Paris
Private Giverny Half-Day Tour
An hour out of Paris to the garden Monet built in order to paint it
Sightseeing
Why We Love it
The water lilies and the Japanese bridge are this garden — and the colors on the house are the ones Monet picked himself, still there.
The Experience
Four and a half hours with a private car and an English-speaking guide, collected from your hotel lobby in Paris and driven an hour north to Giverny — a village on the right bank of the Seine, fifty miles out.
Monet saw it from a train window and decided to move there. He rented the house and the land around it until he had earned enough to buy both, then filled the garden with rare plants ordered from all over the world so that he would have something to paint. The water lilies and the Japanese bridge are all this garden.
He enlarged the house with a shed at either end and a balcony along the façade, and picked its colors himself — the same ones on it today. His first studio was a room inside that later became the drawing room, where coffee was served after lunch and he showed his newest work; the third, built in 1916 for the very large canvases of his last years, is the shop now. Entrance fees are paid separately.
My pick for anyone who cares more about how a painter actually lived than about palaces, and for a summer visit, when the planting Monet designed is in bloom.
From $280 per person
4.5 Hours
Private
8:30 am or 2:00 pm
Highlights
What's Included
Private vehicle
English-speaking driver/guide
What's Not Included
Entrance fees
Meals and drinks
Gratuities
Need to Know
4.5 hours, departing 8:30 am or 2:00 pm
Private — your party only, up to 6 people
Your guide meets you in your hotel lobby in Paris
The drive to Giverny takes about an hour
Entrance fees to the house and gardens are not in the tour price and are paid separately
Wear comfortable walking shoes
Free cancellation up to 14 days before
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Need to know
Four and a half hours with a private car and an English-speaking guide, collected from your hotel lobby in Paris and driven an hour north to Giverny — a village on the right bank of the Seine, fifty miles out.
Monet saw it from a train window and decided to move there. He rented the house and the land around it until he had earned enough to buy both, then filled the garden with rare plants ordered from all over the world so that he would have something to paint. The water lilies and the Japanese bridge are all this garden.
He enlarged the house with a shed at either end and a balcony along the façade, and picked its colors himself — the same ones on it today. His first studio was a room inside that later became the drawing room, where coffee was served after lunch and he showed his newest work; the third, built in 1916 for the very large canvases of his last years, is the shop now. Entrance fees are paid separately.
My pick for anyone who cares more about how a painter actually lived than about palaces, and for a summer visit, when the planting Monet designed is in bloom.