Versailles Palace & Giverny Private Tour with Lunch&Hotel Pick-up
A private day from your Paris hotel: two hours at the palace inside and out, lunch, then Monet's house and gardens with your guide and the car.
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Check AvailabilityWhere to Eat in Giverny
Where to eat in Giverny matters, because you cannot picnic in the gardens. The village street has a restaurant opposite the gate, the painters’ old inn and the museum’s own. A few of the Giverny bike tour and Versailles days put lunch in the fare.
Where to eat in Giverny at a glance
Every table here is on or near rue Claude Monet, so you can walk to lunch from the gate. Book at weekends in the season.
| Where | Address | When | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Les Nymphéas | Opposite the house | Every day, 1 April-1 November | The nearest table to the gate |
| Ancien Hôtel Baudy | 81 rue Claude Monet | Lunch Tuesday to Sunday; evening service on some days | Set menu €38 or à la carte; closed Mondays |
| Oscar | At the impressionism museum, 99 rue Claude Monet | Hours on its own site | The museum's restaurant |
| Le Jardin des Plumes | In the village | Book ahead | A chef's restaurant in a hotel |
| A picnic | Outside the gardens only | Any time | Not allowed inside the gardens |
Remember that any exit from the gardens is final. Eat before you go in, or after you have seen everything.
The no-picnic rule in the gardens
The Fondation does not allow picnics inside the house and gardens. It checks bags at the entrance and has no luggage storage. Only cabin-size bags, up to 55 x 35 x 20 cm, may go in.
A bottle of water in your bag is fine. A picnic has to wait for the riverbank or a bench outside the gates.
Les Nymphéas, opposite the house
Les Nymphéas faces Monet’s house across the street. It opens every day of the gardens’ season, 1 April to 1 November. It is the closest table to the gate, which makes it the easy choice before or after your visit.
Groups book by email; the Fondation gives the address on its own page. The restaurant keeps the gardens’ season, so it is shut from 2 November.
The Ancien Hôtel Baudy, where the painters ate
The Hôtel Baudy was the heart of Giverny’s artist colony. From 1886 it fed and housed American and French painters. Monet came to talk with his friend Clemenceau.
Today the Ancien Hôtel Baudy is a restaurant at 81 rue Claude Monet. It serves French cooking, with a set menu at €38 or dishes à la carte. Madame Baudy’s omelette is still on the menu. Eat in the old dining room or on the shaded terrace.
It opens for lunch from 11.30 am, Tuesday to Sunday, and has an evening service on some days, last orders 9 pm. It closes on Sunday evening and all day Monday. Its winter closure runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 March.
At the museum, and a table for a longer evening
Oscar is the restaurant of the Musée des impressionnismes, at 99 rue Claude Monet. Its hours are on its own site. Pair it with the museum on a day you give to the village.
Le Jardin des Plumes is a hotel-restaurant in the village, in a house built in 1913. Its chef, David Gallienne, cooks from Normandy produce. It is the place for a long dinner if you sleep in Giverny; book ahead.
Lunch in a tour fare, or a picnic by the Seine
Most half-day tours from Paris leave lunch to you. You eat in the village during free time, or back in Paris.
A few longer days include it. One small-group day to Giverny and Versailles lunches with drinks at the Moulin de Fourges. A private Versailles day puts lunch in the fare. The bike day stops at a market for picnic food, then you eat on the riverbank of the Seine before the ride.
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Questions about where to eat
Where can I eat in Giverny?
Les Nymphéas, opposite the house, opens every day of the season, and the Musée des impressionnismes has its own restaurant. A few combination days put lunch in the fare.
Can I bring a bag or a picnic?
Only a cabin-size bag, at most 55 x 35 x 20 cm, carried in your hand or on your back; there is no luggage storage. Picnics, painting, drawing and pets are not allowed in the house and gardens.
Is the Hôtel Baudy still open?
Yes, as a restaurant. The Ancien Hôtel Baudy serves lunch from Tuesday to Sunday in the season and closes on Mondays. It shuts for winter from 1 November 2026 to 31 March.
Do any Giverny tours include lunch?
A few of the Versailles days do. One small-group day lunches with drinks at the Moulin de Fourges, and one private day puts lunch in the fare. The bike day has you buy a picnic at a market.
Where these facts come from
The picnic rule and Les Nymphéas are the Fondation’s own, and each restaurant’s menu and hours are its own or the tourist office’s, checked 28 September 2026. What each tour includes comes from its own listing.
- Useful information: hours, fares, access (Fondation Claude Monet)
- Restaurant Baudy, 81 rue Claude Monet (its own site)
- The Baudy restaurant listing (tourist office)
- Hours and access (the Giverny impressionism museum)
- Le Jardin des Plumes, hotel and restaurant (its own site)
- Giverny and impressionism (Nouvelle Normandie tourist office)
Tours with lunch or a picnic in the day
Giverny's House & Gardens plus Versailles Palace Day Trip with Lunch from Paris
Nine hours in a group of sixteen from the 7th: Monet's house and gardens, a lunch with drinks at a riverside mill, then a guided visit inside the palace.
From $371 per person
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From Paris: Monet Gardens & Giverny Bike Tour with Picnic Stop
Nine hours from the 15th: a bus to the Seine valley, picnic food bought at an open-air market and eaten on the riverbank, then 5 km by bike to the gardens.
From $138 per person
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