitchen Garden (Potager du Roi) and the Jeu de Paume. The national estate, for its part, runs its own end-of-year events, separate from the makers’ markets. If you want to do both, set aside half a day for the château and another for the markets and the historic centre: the two districts created under Louis XIV, Notre-Dame to the north and Saint-Louis to the south, are easy to explore on foot.

Getting there and planning your visit

Access is simple from Paris: Versailles Château Rive Gauche station (RER C) is the most convenient arrival point, and Transilien trains also serve the Rive Droite and Chantiers stations. By car, several covered car parks surround the centre, the best option on busy weekends. To carry the mood home, a mulled wine recipe gives you everything you need to recreate the break.

To carry on around the region, the capital’s big event awaits half an hour away by train at Paris Christmas market, and the nearby Gothic cathedral opens another chapter with Chartres Christmas market, an hour to the south-west.