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Giverny
Excursion
Opening days/times, entrance fees, etc. listed on Yellow Pages.
- You will have a timed reservation at Giverny. Out of season, when Giverny is closed, a visit to the Musee d’ Orsay will be substituted
- Allow 1hr 30 minutes for the visit (including the gift shop)
Set down in the bus park on the right as you enter the village (before you come to Monet’s house). Take the underpass. On the other side of the underpass are some toilets if needs dictate. Turn right and lead the group 150m along the pavement to the group entrance which will be on your left.
Giverny Bus Parking:
At the group entrance buy and distribute tickets. Tell the group they need their ticket to enter the house. They do not have to stay together and you are not allowed to do any guiding.
Be sure that they understand that they will be exiting the complex through the gift shop not through the group entrance. Arrange to meet the group at the GIFT SHOP. This is at the top of the garden next to the House and Toilets.
The group should visit the water garden first (go under the tunnel by the entrance), then return to the main gardens to visit the Clos Normand, Monet’s house (which can get very crowded and only small numbers are allowed in at a time) and finally the gift shop. They need to show their tickets. No photos inside.
Warn groups to leave enough time for the gift shop. It is very popular and service can be incredibly slow. Once they have exited through the gift shop
they will not be allowed back in.
Toilets are located between the house and the gift shop on the left.
You can take photos in the gardens and from the windows in the house out over the gardens. Photos of the inside of the house are forbidden.
On exiting at the gift shop exit down to the far left they can buy drinks/sandwiches to take away. There is also a tea shop (“Les Nymphéas”) that is quite expensive but does good cakes! Toilets (small charge) are located beside the tea shop. There is also a popular gift shop with seeds for sale and decorative arty gifts. And on the other side, that is on the right after you exit the gardens, a Crêperie/Brasserie/Restaurant 3 minutes walk away, which has
a big terrace and a garden, you enter through a house.
It is now possible to pre-order a picnic lunch from the Café Les Nymphéas,
minimum 20 pax.
It includes:
– Sandwich Parisien (pain, beurre, jambon blanc, gruyère, salade)
– an apple/other fruit
– a packet of crisps
– water or juice
Call in advance with choices etc. 02 32 21 20 31
Meet your group at the exit and walk them past/after the tea shop Les Nympheas back to the bus via the first lane which runs down to the left
Monet is buried in Giverny. If they ask, the graveyard is a good 10 minutes’ walk from the exit to the complex (on exiting turn left and keep going straight until you reach the church). This really is worth it if the group is keen – the village is stunning and quaint with some art shops along the way. It all depends on the day, weather, and how much time you budgeted. Fit adults especially like this.