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QUEEN’S
HAMLET

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Queen’s Hamlet

46 views to photograph
The Mill left side with stairsAnna Moritz/Shutterstock
Mill rear with lavenderUrban/Wikipedia
south side of Queen’s HouseAnna Moritz/Shutterstock
Dairy interiorStarus/Wikipedia
Lake with Marlborough Tower and Queen’s HouseDaderot/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower across lake from southeastStarus/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower spiral staircaseTrizek/Wikipedia
The Mill right side with porticoStarus/Wikipedia
Queen’s House Gallery from Billiard RoomStarus/Wikipedia
Queen’s House Gallery from Queen’s HouseStarus/Wikipedia
Water wheel of the MillStarus/Wikipedia
Dairy ram detailLomita/Wikipedia
Farmhouse with sheepStarus/Wikipedia
front with lakeDalbera/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower across lake from the MillMoonik/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower from Queen’s House galleryStarus/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower with stairs from eastLomita/Wikipedia
Queen’s House from Marlborough TowerStarus/Wikipedia
Bust of Berger at DairyCoyau/Wikipedia
Dovecote and Guard house from the Billiard RoomStarus/Wikipedia
Farmhouse with duck pondArnaud 25/Wikipedia
Guardhouse from Marlborough TowerStarus/Wikipedia
Guardhouse frontStarus/Wikipedia
Guardhouse sideStarus/Wikipedia
left side with bridgeArnaud 25/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower side close from northwestTrizek/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower side from northeastArnaud 25/Wikipedia
Marlborough Tower side from northwestDeror Avi/Wikipedia
The Mill left side across lakeStarus/Wikipedia
Queen’s House side with staircase towerStarus/Wikipedia
View of the Mill from Marlborough TowerStarus/Wikipedia
Billiard Room rear with gardenStarus/Wikipedia
Farm gate with wellStarus/Wikipedia
left side with pathArnaud 25/Wikipedia
Queen’s House rear with gardenStarus/Wikipedia
Queen’s House side with gardenStarus/Wikipedia
Rear of farmhouseStarus/Wikipedia
RéchauffoirTrizek/Wikipedia

Contents

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About PhotoSecrets

 
 
 
 

Foreword

A great travel photo­graph, like a great news photo­graph, requires you to be in the right place at the right time to capture that special moment. Professional photo­graphers have a short-hand phrase for this: “F8 and be there.”

There are countless books that can help you with photo­graphic technique, the “F8” portion of that equation. But until now, there’s been little help for the other, more critical portion of that equation, the “be there” part. To find the right spot, you had to expend lots of time and shoe leather to wander around, track down every potential viewpoint, and essentially re-invent the wheel.

In my career as a professional travel photo­grapher, well over half my time on location is spent seeking out the good angles. Andrew Hudson’s PhotoSecrets does all that legwork for you, so you can spend your time photo­graphing instead of wandering about. It’s like having a professional location scout in your camera bag. I wish I had one of these books for every city I photo­graph on assignment.

PhotoSecrets can help you capture the most beautiful sights with a minimum of hassle and a maximum of enjoyment. So grab your camera, find your favorite PhotoSecrets spots, and “be there!”

About Bob Krist

Bob Krist has photo­graphed assignments for National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Travel/­Holiday, Smithsonian, and Islands. He won “Travel photo­grapher of the Year” from the Society of American Travel Writers in 1994, 2007, and 2008.

For National Geographic, Bob has led round-the-world tours and a traveling lecture series. His book In Tuscany with Frances Mayes spent a month on The New York Times’ bestseller list and his how-to book Spirit of Place was hailed by American Photo­grapher magazine as “the best book about travel photo­graphy we’ve ever read.”

The parents of three sons, Bob and his wife live in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Welcome

Thank you for reading PhotoSecrets. As a fellow fan of travel and photo­graphy, I hope this guide will help you quickly find the most visually stunning places, and come home with equally stunning photo­graphs.

PhotoSecrets is designed to show you all the best sights. Flick through, see the classic shots, and use them as a departure point for your own creations. Get ideas for comp­osition and interesting viewpoints. See what piques your interest. Know what to shoot, where to stand, when to go, and why it’s interesting. Now you can spend less time researching and more time photographing.

The idea for PhotoSecrets came during a trip to Thailand, when I tried to find the exotic beach used in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. None of the guidebooks I had showed a picture, so I thought a guidebook of postcard photos would be useful for us photographers. Twenty-plus years later, you have this guide. Thanks!

Now, start exploring — and take lots of photos!

About Andrew Hudson

Originally an engineer, Andrew Hudson started PhotoSecrets in 1995. His first book won the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book and his second won the Grand Prize in the National Self-Published Book Awards.

