Giverny Monet garden & house tours are the half-days that give the whole outing to Monet's house, his flower garden and his water garden. You get two to three hours there and are back in Paris the same afternoon.
About three hours in Giverny: 90 minutes across the house and both gardens with a self-guided app, then 90 minutes free in the village. A tour leader rides with you, but nobody guides you through the gardens.
From $80 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A guide walks the flower garden with you for 90 minutes, then leads you to the house and the pond; the day ends at the church and Monet's grave. The paths are gravel with steps. Ages 7 and over.
From $150 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
An art historian takes you through the house for an hour and the flower and water gardens for another, then half an hour in the village. Door to door from your hotel, or meet your guide at the gate.
From $499 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A day that arrives by bike: a bus to the Seine valley, a riverside picnic from the market, then 5 km on the cycle path into Giverny for about two hours at the house and gardens. Helmet included.
From $138 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
About two and a half hours in the house and gardens at your own pace, with no guide inside. The entry is paid, the minivan seats eight, and children must be 3 or older.
From $156 per person (minimum 2)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two hours in the house and gardens with your guide, an hour in the village and ten minutes at the church. Six people at most, meeting in the 16th arrondissement. Infant seats are available.
From $230 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Collected at your Paris hotel and dropped back there, with the entrance fees paid and five to seven hours for the whole outing, so nobody rushes the gardens. Two travellers minimum.
From $255 per person (minimum 2)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your own driver-guide and car from your hotel for about five hours, with room for seven and for a wheelchair. You buy the Monet entry yourself: it is left out of the fare.
From $392 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four and a half private hours with a licensed guide who drives, from your Paris hotel, with pre-booked entry arranged for you. Bookings start at two, and the fare cannot be refunded once paid.
From $440 per person (minimum 2)
Non-refundable: the fare is not refunded or changed for any reason.
About two hours at Monet's house and gardens, then half an hour in a château village on the way home. Private for a party of three at most, with pushchairs and infant seats accommodated.
From $461 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two hours in the house and gardens beside your own guide, after an hour in the village. Pickup from a central Paris hotel, admission in the fare, up to six people in the car.
From $1,275 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Five hours door to door from your Paris hotel: an hour in the house, an hour across the flower and water gardens, half an hour in the village, priority admission paid.
See this dayThese are the half-days that go to Giverny and nowhere else. You leave Paris, spend two to three hours at Monet's house and gardens and in the village, and come back the same afternoon. Monet lived here for 43 years, from 1883 until his death in 1926, and made both gardens himself: the flower garden in front of the house and, across the railway line, the water garden with its lilies and green bridge.
The Fondation Claude Monet suggests an hour and a half to two hours for the house and gardens. Most half-days give you that and a little more, for the village church, Monet's grave or a coffee. Our page on the house and gardens, part by part shows what to look for in each room.
A combination day gives the gardens about two hours and moves on. A Giverny-only day gives you the whole outing, with nothing to hurry back for.
The small groups of six and eight and the private days with a guide walk the flower garden and the pond with you. The coach and the minivan from western Paris leave you to explore with an app or on your own.
Four and a half to six hours on most, so you are back in Paris for the afternoon or the evening. Only the bike day, with its picnic, runs to nine.
The house and gardens open every day from 1 April to 1 November in 2026, Mondays included, so a Giverny-only day fits a Monday when Versailles cannot.
The choice is time at Giverny against a second sight. Here is the difference in hours and fares.
| Giverny-only half-day | With Versailles | With Auvers-sur-Oise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 4.5 to 7 hours | 9 to 11.5 hours | 9 to 10 hours |
| Time at Giverny | 2 to 3 hours | 1 to 4 hours, about 2 on most | 2 to 3 hours |
| A guide in the gardens | On the small groups and private days | On some private days | Yes |
| Price a person | $80 to $1,275 | $158 to $928 | $250 to $575 |
| Closed days to watch | None in season | Mondays: the palace is shut | Mondays and Tuesdays: Van Gogh's room is shut |
If the gardens are the reason for your trip, take a Giverny-only day and give them your full attention. If you have one day for everything, see the Giverny and Versailles tours or the Van Gogh days among the Giverny day tours.
Four and a half hours from avenue de Wagram: 90 minutes in the flower garden with your guide, the house and the pond, then Monet's grave. Monet ticket paid.
See this dayOur guide to choosing a tour weighs the guide, the group size and the pickup against each other.
Ready to compare these with the combination days? Every fare sits side by side on Giverny Tours.