• Obviously it is best to visit Giverny when Claude Monet’s house and gardens are open, i.e. between April and October.
  • Here is a close-up of the desk that can be seen in Claude Monet’s bedroom at Giverny. It is from the mid 18th Century and features music instruments...
  • Claude Monet Leaves Paris for the Rural Life of Giverny. Claude Monet together with his second wife and eight children moved to Giverny in 1883.
  • Need a break from the hurly burly of Paris? Claude Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny are the perfect bucolic destination.
  • The Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny invites you to discover, in the heart of Claude Monet's village, the whole history of Impressionism and its diversity.
  • Claude Monet spotted the the small village of Giverny, France, from the doorway of a train taking him from Vernon to Gasny.
  • It is to leave and to settle somewhere else. It is better to lose some rents and to preserve your health. ” The year after, in 1883, Monet settles down in Giverny.
  • Pictured above: This breathtaking shot shows one of the waterlily ponds and dramatic willows at Claude Monet's gardens at Giverny.
  • Giverny, Fondation Claude Monet. An atmospheric country garden planted and painted by the leading spirit of French impressionism, Claude Monet.
  • Monet’s Garden: Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, France. Photograph by Magnus Manske via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-2.0).