Paris Small Group Trip to Giverny: Claude Monet's House and Gardens and Musee des Impressionnismes
Paris, France
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Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 5 hours
Enjoy this half-day small-group trip to Giverny from Paris and see the house and garden that once inspired Claude Monet, and on top of that explore also the Museum of Impressionism.
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Enjoy this half-day small-group trip to Giverny from Paris and see the house and garden that once inspired Claude Monet, and on top of that explore also the Museum of Impressionism.Once you meet your guide at your accommodation, you will get in a minivan which will take you to Giverny, where you will walk in the footsteps of Claude Monet and impressionism. The highlights of this tour will include:
The Garden and the House of Claude Monet in Giverny
Discover the secrets of one of the founders of Impressionism, Claude Monet. Leader of the artistic movement of the 19th century, he introduced more perception, emotion and light into art of his age. He spent almost 40 years developing his Giverny property. Immerse yourself in the daily life of the artist surrounded by his eight children: the reading room, the grocery store, room, office, dining room and kitchen. Admire his collection of Japanese prints and more.
The Water Garden
This lavish garden with thousands of colors was once a simply garden, which now boast Japanese cherry trees, nasturtium parterre of tulips, roses, every season of his fire-colored fireworks. Stroll through the romantic water garden, where you can find the Japanese bridge, the wisteria, the famous lily-pond, weeping willows and irises.
The workshop
A large workshop which saw the birth of the famous paintings of water lilies.
Museum of Impressionism in Giverny
Tribute to the Impressionists around the world, it shows the history of the iconic artistic movement. You will be able to see The Garden - designed by the landscape painter Mark Rudkin, contemporary garden since 2009, classified Remarkable Garden. It offers a colorful nod to the themes dear to the Impressionists. The permanent gallery "Monet Around", which offers to resume "the influence of the art of Claude Monet and his contemporaries and the generations that followed him." And the Temporary exhibitions, changing twice a year to offer a renewed perspective of the Impressionist movement.
The Garden and the House of Claude Monet in Giverny
Discover the secrets of one of the founders of Impressionism, Claude Monet. Leader of the artistic movement of the 19th century, he introduced more perception, emotion and light into art of his age. He spent almost 40 years developing his Giverny property. Immerse yourself in the daily life of the artist surrounded by his eight children: the reading room, the grocery store, room, office, dining room and kitchen. Admire his collection of Japanese prints and more.
The Water Garden
This lavish garden with thousands of colors was once a simply garden, which now boast Japanese cherry trees, nasturtium parterre of tulips, roses, every season of his fire-colored fireworks. Stroll through the romantic water garden, where you can find the Japanese bridge, the wisteria, the famous lily-pond, weeping willows and irises.
The workshop
A large workshop which saw the birth of the famous paintings of water lilies.
Museum of Impressionism in Giverny
Tribute to the Impressionists around the world, it shows the history of the iconic artistic movement. You will be able to see The Garden - designed by the landscape painter Mark Rudkin, contemporary garden since 2009, classified Remarkable Garden. It offers a colorful nod to the themes dear to the Impressionists. The permanent gallery "Monet Around", which offers to resume "the influence of the art of Claude Monet and his contemporaries and the generations that followed him." And the Temporary exhibitions, changing twice a year to offer a renewed perspective of the Impressionist movement.
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