# Giverny Monet's house and gardens, the water-lily pond and a village of a single street. A day trip from Paris by train, from April to October. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/normandy/giverny · Revisado: 2026-11-12 ## How do you get there from Paris? By train from Saint-Lazare station to Vernon-Giverny: 45 minutes to an hour, with departures throughout the day. Vernon is on the other side of the Seine, and from the station there are three ways to reach the village: the shuttle, which costs €5 one way and €10 return; the bike, which you hire twenty metres from the exit and which goes along a greenway without cars; or on foot along the same greenway, if you don't mind a long walk. Because of works on the line, check the day's timetables before buying your ticket. By car it is a good hour on the A13, exit Vernon-Giverny. The village car parks are free, but in May and June they fill up by mid-morning. If you fly from Spain, you land at Orly or Charles de Gaulle, reach the centre of Paris and leave from Saint-Lazare. Giverny works very well as a day trip from Paris, and also as the first stop of a road trip through Normandy, on the way to Étretat or Mont-Saint-Michel. ## When is it open? Monet's house and gardens open from 1 April to 1 November, every day from 10:00 to 18:00, with last entry at 17:30. The rest of the year they are closed, and the whole village pulls down its shutters: the Museum of Impressionisms closes too and most restaurants, such as the Baudy, open only from April to October. Out of season, Giverny makes no sense as a day trip. Each month has its own garden. In April, the tulips; in May and June, the wisteria on the Japanese bridge, the irises and the roses, the most photographed moment; in July and August, the water lilies in the pond, with more heat and more people; in September and October, dahlias and autumn colours, with fewer groups. ## How much does it cost and how do you book? Admission costs €13 for adults and €7 for ages 7 to 17 and students; under-7s don't pay. Buy online: when the website quota runs out, the ticket office has long queues, and online tickets are not refundable. Inside you may not picnic, paint or draw, dogs may not enter (except assistance dogs) and there is no left-luggage for large items. The Museum of Impressionisms, five minutes' walk away, has its own ticket, €12, and puts on temporary exhibitions. In 2027 it reopens on 26 March with Bonnard and Vuillard. ## How much time do you need? Half a day for the house and gardens, unhurried; a whole day if you add the museum, lunch and a walk along rue Claude Monet to the painter's grave. The village is almost a single street of less than a kilometre. If you arrive by bike from Vernon, add the Old Mill over the Seine, which is on the way. What changes the visit is the time. Between 11:00 and 15:00 the groups from Paris arrive and the Japanese bridge turns into a queue. If you can, go in at 10:00 or from 15:30. To be there first thing without getting up early, sleep in the village. ## Where to eat and sleep? Since eating inside the gardens isn't allowed, the terrace of the Restaurant Baudy, the former hotel of the American painters, is the natural stop; there is no booking at midday, so arrive before 12:30. For a special meal, Le Jardin des Plumes, with a Michelin star, and Révélations, the restaurant at La Musardière, which also opens on winter weekends. To sleep, La Musardière, a three-star with private parking five minutes from Monet's house, and Le Jardin des Plumes, a 1913 villa with four rooms and four suites. ## Dónde está - Cerca: Auvers-sur-Oise (a 46.8 km), Rouen (a 51.3 km), Versailles (a 53.2 km), Paris (a 64.9 km) ## Qué hacer - **Claude Monet's house and gardens** (2 h · All ages; the garden paths are narrow for pushchairs on busy days · Adults €13 · ages 7 to 17 and students €7 · under-7s free): The pink house with green shutters where Monet lived for more than forty years, with its yellow dining room and collection of Japanese prints, and the two gardens he painted: the Clos Normand, full of flowers in front of the house, and the water garden, with the water lily pond and the Japanese bridge. Tickets and opening hours In 2026 it opened from 1 April to 1 November, every day from 10:00 to 18:00, with last entry at 17:30; it reopens on 1 April 2027. A ticket costs €13 for adults and €7 for ages 7 to 17 and students; under-7s don't pay. It is advisable to buy online: when the website quota runs out, there are long queues at the ticket desk. Online tickets are non-refundable. Rules Animals are not allowed, except assistance dogs, nor can you picnic, paint or draw inside. There is no left-luggage and large bags are not allowed. Leaving the grounds is final. - **Giverny Museum of Impressionisms** (1 h 30 · Adults and teenagers interested in painting · Adults €12 · reduced €9): Five minutes' walk from Monet's house, on the same street, a museum with a garden that stages temporary exhibitions on Impressionism and what came after. It is the perfect complement for seeing paintings after you have seen the garden that inspired them. Season and price Closed in winter. The 2027 season starts on 26 March with Bonnard-Vuillard. Abolir le hasard, until 4 July. A ticket costs €12, €9 reduced. It is at 99 Rue Claude Monet. - **The church of Sainte-Radegonde and Monet's grave** (20 min · All ages · Free): A small stone church at the end of Rue Claude Monet, the village street. In its cemetery, next to the wall, Claude Monet is buried with his family. It is a short, quiet walk from the house, passing in front of the former Hôtel Baudy. - **From Vernon to Giverny by bike along the greenway** (3 h · Families; there are seats, trailers and children's bikes): From the train