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💡 The Short Version: Monet’s garden is open from 1 April to 1 November 2026, every day, 10:00 to 18:00, and closed the rest of the year. On your own: a train from Gare Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny (45 minutes to 1 hour 30), then the €5 shuttle to the garden. The ticket is €13; book it online, because once the online quota is sold you queue at the gate, and there is no skip-the-line entrance. Allow 1½ to 2 hours inside. Or book a tour: a half-day coach trip with entryad (from £59.14, 4.5 stars from 3,481 reviews) or the cheaper coach tour with a guide or an audio guidead (from £50.57) puts the ride and the ticket in one booking.
Getting there on your own
From the Fondation Claude Monet and the Musée des Impressionnismes, 30 September 2026. Check timetables on the TER Normandie website before you go.
| Leg | What | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris to Vernon | Train from Gare Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, on the Paris–Rouen line | 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 | Fare depends on the service; buy on SNCF Connect |
| Vernon station to Giverny | Shuttle bus to the Fondation; the station is 6 km from the museum | See the shuttle timetable | €5 single, €10 return |
| By bike | The Seine à Vélo cycle route from Vernon; bikes hired at the station exit or from Paris | About 5 km from Vernon to Giverny | — |
- Check the shuttle timetable against your train before you pick a ticket time.
- Luggage: there is no left luggage at the garden. Only cabin-size bags, up to 55 × 35 × 20 cm, are allowed, and they are searched at the gate.
- By car: Giverny has free car parks, 800 spaces for cars and buses.
Tours from Paris
A coach or minibus tour takes the train, the change and the shuttle out of the day. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” price on 30 September 2026; euros are converted at the ECB rate of 29 September (€1 = £0.857). Every tour below had dates in its calendar that day.
Half-day coach trip with entry
From £59.14 · 4.5 stars from 3,481 reviews · about 6 hours · self-guided app
From Paris: Giverny, Monet’s Home & Gardens Half-Day Tripad has a guide on the coach, 75 minutes each way, entry tickets and a self-guided audio app for the house and gardens, in ten languages. The itinerary gives about 2¾ hours at Giverny, including free time in the village and a stop at Monet’s tomb. A full-day option starts with the Palace of Versailles.
Coach with a guide or audio guide
From £50.57 · 4.2 stars from 2,992 reviews · 5 hours · to 31 October 2026
From Paris: Giverny Day Trip with Audio Guide or Live Guidead is the lowest-priced coach tour. The coach leaves from the Avenue de la Bourdonnais in the 7th, takes about 1½ hours each way and includes the entry ticket to the house and gardens. You choose a live guide or an audio guide when you book.
Minibus with a guide
From £111.42 · 4.7 stars from 881 reviews · 5 hours
From Paris: Guided Day Trip to Monet’s Garden in Givernyad leaves from the Avenue de Wagram in the 8th by minibus and takes about an hour each way. It includes entry through the small-group entrance to the gardens, and entry to the house, which is not skip-the-line.
Half-day tour with a driver-guide
From £87.42 · 4.5 stars from 444 reviews · 5 hours · to 1 November 2026
From Paris: Giverny Monet’s House & Gardens Half-Day Tourad meets at an agency near the Louvre, takes 75 minutes each way and leaves about 2 to 2½ hours at the house and gardens, with a multilingual driver-guide (English, Spanish or French). Lunch is not included.
A guided tour at the garden
From £50.57 · 4.7 stars from 785 reviews · 2 hours · up to 10 people
If you reach Giverny by train, Giverny: Monet’s House and Gardens Guided Tourad meets at the Restaurant Les Nymphéas on the Rue Claude Monet, with your ticket prepaid. Entry is timed, and latecomers may miss the tour. It runs in English only.
Giverny with Versailles
From £119.14 · 4.5 stars from 1,549 reviews · 11½ hours
From Paris: Giverny and Palace of Versailles Guided Day Tripad does both in a day while Giverny is open, and never on a Monday, when Versailles is closed. See the Versailles day trip for its tickets.
The tickets
From the Fondation’s own site (claudemonetgiverny.fr, 30 September 2026).
| Ticket | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | €13 | Self-guided; online booking recommended |
| Aged 7 to 17, or student | €7 | Proof required |
| Under 7 | Free | Free tickets cannot be booked online |
| With the Musée des Impressionnismes | €25 for an adult | Sold on site, for individuals only |
- No skip-the-line entrance. Tickets are sold at the garden every day from 9:30 to 17:30, but once the online quota is reached, expect long waits.
- Non-refundable, and since 1 May 2026 non-changeable: pick the date when you buy.
- Leaving is final: there is no re-entry.
- The Musée des Impressionnismes is a separate museum in Giverny, open from 10:00 to 18:00, with a full-price ticket of €12 (€9 reduced). Its exhibition of Daniel Buren’s “Plantations” runs to 1 November 2026 (mdig.fr).
What to see
Allow 1½ to 2 hours on your own. The Fondation’s site lists the house, the flower garden and the water garden.
The main path of the Clos Normand, Monet’s garden at Giverny. Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
- The Clos Normand, the rectangular flower garden. Tour operators list tulips, irises, roses and nasturtiums among more than a hundred varieties.
- The house, restored to its rooms as Monet lived in them, from 1883 to 1926: the blue sitting-room, the yellow dining-room hung with Japanese prints, and his bedroom upstairs. The house is not wheelchair-accessible; the gardens are.
- The water garden, through an underpass, with the willows, bamboo, lily pond and the Japanese bridge. This is the scene of the Water Lilies paintings, and the half-day coach trip gives it 45 minutes, the longest stop in the garden.
- The shop, in Monet’s former studio.
- Monet’s tomb, in the village, a stop on the half-day coach trip.
Picnics, painting and drawing are not allowed. The restaurant, Les Nymphéas, is in front of the house and open every day of the season.
The lily pond and one of the Japanese bridges, Monet’s water garden. Photo: Popolon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
When the garden is open
The garden is open every day from 1 April to 1 November 2026. From 2 November it is closed until the next season, so a trip planned for winter needs another destination: Versailles, open all year and closed on Mondays, is the usual substitute. GetYourGuide’s calendars for the half-day coach trip, the minibus tour, the guided tour at the garden and the Giverny and Versailles tour already run into 2027.
Monet’s house and the flower beds in spring. Photo: Michal Osmenda, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Giverny is one of several day trips from Paris, and one of the cheapest. For a longer day with a train, see the Loire châteaux or a champagne day trip. For what to book in the city, see what to book before you go.
Common questions
When is Monet's garden at Giverny open?
Every day from 1 April to 1 November 2026, from 10:00 to 18:00, with last admission at 17:30. It is closed from November to March, so an autumn or winter day trip to Giverny cannot include the garden.
How do you get from Paris to Giverny?
Take a train from Gare Saint-Lazare to Vernon-Giverny, 45 minutes to 1 hour 30 depending on the service, then the shuttle bus to the garden at €5 single or €10 return. The station is 6 km from Giverny's museums. You can also hire a bike at Vernon station.
How much is a ticket to Monet's house and gardens?
€13 for an adult, €7 for children aged 7 to 17 and for students, and free under 7 (claudemonetgiverny.fr, 30 September 2026). Online booking is highly recommended, and once the online quota is sold there are long waits at the gate. There is no skip-the-line entrance.
Is a tour to Giverny worth it?
It saves the train, the change at Vernon and the shuttle, and includes the ticket. Half-day coach tours with entry start at £50.57 on GetYourGuide. On your own the ticket and the shuttle are €23 (about £20) before the train fare, so you pay for convenience, not for access.
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