Entering Normandy, you will visit the Father of Impressionism, Claude Monet's home. Discover the famous gardens created by the impressionist painter, and the well known Japanese bridge in the midst of its flowered paths and water-lily ponds.
Claude Monet's property at Giverny, left by his son to the Academie des Beaux-arts in 1966, has, after completion of large-scale restoration work, become the Claude Monet Foundation, inaugurated in 1980. The house, with its pink crushed brick facade, where the leader of the Impressionist School lived from 1883 to 1926, once again has its colorful decor and intimate charm of former times. The precious collection of Japanese engravings is displayed in several rooms, hung in the manner chosen by the master of Giverny himself.
The huge Nympheas studio, a stone's throw from the house, has also been restored. It contains the Foundation's shop. The gardens have been replanted as they once were and offer for the admiration of visitors the "painting from nature" which Claude Monet's contemporaries considered one of his masterpieces. The rectangular Clos Normand, with archways of climbing plants entwined around brilliantly colored shrubs, lies before the house and studios, offering from spring to autumn the palette of varying colors 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.
This tour is provided on a reserved basis prior to departure. Passengers must contact the local sightseeing company upon arrival to reconfirm their tour.
Duration:
Approximately 4 hours 30 minutes
Meeting point:
Outside your central Paris hotel's main entrance
Ending point:
Hotel or city center
Departures:
From 1:10pm daily (April-October)
Group Size:
Groups limited to 8 people
Not Included:
Lunch, gratuities
Additional Information:
Pick ups for shared services are no longer available in the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th or 20th districts, any of the Paris entry points (PORTE) except Porte Maillot, or in areas with postal codes starting with 92, 93 or 94. Pick ups in those areas are still available for private services.
You must be waiting outside the main entrance of your hotel or pick up location; if the driver does not see you, he/she will leave.
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