to the gardens by bike: you hire at the exit of Vernon-Giverny station, cross the Seine and follow the greenway to Giverny, without cars. It is the most pleasant way to arrive and it spares you the shuttle queue. How to do it Givernon rents classic and electric bikes, children's bikes, seats and trailers twenty metres from the station, from April to October. In Giverny there are bike racks. The route is part of La Seine à Vélo, the route that runs from Paris to the sea along the Seine, if you want to go further. - **The Old Mill of Vernon, over the Seine** (30 min · All ages · Free): A half-timbered mill hanging over the piers of an old bridge over the Seine, on the Vernonnet bank. It is the picture postcard of Vernon and is on the way if you go to Giverny on foot or by bike: you cross the bridge and see it from the bank. - **Rue Claude Monet and the former Hôtel Baudy** (1 h · All ages · Free): Giverny is almost a single street, Rue Claude Monet, which runs from the painter's house to the church. Halfway along is the former Hôtel Baudy, where from 1886 the American painters who came to be near Monet stayed: they ate on the terrace, painted in the studios in the garden and exhibited in the rooms. What to see The rose garden and the Baudy studios are still there, behind the restaurant, which is open from April to October. Along the street, art galleries and stone houses with gardens. The whole walk, from Monet's house to the painter's grave, is less than a kilometre. ## Dónde comer - **Restaurant Baudy** (Restaurant, Giverny · Rue Claude Monet, €€). Qué pedir: seasonal home cooking with Norman produce, on the terrace beside the rose garden - **Révélations, the restaurant at La Musardière** (Restaurant, Giverny · Rue Claude Monet, €€€). Qué pedir: chef Benjamin Revel's menu, which changes with the kitchen garden and the market - **Le Jardin des Plumes** (Restaurant, Giverny · Rue du Milieu, €€€€). Qué pedir: the tasting menu; if there are few of you, ask about the chef's table next to the kitchen ## By plane: Fly to Paris and take a train to Giverny Giverny is done from Paris: you fly to Orly or Charles de Gaulle, with direct flights from the main Spanish cities, and from Saint-Lazare station a train gets you to Vernon in under an hour. A hire car is only worth it if you carry on to Normandy. ### Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Le Jardin des Plumes** (Small hotel): A 1913 neo-Norman villa, with blue-painted half-timbering and a wooded park, five minutes' walk from Monet's house. It is a hotel and a Michelin-starred restaurant at once, and the most special place to sleep in Giverny. The rooms Four superior rooms of 20 to 30 m², some adapted for people with reduced mobility, and four suites of about 40 m², some duplex, for up to four people. All are named after a breed of hen, in memory of the house's original owner. They have a coffee machine, minibar with drinks included and wifi. In the morning a breakfast basket is left at your door. Nearby, in a house with blue shutters, the same house has Ô Plum'Art, six rooms with character, one of them a family room. Getting there By car, exit Vernon-Giverny from the A13 and ten minutes along the D5; from Paris allow between one and two hours depending on traffic. By train, from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, 45 minutes to an hour, and from there the shuttle or a bike. - **La Musardière** (Hotel): A three-star hotel in a brick and stone house, with a garden and terrace, at the end of Rue Claude Monet. From here you walk to the painter's house in five minutes and don't have to move the car all day. The house Rooms named after flowers, such as the wisteria one, a garden for musarder, which in French means to dawdle contentedly, and its own restaurant, Révélations, open all year. Private parking for guests. The whole hotel is non-smoking. Small animals are accepted with a daily supplement if you say so when booking. Arrival and departure Check-in from 15:00 and check-out until 11:00. If you arrive after 21:00, tell reception. Cancellation is free up to eight days before. The tourist tax, €1.60 per night per adult, is paid separately. Getting there By car, take the A13, exit Vernon-Giverny. By train, from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny and the shuttle to the village. ### Servicios - **Vernon-Giverny station**: Train from Paris Saint-Lazare · 45 minutes to 1 hour · shuttle and bikes at the exit - **Vernon to Giverny shuttle**: €5 one way · €10 return · from Vernon station to Giverny ## Car-free: Giverny by train and bike The train from Saint-Lazare to Vernon and the shuttle or a bike to the village are enough for everything. Giverny is a street of less than a kilometre: inside, on foot. Presupuesto orientativo: 80–180 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir without a car - **Le Jardin des Plumes** (Small hotel): A 1913 neo-Norman villa, with blue-painted half-timbering and a wooded park, five minutes' walk from Monet's house. It is a hotel and a Michelin-starred restaurant at once, and the most special place to sleep in Giverny. The rooms Four superior rooms of 20 to 30 m², some adapted for people with reduced mobility, and four suites of about 40 m², some duplex, for up to four people. All are named after a breed of hen, in memory of the house's original owner. They have a coffee machine, minibar with drinks included and wifi. In the morning a breakfast basket is left at your door. Nearby, in a house with blue shutters, the same house has Ô Plum'Art, six rooms with character, one of them a family room. Getting there By car, exit Vernon-Giverny from the A13 and ten minutes along the D5; from Paris allow between one and two hours depending on traffic. By