PRIVATE GIVERNY & MONET'S HOME
Group size
≤ 8 Persons
Duration
~ 5 Hours
Mode of transportation
Reservation required
Description of the tour
This half-day trip will lead you from Paris to the edge of Normandy, where you will first visit the idyllic home of Claude Monet. Your private driver-guide will pick you up and drop you off at your Parisian accommodation, so you can sit back, relax and make the most of your day. The leader of the Impressionist School lived here from 1883 to 1926, the colourful décor and pink brick facade are an intimate reminder of its former life. 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.
The gardens 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”. 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.
During this tour you will also have the opportunity to visit the “Musée des Impressionismes Giverny”, a museum that allows you to get to the heart of a movement that changed the face of art in the late 19th century.
What is included
What is not included
Recommendations
Tour highlights
Meeting Point :
Pickup and drop-off at your accommodation in Paris (Centre)
5-hour tour of Claude Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny
Wander around the Impressionist painter’s former home
Visit the gardens to see beautiful sights where some of Monet’s inspiration came from
From
385€
/person
What people say about us
Giverny - Afternoon in Giverny
We so enjoyed our visit to Giverny with our guide Matthew and six other guests in the minivan. Matthew gave us a excellent introduction and then let us view the gardens and home at our own pace returning us to Paris right on time.
Giverny - Well worth the journey!
Magella provided an easy journey from Paris to Giverny with fascinating information about Monet. The house and gardens were well worth the journey! Merci merci merci
Giverny oil painting - Rewarding oil painting/Giverny experience...
For the Giverny oil painting and brunch experience: very enjoyable day trip. Tour guide Magela gave a lively and detailed story of Monet on ride and pleasant company, Monet museum and grounds are vivid and a great collection of other impressionists like Cezanne are on display in replica, so felt enriching beyond Monet, You arrive early but moving among plenty of tourists by time you leave (at least in summer). Brunch at second location is tasty, and includes wine and dessert. Two hour oil painting class was an excellent immersion. Learning techniques through imitating model painting was emphasis, so it is a fun group experience to see how each version differs. Michel the teacher is engaging and will coach or help touch-up quickly at the end. The combo of looking at art/ walking by stream and through large gardens/hands-on painting with attractive lunch locale is pleasing mix for a day and satisfying in multiple dimensions. Cautions with this are: if you want an intense comparative art history discussion, if you want to rock out with personal expression, or you don’t want to see other people. Otherwise strongly recommend.
Frequently asked questions
There are no toilets in our agency, vans or minibuses. There are restrooms at the cultural places visited and stops are regularly scheduled on the road on full-day tours.
For our excursions, comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended. Also bring rain and/or cold gear for visits outside, to cellars and churches.
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