Paris
Giverny and Monet's Garden
Monet's house at Giverny, and the water garden he painted from
Sightseeing, Local Culture
Why We Love it
The Japanese engravings are hung as Monet hung them, and both gardens — the Clos Normand at the house, the water garden further on — were replanted the way he kept them.
The Experience
Four and a half hours from Paris out to the edge of Normandy in an air-conditioned minibus with a guide, to the house Claude Monet lived in from 1883 to 1926.
The house first: pink brick, color on every wall, and the collection of Japanese engravings hung room by room in the arrangement Monet chose himself. His son left the property to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1966; after a long restoration it reopened in 1980 as the Claude Monet Foundation, and the huge Nymphéas studio a few steps away was brought back with it.
Then the gardens, replanted as they once were. The Clos Normand sits in front of the house and studios — a rectangle of climbing plants trained into archways over bright shrubs, at full strength from spring through autumn. The water garden lies further on, fed by a tributary of the Epte and shaded by weeping willows: wisteria, azaleas, the pond, the Japanese bridge. This is where the water lilies came from.
My pick for anyone with half a day in Paris and a real interest in Impressionism, and for travelers who would rather see one place properly than three in a morning.
From $197 per person
4.5 Hours
Shared
8:00 am or 1:15 pm
Highlights
What's Included
Entrance fee to Claude Monet's home
Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
What's Not Included
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Need to Know
4.5 hours, departing 8:00 am or 1:15 pm
Shared — a small group, maximum 16 people
No hotel pick-up. Make your own way to the Paris TRIP Store, 41 Avenue de la Bourdonnais, 75007 Paris
Arrive at least 15 minutes before departure, and allow extra time for the taxi over
Wear comfortable shoes — the gardens are the bulk of the visit
Nothing to eat or drink is included
Free cancellation up to 7 days before
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Need to know
Four and a half hours from Paris out to the edge of Normandy in an air-conditioned minibus with a guide, to the house Claude Monet lived in from 1883 to 1926.
The house first: pink brick, color on every wall, and the collection of Japanese engravings hung room by room in the arrangement Monet chose himself. His son left the property to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1966; after a long restoration it reopened in 1980 as the Claude Monet Foundation, and the huge Nymphéas studio a few steps away was brought back with it.
Then the gardens, replanted as they once were. The Clos Normand sits in front of the house and studios — a rectangle of climbing plants trained into archways over bright shrubs, at full strength from spring through autumn. The water garden lies further on, fed by a tributary of the Epte and shaded by weeping willows: wisteria, azaleas, the pond, the Japanese bridge. This is where the water lilies came from.
My pick for anyone with half a day in Paris and a real interest in Impressionism, and for travelers who would rather see one place properly than three in a morning.