METEO - Giverny
September, 2017
Easy to get there, organized, and well signed to visitors, this is a program that you can do on your own.
If you prefer, check the website of PariscityVision which makes this tour (about 5 hours, usually in the afternoon). It still offers some options combining Giverny with other places in the same day.
How to get to Giverny :
GIVERNY
PARIS: A DAY TRIP
How to get - 1 day itinerary - Our tips - Map and pictures
If you know Monet's life story and his works of art as well, mainly "Les Nympheas", you will certainly be willing to visit his house in Giverny
Fondation Claude Monet
84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny, France
If the idea is visit Giverny on your own, some tips are very important to prepare your tour:
-If you can, choose the first train schedules departing from Paris to Vernon. You can check the timetable and buy your ticket by the Rail Europe website or SNCF. Consult both sites. On the Rail Europe site you buy and print your ticket and there is a telephone number to change the tickets issued. But it is worth checking the values of the service charges, and if you have all the promotions offered by the public railway company of France, the SNCF.
There are several trains departing from Paris Saint-Lazare station to Vernon (you get off of at Giverny Station) at 2-hour intervals. There are trains with departure time of 7:18, 8:19, 10:19 and so on. Be careful to look for the trains that make the direct route. The trip to Giverny is about 50 min (direct trains - INTERCITÉS).
When you get off at Vernon Station, just ahead, close to station area, and where almost everyone is going walking, there are the buses that take to Giverny. Bus schedules are synchronized with train arrivals. Everything is very practical. Other options for this 7 km between Vernon and Giverny are: taxi, bike or walk.
Giverny and Foundation Claude Monet
84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny
The Claude Monet Foundation in Giverny is just a few minutes by bus from Vernon train station. As soon as you get to Giverny, when you get off the bus, you will see signs indicating the way to the entrance of the Claude Monet Foundation.
When I arrived in Giverny, I soon fell in love with the village, but I went straight to the Monet Foundation and there I began to visit the two gardens - Clos Norman and the Water Garden. Why? Because it was a beautiful sunny day. In this case, every hour, more people are coming to visit the place. Yes, sunny days, especially in spring and summer, are the most inviting, but also with more tourists.
if you get there early, you can do a pleasant visit. You will enjoy the beauty of the outdoor area, stroll around the gardens, sit on the benches and perhaps, you can take pictures of Japanese bridge empty, or almost empty ...
Important information:
- The Claude Monet Foundation is open from the last week of March by the end of October (there is some annual variation in the extremes of this period (opening / closing). Please, check the correct period at the official website: http: // fondation- monet.com/informations-pratiques;
- The Claude Monet Foundation is open every day from 24th of March to the 1st of November 2017 from 9.30 a.m. till 6 p.m. – last admission 5.30 p.m.
- You save a lot of time if you buy your ticket online. There is always a queue, sometimes long, for the purchase made on time. The advantage if you have already bought the ticket is the access. There is a special entrance for groups and for the people with tickets purchased by the website. To buy your ticket, go to the official website: http: // fondation- monet.com/informations-pratiques
- you can check the shuttle bus timetable ( Vernon-Giverny) : http://www.sngo-giverny.fr/vernon/index.php
- you can print your visit map : http://fondation-monet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/plan-des-jardins.jpg
Gardens: Clos Norman and Water Garden (Japonese Bridge)
Claude Monet´s House
Atelier des Nympheas : gift shop
Giverny
Take some time (an extra two hours) to visit the quiet streets of Giverny. Note that part of the enchantment of this place is the perfume and colors of the flowers, of various species. Along the way you will see beautiful houses with carefully ornamented gardens.
9 Chartres
10 Giverny
11 Rouen
12 Praias do dia D - Normandia
13 Metz
14 Troyes
15 Provins
16 Abbey de Fontenay
17 Dijon Ville
18 Vezelay
19 Chambord
20 Blois
21 Chenonceau
22 Tours
23 Villandry
24 Futuroscope
25 Lyon
1 TO 2 HOURS
FROM PARIS
NOT MORE THEN 1 HOUR
FROM PARIS
26 Strasbourg
27 Perouges
28 Annecy
29 Grenoble
30 Avignon
31 Bordeaux
32 Mont St Michel
2 TO 4 HOURS
FROM PARIS
33 London
34 Brussels
35 Amsterdam
36 Luxembourg
(OUT OF FRANCE)
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PARIS: A DAY TRIP
1 Château de Versailles
2 Fontainebleau
3 Disney
4 Asterix
5 Reims
6 Lille
7 Chantilly
8 Le Mans
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Friends for over 30 years, both systems analysts, we have in common the interest in art, photography, literature and history. From this comes our interest in travelling.
Difficulties and even mistakes when planning trips with our families, with our children, with friends, or alone, have resulted in very differents experiences and have given us a baggage that we wish to share with you. We would like to help you to prepare your itinerary according to your personal choices. We know that styles and public always vary. Ah and how ... So we selected quite different options, always showing information and images so that you can choose and prepare your trip!
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Along the way you will find some small shops and ateliers with delicate articles that make references to the place, and also some places café and restaurants for lunch.
If you want to have lunch, visit the Impressionists' museum and visit Vernon before returning to Paris, add more time for a complete and relaxing tour.