Andrew has published 38 nationally-distributed photo­graphy books. He has photo­graphed assignments for Macy’s, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Men’s Health and Seventeen, and been a location scout for Nikon. His photos and articles have appeared in Alaska Airlines, National Geographic Traveler, Shutterbug Outdoor and Nature photo­graphy, Where, and Woman’s World.

Andrew has a degree in Computer Engineering from Manchester University and a certificate in copyright law from Harvard Law School. Born in Redditch, England, he lives with his wife, two kids, and two chocolate Labs, in San Diego, California.

Introduction

At a Glance

Name:Queen’s Hamlet
Address:Hameau de la Reine, Palace of Versailles, Place d’Armes, 78000 Versailles
French:Hameau de la Reine
What:Marie Antoinette’s rustic retreat at Versailles
Built:1783
Architect:Richard Mique
Painter:Hubert Robert
Style:Norman/Flemish rustic vernacular
GPS:48.818747, 2.112916
Country:France
Region:Île-de-France
Department:Yvelines
Arrondissement:Versailles
Location:Petit Trianon, Palace of Versailles
Far:1.75 km (1.1 mile) from Palace of Versailles

The Hameau de la Reine is a rustic retreat in the park of the Château de Versailles built for Marie Antoinette in 1783 near the Petit Trianon in the Yvelines, France.

Dovecote

Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819343
2.113485
What:CottageWhen:Morning
Look:West-northwest Far:28 m (92 feet)
AKA:Le ColombierWik:Hameau_de_la_Reine#Dovecote

The Mill

The Mill left side with stairs

Queen’s Hamlet > The Mill
Addr:Where:48.818729
2.113220
When:MorningLook:West-southwest
Far:25 m (82 feet)

Ideas for left side with stairs

The Mill left side across lake

Queen’s Hamlet > The Mill
Addr:Where:48.819084
2.112976
When:MorningLook:South ↓
Far:50 m (150 feet)

The Mill right side with portico

Queen’s Hamlet > The Mill
Addr:Where:48.818759
2.112733
When:AfternoonLook:Southeast ↘
Far:14 m (46 feet)

Ideas for right side with portico

Mill rear with lavender

Queen’s Hamlet > The Mill

Back of the Moulin, the watermill cottage built for Marie Antoinette.

Addr:Where:48.818476
2.112820
When:AfternoonLook:North ↑
Far:23 m (75 feet)

Water wheel of the Mill

Queen’s Hamlet > The Mill
Addr:Where:48.818735
2.112863
What:Water wheelWhen:Afternoon
Look:Southeast ↘Far:3 m (10 feet)

The Mill rear side

Queen’s Hamlet > The Mill
Addr:Where:48.818599
2.112728
When:AfternoonLook:Northeast ↗
Far:14 m (46 feet)

Queen’s House and Billiard Room

Views of Queen’s House and Billiard Room

Left side with bridge

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > views
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819387
2.112755
When:AfternoonLook:Southeast ↘
Far:70 m (240 feet)

Left side with path

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > views
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819270
2.113165
When:AfternoonLook:South-southeast
Far:50 m (150 feet)

South side of Queen’s House

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > views
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.818735
2.113302
When:AfternoonLook:Northeast ↗
Far:16 m (52 feet)

Front with lake

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > views
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.818853
2.111326
When:AfternoonLook:East →
Far:170 m (540 feet)

Billiard Room

Dovecote and Guard house from the Billiard Room

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > Billiard Room
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819269
2.113531
When:MorningLook:Northwest ↖
Far:30 m (100 feet)AKA:Colombier et Maison du garde

Billiard Room rear with garden

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > Billiard Room
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819336
2.113742
When:MorningLook:Southwest ↙
Far:22 m (72 feet)

Queen’s House

Queen’s House side with staircase tower

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > Queen’s House
Addr:Where:48.818841
2.113348
When:AfternoonLook:Northeast ↗
Far:17 m (56 feet)

Queen’s House rear with garden

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > Queen’s House
Addr:Where:48.818890
2.113999
When:MorningLook:West ←
Far:40 m (120 feet)

Queen’s House side with garden

Queen’s Hamlet > Queen’s House and Billiard Room > Queen’s House
Addr:Where:48.818730
2.113630
When:MorningLook:North-northwest
Far:27 m (89 feet)

Grand Lake

Lake with Marlborough Tower and Queen’s House

Queen’s Hamlet > Grand Lake
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819158
2.111493
When:AfternoonLook:East →
Far:150 m (490 feet)

Marlborough Tower and Dairy

Dairy

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819373
2.112343
What:BuildingWhen:Morning
Look:West-southwest Far:15 m (49 feet)
AKA:LaiterieWik:Hameau_de_la_Reine#Dairy

Dairy interior

Dairy ram detail

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Dairy
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819300
2.112281
What:DetailWhen:Anytime

