Giverny and Impressionism Private Tour
- 6 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Spend the day with Impressionism: explore Monet’s gardens in Giverny, then optionally continue in Paris to the Orangerie for the Water Lilies or the Marmottan for the world’s largest Monet collection. Begin your day with pickup and travel to Giverny, where Monet’s iconic lily ponds and vibrant flower gardens surround the pastel-colored house where he lived and painted. For those who wish to make the experience even more memorable, an optional 35mm film photo session with your guide — a professional photographer — can be arranged during the day, capturing timeless portraits inspired by the light and beauty of Impressionist landscapes. Led by an expert guide, this tour connects the places that inspired the movement with the masterpieces that changed the course of modern art.
Inclusions
What's included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Admission fee
What's not
- Lunch
Itinerary
Step into the world of Claude Monet during a guided visit to his home and gardens in Giverny. Walk through the rooms where he lived and worked, including the bright yellow dining room and blue-tiled kitchen, and learn how daily life shaped his artistic vision. Outside, stroll through the colorful flower garden and cross the famous Japanese bridge in the water garden that inspired the iconic Water Lilies series. Your guide will explain how Monet designed these landscapes as living studios to study light, color, and reflection — and how Giverny became the birthplace of some of the most influential paintings in modern art.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Tickets
- Tickets are redeemed at a different location from the meeting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Kat Redkind
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
How it compares in Giverny
- Its from-price is 106% above the median of the 12 experiences we list in Giverny.
- It is longer than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Giverny
Giverny is a small Normandy village in the Seine valley, where Claude Monet lived for over forty years and painted his water-lily pond and garden.
Claude Monet moved to Giverny in 1883 and lived there until his death in 1926. His pink house with green shutters, the flower-filled Clos Normand garden in front and the water garden with its Japanese bridge and lily pond beyond are preserved, and the pond was the subject of his late series of paintings. Monet is buried in the cemetery of the village church of Sainte-Radegonde.
Top-ranked sights in Giverny: Clos Normand, Museum of Impressionism (Musée des Impressionnismes).
