Giverny + Monet’s Gardens

(Can be a half day too, finishing after lunch). A driver guide is organized for this beautiful day in Impressionist countryside.

In 1883, Claude Monet moved his large personal entourage (one mistress and eight children) to Giverny, a pretty village an hour and half out of Paris . He died in 1926 leaving behind his famous gardens which have been restored to spectacular proportions today. See the immortalized flower garden and the water lilies beneath his Japanese bridge. His charming pink brick home has been meticulously restored, with its pretty blue and white kitchen. A little tunnel leads one between the flower-filled Normandy garden to the Japanese water garden, with all the pools, canals, little green bridges, the punt he painted from and romantic willows.

Nearby the house, up the road is the modern Musee Americain Giverny. This museum is devoted to the American artists who came to France , inspired by the Impressionists.

Lunch at a Manor House set high above the River Seine, 12 km from Giverny. The restaurant has a spectacular panoramic view over the valley, a view immortalised by the Impressionists.

The afternoon is spent visiting the region and a chateau, afterwards a drive back into Paris through the country-side.

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