Bust of Berger at Dairy

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Dairy
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819353
2.112335
What:BustWhen:Anytime

Marlborough Tower

Marlborough Tower across lake from southeast

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.818798
2.113201
When:MorningLook:West-northwest
Far:80 m (260 feet)

Ideas for across lake from southeast

Marlborough Tower spiral staircase

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819204
2.112294
What:Spiral staircaseWhen:Anytime

Marlborough Tower across lake from the Mill

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.818793
2.112843
When:MorningLook:Northwest ↖
Far:60 m (200 feet)

Marlborough Tower with stairs from east

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819299
2.112421
When:MorningLook:Southwest ↙
Far:13 m (43 feet)

Ideas for stairs from east

Views from the Marlborough Tower

Queen’s House from Marlborough Tower

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower > views from the
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819203
2.112298
When:AfternoonLook:East →
Far:90 m (300 feet)

Guardhouse from Marlborough Tower

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower > views from the
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819206
2.112301
When:AfternoonLook:North ↑
Far:0 m (0 feet)

View of the Mill from Marlborough Tower

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower > views from the
Addr:Where:48.819198
2.11229
When:AfternoonLook:Southeast ↘
Far:70 m (240 feet)

Ideas for Mill

Marlborough Tower side close from northwest

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819335
2.112004
When:AfternoonLook:East-southeast
Far:29 m (95 feet)

Marlborough Tower side from northeast

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819326
2.112471
When:MorningLook:Southwest ↙
Far:14 m (46 feet)

Marlborough Tower side from northwest

Queen’s Hamlet > Marlborough Tower and Dairy > Marlborough Tower
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819502
2.111398
When:AfternoonLook:East-southeast
Far:70 m (240 feet)

Farm

Farm

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820261
0002.111061
What:WellWhen:Afternoon
Look:North ↑Far:0 m (0 feet)

Ideas for Farm

Farmhouse with sheep

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820378
2.1099856
When:AfternoonLook:East-southeast
Far:70 m (210 feet)

Farmhouse with duck pond

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820428
2.110675
When:AfternoonLook:Southeast ↘
Far:24 m (79 feet)

Well and farmhouse

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820116
2.111139
When:MorningLook:North ↑
Far:30 m (110 feet)

Farm

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820458
2.110646
When:AfternoonLook:East →
Far:30 m (100 feet)

Farm gate with well

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820394
2.110946
When:AfternoonLook:Southeast ↘
Far:5 m (16 feet)

Ideas for gate with well

Rear of farmhouse

Queen’s Hamlet > Farm
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.820433
2.111287
When:MorningLook:Northwest ↖
Far:9 m (30 feet)

Guardhouse

Guardhouse front

Queen’s Hamlet > Guardhouse
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819633
2.113040
When:AfternoonLook:North ↑
Far:0 m (0 feet)

Ideas for front

Guardhouse side

Queen’s Hamlet > Guardhouse
Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819780
2.112993
When:AfternoonLook:East →
Far:15 m (49 feet)

Boudoir

Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.818681
2.113392
What:CottageWhen:Afternoon
Look:North ↑Far:0 m (0 feet)
Wik:Hameau_de_la_Reine#Boudoir

Grange

Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819474
2.112819
What:RuinWhen:Afternoon
Look:Northeast ↗Far:1 m (3 feet)
AKA:BarnWik:Hameau_de_la_Reine#Grange

Réchauffoir

Addr:Hameau de la Reine,
Palace of Versailles,
Place d’Armes,
78000 Versailles
Where:48.819105
2.113949
What:BuildingWhen:Afternoon
Look:North ↑Far:0 m (0 feet)
Wik:Hameau_de_la_Reine#R.C3.A9chauffoir

Ideas for Réchauffoir

Credits

Thank you to the many wonderful people and companies that made their work available to use in this guide.

Photo key: Tap the camera icon to see the photo. The two letters reference the distributor and license. Key for distributors: f:Flickr; s:Shutterstock; w:Wikipedia. Key for license: a:CC-BY-SA; b:CC-BY; h:Shutterstock standard; m:public domain.

Cover image by .Jc Allin ( wm); Arnaud 25 ( wm); Arnaud25 ( wa); Jean-Marc Astesana ( wa); Deror Avi ( wa); Coyau ( wa); Daderot ( wb); Dalbera ( wb); Jean-Pierre Dalbéra ( sh); Sergey Dzyuba ( wa); Lomita ( fb); Jose Losada ( wa); Moonik ( sh); Anna Moritz ( wa); Starus ( wa); Trizek ( wa); Urban ( wa). Some text adapted from Wikipedia and its contributors where noted by the URL path in the “Wik” table field, used and modified under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license. Map data from OpenStreetMap and its contributors, used under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).

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