Le Havre Trip Overview
Journey with your guide to the time when Claude Monet falls in love with the picturesque village of Giverny. Explore the village in which he created paradise and a haven of colorful and entwining plants, a water garden, the garden pond where the famous water lilies grow, the Japanese bridge, and the sweet-smelling wisterias and azaleas. Be as inspired as Monet was with his beloved gardens and understand why he found it essential to surround himself with nature. Experience the wonder of walking in the famous impressionist’s shoes and seeing the gardens that we all know and love so well.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Le Havre, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Journey with your guide to the time when Claude Monet falls in love with the picturesque village of Giverny. Explore the village in which he created paradise and a haven of colorful and entwining plants, a water garden, the garden pond where the famous water lilies grow, the Japanese bridge, and the sweet-smelling wisterias and azaleas. Be as inspired as Monet was with his beloved gardens and understand why he found it essential to surround himself with nature. Experience the wonder of walking in the famous impressionist’s shoes and seeing the gardens that we all know and love so well.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Le Havre, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Normandy
Your private chauffeur will pick you up at your hotel or cruise ship in Le Havre or Rouen and transport you to the spectacular Monet Gardens in Giverny where your guide awaits.
If you depart from Le Havre an additional 50 minutes is needed for the journey to Giverny.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Fondation Claude Monet, 84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny France
Immerse yourself into the creative world in which the much-loved artist Monet lived. Walkthrough his colorful journey of founding the French Impressionist movement; his love of nature and the Louvre in Paris. Understand each of his brushstrokes and his new and vibrant approach to painting. See how his bright, quick brushstrokes affect the light and broken color. Explore his magnificent gardens that abound with extraordinary landscaping which once provided the scenes for his most famous paintings. Breathe in the smell of paints and paper, lilies and nature, and listen to the sounds of his brushes, swaying trees, and the laughter of children from a bygone age.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Le Havre, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Normandy
At the end of your breathtaking Monet experience, your chauffeur will drop you off at your hotel or cruise ship in Le Havre or Rouen.
If you depart from Le Havre an additional 50 minutes is needed for the journey to Giverny.
Duration: 1 hour