train, from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, 45 minutes to an hour, and from there the shuttle or a bike. - **La Musardière** (Hotel): A three-star hotel in a brick and stone house, with a garden and terrace, at the end of Rue Claude Monet. From here you walk to the painter's house in five minutes and don't have to move the car all day. The house Rooms named after flowers, such as the wisteria one, a garden for musarder, which in French means to dawdle contentedly, and its own restaurant, Révélations, open all year. Private parking for guests. The whole hotel is non-smoking. Small animals are accepted with a daily supplement if you say so when booking. Arrival and departure Check-in from 15:00 and check-out until 11:00. If you arrive after 21:00, tell reception. Cancellation is free up to eight days before. The tourist tax, €1.60 per night per adult, is paid separately. Getting there By car, take the A13, exit Vernon-Giverny. By train, from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny and the shuttle to the village. ### Servicios - **Vernon-Giverny station**: Train from Paris Saint-Lazare · 45 minutes to 1 hour · shuttle and bikes at the exit - **Vernon to Giverny shuttle**: €5 one way · €10 return · from Vernon station to Giverny ## By car: Giverny by car By car, Giverny is a good hour from Paris on the A13 and is the natural first stop if you continue towards Rouen, Honfleur or the Normandy coast. The village car parks are free. Presupuesto orientativo: 90–200 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Le Jardin des Plumes** (Small hotel): A 1913 neo-Norman villa, with blue-painted half-timbering and a wooded park, five minutes' walk from Monet's house. It is a hotel and a Michelin-starred restaurant at once, and the most special place to sleep in Giverny. The rooms Four superior rooms of 20 to 30 m², some adapted for people with reduced mobility, and four suites of about 40 m², some duplex, for up to four people. All are named after a breed of hen, in memory of the house's original owner. They have a coffee machine, minibar with drinks included and wifi. In the morning a breakfast basket is left at your door. Nearby, in a house with blue shutters, the same house has Ô Plum'Art, six rooms with character, one of them a family room. Getting there By car, exit Vernon-Giverny from the A13 and ten minutes along the D5; from Paris allow between one and two hours depending on traffic. By train, from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, 45 minutes to an hour, and from there the shuttle or a bike. - **La Musardière** (Hotel): A three-star hotel in a brick and stone house, with a garden and terrace, at the end of Rue Claude Monet. From here you walk to the painter's house in five minutes and don't have to move the car all day. The house Rooms named after flowers, such as the wisteria one, a garden for musarder, which in French means to dawdle contentedly, and its own restaurant, Révélations, open all year. Private parking for guests. The whole hotel is non-smoking. Small animals are accepted with a daily supplement if you say so when booking. Arrival and departure Check-in from 15:00 and check-out until 11:00. If you arrive after 21:00, tell reception. Cancellation is free up to eight days before. The tourist tax, €1.60 per night per adult, is paid separately. Getting there By car, take the A13, exit Vernon-Giverny. By train, from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny and the shuttle to the village. ### Servicios - **Giverny car parks**: Free · next to Monet's house · for bikes too ## As a family: Giverny with children Children like Monet's garden if there is something to look for: the Japanese bridge, the boats on the pond, the water lilies from the paintings they have seen at school. The house inside interests them less. The best part of the day is often arriving by bike. ### What works best The water garden and the Japanese bridge The bike along the greenway from Vernon, with a seat or trailer The walk along the street to Monet's grave ### Where to stay The suites at Le Jardin des Plumes take four people ### Where to eat The terrace of Restaurant Baudy, next to the garden ### Bear in mind Under-7s don't pay; ages 7 to 17, €7 Picnics are not allowed in the gardens On busy days, a baby carrier is better than a pushchair ### Qué hacer as a family - Claude Monet's house and gardens - From Vernon to Giverny by bike along the greenway - The Old Mill of Vernon, over the Seine - Rue Claude Monet and the former Hôtel Baudy ## Consejos ### Buy your ticket online It is the way to skip the ticket-office queue, which in May can be an hour. ### Go in at 10:00 Or from 15:30. In between the coaches from Paris arrive. ### Ride from Vernon by bike The greenway is flat, without cars, and saves you the shuttle queue. ### Check the return trains There are works on the line: check the time of the last train before leaving Paris. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How do I get from Paris to Giverny? By train from Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, 45 minutes to an hour, and from there by shuttle (€5) or by bike along the greenway. ### When do Monet's gardens open? From 1 April to 1 November, every day from 10:00 to 18:00. ### How much does admission cost? €13 for adults, €7 for ages 7 to 17 and free for under-7s. ### Do I have to book? Buying online is recommended: when the website quota runs out, there is a big queue at the ticket office. ### Can I go with a dog? In the village yes, on a lead, but not into Monet's house or gardens. La Musardière admits small animals. ### Is it worth sleeping in Giverny? If you want to see the garden without groups, yes: you enter at 10:00 and come back last thing.