Giverny Half-Day Coach Tour from Paris, Monet Ticket Included

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Paris: Porte MaillotMonet ticket and appApp in the gardens, no guide

The simplest way from Paris to Monet's house and gardens, and the lowest fare we list. A coach from Porte Maillot, the entry ticket already paid, an app in your pocket for the house and gardens, and an hour and a half of your own in the village before the ride back. Add Versailles and the same day runs until the evening.

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Monet's gardens at your own pace, for the lowest fare

How the half-day runs

This is a coach day with a tour leader rather than a guided visit, and it helps to know that before you book. The coach leaves Porte Maillot for Giverny, about 80 km west-north-west of Paris, and the ride takes about an hour. The English-speaking tour leader uses it to set out Monet's life and how the gardens came to be, so you arrive knowing what you are looking at.

At the gate you get a short introduction to the estate. Then you go in on your own, with the entry already paid and the app on your phone. The coach parks about ten to fifteen minutes' walk from the garden entrance, so count that walk at both ends of your time in the village.

The house, the flower garden and the pond, with the app

The day allows about 90 minutes for the whole estate, in three parts. The first is the Clos Normand, the flower garden in front of the house: straight beds of single colours under iron arches, which Monet planted like colours on a palette. The second is the water garden, through the gate at its foot and across the railway line, with the green Japanese bridge and the water-lily pond Monet made after buying that land in 1893. The third is the house, where Monet lived from 1883 until he died there in 1926.

The app talks you through all three, and you choose the order. The Fondation itself suggests an hour and a half to two hours for a visit, so the time is enough if you keep moving. If you want to linger by the pond, go there first, while the coach groups are still in the house.

Ninety minutes of your own

After the gardens the village is yours for an hour and a half. The main street is rue Claude Monet, with cafés and galleries along it. Three things fit into the time. Monet's grave is in the churchyard of Sainte-Radegonde, the village church. The Musée des impressionnismes, at 99 rue Claude Monet, has its galleries and its restaurant if you move fast; its adult ticket is €12, and under-18s go free. Or sit down for lunch: food and drinks are not in the fare, so budget for a meal or a snack.

Some travellers find three hours in Giverny not quite enough. If you know already that you will want the museum as well as the gardens, a longer day will suit you better; the Giverny Monet garden & house tours set every Giverny-only day side by side.

The Versailles upgrade

The same booking has a full-day grade. You spend the morning in Giverny as above, then the coach goes on to the Palace of Versailles for an afternoon: a guided tour of the palace interior, followed by free time in its gardens. You are back in Paris at 7 pm, and the day runs to about eleven and a half hours. Versailles closes on Mondays, so check which dates the full-day grade shows for your week. The Giverny and Versailles tours page compares every day that does both places.

The half-day, stop by stop

1. Porte Maillot. Meet the City Wonders host with the sign at Place du Général Kœnig, beside the church.
2. On the road. About an hour by coach, with the tour leader's commentary.
3. The gate. A short introduction to the estate, then in you go, ticket paid.
4. The flower garden. About 30 minutes with the app among the beds and arches.
5. The water garden. About 30 minutes at the pond and the green bridge.
6. The village. An hour and a half free: the grave, the museum's garden or a café.
7. Back to Paris. About an hour by coach to Porte Maillot.

Who this suits, and who should book something else

What $80 covers, and what it leaves out

By the church at Porte Maillot

You meet at Place du Général Kœnig in the 17th arrondissement, beside the church of Notre-Dame-de-Compassion, where boulevard d'Aurelle de Paladines meets avenue de la Porte des Ternes. The City Wonders host holds a sign and stands on the right as you face the church. Your confirmation gives the time; aim to be there a little before it. The day ends at Porte Maillot.

There is no hotel pickup, but the square is near public transport. The Giverny map shows the meeting points in Paris and the car parks in the village, and the visitor guide covers the season, the fares and the bag rule for the gardens.

Know before you go

• The gardens have a season. Monet's house and gardens open every day from 1 April to 1 November, 10 am to 6 pm, and close for the winter.
• Download the app first. Do it before the day, and bring headphones.
• Bags are limited to cabin size. At most 55 x 35 x 20 cm, carried in hand or on your back; there is no left-luggage at the gate.
• Young children need their own seat. The coaches have no ISOFIX points and few three-point belts; bring a child restraint.
• It is not wheelchair accessible. The Fondation's gardens are accessible to reduced mobility, but the house is not, and the coach parks a walk away.
• Food and tips are extra. Budget for a drink or lunch in the village.

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