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| Included Highlights |
 MONET'S HOME; WATER LILY PONDS GARDEN |
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A drive on the Normandy highway leads us to Giverny, a charming country village. It was in Giverny where painter Claude Monet chose to settle with his family; and it was there where he indulged in his love of nature, in his art, his garden and his photography.
In Giverny, we will see Monet’s home, his garden and workshop - all authentically restored. As we stroll in the exquisitely colored gardens and admire the pond with the famous Japanese bridge, we enter Monet’s world where art and nature become one.
Entrance ticket included.
Monet’s House:
Given by his son Michel to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1966, the rough-cast pink house was where the doyen of the impressionist school lived between 1883 and 1926. The house has been restored to its original interior colors and charm. You can see the Master of Giverny’s own precious collection of Japanese prints hung just as they were by him. Outside is Monet’s large studio where he painted the famous Nympheas series. It now houses the Claude Monet Foundation shop.
The gardens were rebuilt to their original state and visitors can admire this "painting set within nature" which Claude Monet’s contemporaries considered to be among his greatest masterpieces. In front of the house and studios, the "Clos Normand" extends in straight lines with vaults of aerial plants surrounding dazzling flowerbeds. From spring to autumn, the gardens reflect the changing palette of the painter/gardener "mad about flowers."
Further down and fashioned by a diversion in the river Epte in the shade of willow trees lays the water garden with its famous Japanese bridge. The gardens burst with wisteria, azaleas and of course there is the famous water lily pond too. It is a panoply of water and sky that gave birth to the pictorial universe of the Nympheas. |
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| Note: Transportation will be in an air-conditioned motor-coach. This excursion is accompanied by a guide interpreter. On the way, he will retrace the history of France and its small stories. He will also provide plenty of information on the arts and French culture. |
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Tour Length: 5 hours
Dates: 1st April 2009 – 31st October 2009
Departure Times: 1:45pm
Days of Week: Everyday except Sunday
Departure Point: 214, rue de Rivoli, in the First District of Paris (Subway: Line 1 - Station: Tuileries) |
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| Price: |
Adults : $ 91.00
Children (3-12) : $ 44.00
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| Discount for children under age 12 confirmed at time of reservation. |
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