Paris to Giverny Half Day Trip Monet's House & Gardens by Minivan
- 5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
When in Paris, don’t just look at Claude Monet’s paintings in a museum – go and walk inside the landscapes that inspired them. In less than 1.5 h you’ll swap the city streets for Giverny, a fairytale village where Claude Monet lived and painted for over 40 years. Travel in a comfortable, air-conditioned minivan with a small group and a multilingual driver-guide who shares stories about Monet, Impressionism and the region on the way.With your included ticket, step straight into Monet’s estate: explore his pink-walled house, his studio and rooms filled with Japanese prints, then wander through the Clos Normand flower garden, a riot of colours from spring to autumn. Cross to the legendary water garden with its green Japanese bridge, bamboo and water-lily pond – the exact scenery that appears in his most famous canvases. This half-day small-group trip is perfect for art and garden lovers, but also for anyone who wants a peaceful, photogenic break in one of France’s most beautiful villages.
Inclusions
What's included
- Entrance ticket to Monet’s house and gardens (Fondation Claude Monet)
- Multilingual driver-guide (English, Spanish, French)
- Round-trip transport from central Paris
- All Fees and Taxes
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Free time to visit the house, studio and gardens at your own pace
- Transport by minivan
What's not
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
Itinerary
Meet your driver-guide at our central Paris agency, just a short walk from the Louvre. Settle into your air-conditioned minivan and leave the city via the Normandy motorway towards the Seine valley.
On arrival, use your pre-booked ticket to enter Monet’s estate. Discover the painter’s pink house restored as it was in his time: the blue sitting-room, the pantry and kitchen, the dining-room filled with Japanese prints and his private bedroom on the first floor. The house where Claude Monet lived for more than 40 years and raised 8 children.
Outside, stroll through the Clos Normand, a riot of colours with more than 100 different types of flowers– roses, nasturtiums and seasonal blooms from Europe and Asia that Claude Monet arranged like a living canvas.
Cross the road to the famous water garden, where you’ll find the green Japanese bridge, wisteria, bamboo and the water-lily pond that inspired Monet’s Nymphéas series. Take your time for photos and to recognise the exact motifs you’ve seen in his paintings.
Rejoin your driver-guide and relax on the drive back to central Paris, arriving with your camera full of images that look like Impressionist paintings.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Métro : Louvre Rivoli The agency is a three-minute walk from the Louvre.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 32 travellers
- Operated by
- France Tourisme
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Paris
- Its from-price is 78% below the median of the 524 day trips we list in Paris.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 48 of 524.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Paris
Paris pairs grand boulevards and riverside monuments with café terraces, art collections of global stature and neighbourhoods that feel like villages.
The Seine runs through the heart of the city, past the Île de la Cité with Notre-Dame and the Sainte-Chapelle, the long façade of the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay in its former railway station. Downriver, the Eiffel Tower rises over the Champ de Mars, and the Arc de Triomphe crowns the Champs-Élysées.
Top-ranked sights in Paris: Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower, 4th Arrondissement.
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