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Giverny and Monet's Garden Half-Day Trip from Paris

4.4(138 reviews)Paris, FranceRef. viator-5045P28
4h30DurationEnglishOffered inMobile ticketTicketNot includedPickupEasyLevel

About this experience

This half-day trip takes you to Normandy to visit Claude Monet's home and gardens. You will explore the gardens designed by the impressionist painter, including the iconic Japanese bridge, flowered paths, and water-lily ponds. The experience is suited for small groups, allowing for a more intimate visit. It is important to note that this trip does not include transportation from your hotel.

Itinerary

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Fondation Claude Monet

This half-day trip will lead you to the edge of Normandy, where you will visit the idyllic home of Claude Monet. There, get a Skip-the-Line Access as you enter into the garden with your guide by the special small group entrance! You will have the opportunity to discover the precious collection of Japanese engravings is displayed in several rooms, hung in the marmer chosen by the master of Giverny himself. Claude Monet’s property at Giverny, left by his son to the Académie des Beaux-arts in 1966, has, after completion of large scale restoration work, become the Claude Monet Foundation, inaugurated in 1980. The huge Nymphéas studio, a stone’s throw from the house, has also been restored and contains the Foundation’s Shop.

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The Clos Normand - Fondation Claude Monet

You will also enjoy time in the gardens which have been replanted as they once were and offer visitors the “painting from nature” which Claude Monet’s contemporaries considered to be one of his masterpieces. The rectangular Clos Normand, with archways of climbing plants entwined around brilliantly coloured shrubs, lies before the house and studios, offering from Spring to Autumn the palette of varying colours to the painter-gardner who was “ecstatic about flowers”.

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The Clos Normand - Fondation Claude Monet

Lastly, the Water Garden, formed by a tributary of the Epte, lies further away, shaded by weeping willows. With its famous Japanese Bridge, its wistarias, azaleas and its pond, it has once more become that casket of sky and water which inspired the pictorial universe of the water lilies.

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Giverny

Take a walk in the village of Giverny. Enjoy an ice cream, have a drink or look for souvenirs to take home.

What's included / not included

Private Tour (IF Private Tour Option is selected)Small-group tour limited to 8 people (If Small Group Tour Option selected))Local English Speaking Driver/EscortTransport by air-conditioned Minivan
Hotel pickup and drop-off (Unless Private Tour Option Selected)Food and drinks, unless specifiedGratuities

Additional information

Accessibility and comfort

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Good to know

  • All clients must make sure to be at the meeting point 15 minutes before departure. Late comers will not be accommodated and missed tours or tickets cannot be refunded.

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