Giverny & the Seine Valley or van Gogh Tour

• Musee des impressionnismes

  4 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Monet is synonymous with Giverny but here, at the Musée des impressionnismes, you can also discover other artists, themes whilst visiting his gardens, home & the beautiful villages of Giverny & Vernon. In partnership with the Orsay Museum, Claude Monet foundation and the Marmottan museum the "Musée des Impressionnismes" was founded in 2009.

• La Roche-Guyon

  3 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

  After lunch, we have a walking trail with 14 stops encouraging visitors to discover works by artists who were inspired by the village and its surrounding landscapes. The 2.7km-long trail is dotted with reproductions of works by the likes of Paul Jouanny, Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Maximilien Luce. Placed in the exact spots where they were executed, these reproductions allow you to view the very spots in which the artists composed their canvases. Set in a great natural amphitheatre beside the Seine, its château rising from its centre, this fortified little medieval town occupies an exceptional site, protected by the Seine’s slopes. Impressionists came to stay here and paint the area, among them Monet and Renoir. This was a truly innovative way of painting at the time, initiated by artists “de plein air” (“of the great outdoors”) as they were called, precursors of the Impressionists.

• Maison de van Gogh

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Alternatively to the walking tour, we can travel to the final home & resting place of Van Gogh. On 20 May 1890 Vincent van Gogh moved into the Ravoux Inn, room no.5, a simple attic room of 7 sq. meters, lit by a sky light. On 28 and 29 July 1890 Theo van Gogh was present during his brother Vincent’s last moments. Out of superstition the landlords never again rented out this “room of the suicide” which occupied such an essential place in the artist’s spiritual universe. This haven of peace where “there is nothing to see… but everything to feel” has remained untouched since 1890. The room is empty. You cannot find the slightest relic to touch. You just stand there and feel…the presence of history.

• Tombe de Vincent van Gogh

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

  We take a short walk through the country road fields, where Van Gogh painted "Le Champ De Blé Aux Corbeaux", to visit the tomb of the Van Gogh brothers, Vincent & Theo.
• Accommodations

  A self-contained studio, with kitchen & bathroom. Local train station has connections to Paris & Chateau of Versailles.