Top Things to do in Giverny
5 Budget-friendly Things to do in Giverny That You Shouldn't Miss
Thank Claude Monet for making this small village, located less than 50 miles northwest of Paris, a global landmark. Not only did the world-famous Impressionist painter live here for over four decades, but his Japanese-inspired garden (and the artist’s restored 19th century home) remain must-see attractions for visitors to France. Art lovers also will want to check out the Musée des Impressionnismes, which houses—as you’d expect—a collection of paintings and special exhibitions highlighting the Impressionist movement. Great for day trippers visiting from Paris, Giverny also offers bed-and-breakfast lodging for those travelers who want to spend the night.
Restaurants in Giverny
1. Fondation Claude Monet
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4.5 based on 7,893 reviews
These beautiful gardens inspired Impressionist Claude Monet's most famous work.
Reviewed By 709nitak
Excellent place to visit, we are so lucky this is available for us to visit looks spectacular, did a tour on bus was great double decker air conditioned coach with informative narrative on history and life of Claude Monet. Loved this even my husband and 21 yr old son who are not garden lovers loved this trip. Well worth a visit will not be disappointed.
2. The Clos Normand - Fondation Claude Monet
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4.5 based on 539 reviews
Reviewed By maryjanelk - Pleasant Valley, United States
We visited these gardens in Ocober, and I was was not sure if we were going to be able experience the beauty of the gardens that I had read about. Despite the time of year, there were many beautiful flowers. Monet designed the-gardent to be beautiful year round. There were only a few waterlilies in bloom, but the flowers surrounding the pond provided a perfect "frame" for my many photos. I would like to return each season to experience this artists living picture!
3. Musee de Mecanique Naturelle
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4.5 based on 76 reviews
Reviewed By Snorezsome
Monet’s museum is nice. But this is the museum for guys. All sorts of old machine — and they all work. Fun looking at them and figuring out how they work. MAKE THE TIME TO GO
4. Eglise Sainte-Radegonde de Giverny
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4.0 based on 431 reviews
Reviewed By Chics_Beach_Bill - Virginia Beach, United States
Worth seeing if you're making a stop to tour Monet's house. Interesting monument to WWII British bomber crew whose plane crashed nearby. You can enter the chuch from a side entrance. Very interesting ancient interior. Monet's remains are interered outside torwards the back of the church (near the WWII monument).
5. Musee des impressionnismes
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4.0 based on 1,143 reviews
Can you imagine a lovelier place for a fine arts museum than Giverny? One hour from Paris and Rouen, in one of the most beautiful villages of Normandy, the museum focuses on the history of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Throughout exhibitions of paintings, drawings and pictures, experience the art of the late 19th century to the present day, through a new approach.
Reviewed By julietteb248
We visited a beautiful exhibition of a french painter ; Henri-Edmond Cross...we discovered a rare talent...a beautiful palette...an important figure un History of Art...it was really interesting and awesome
