Giverny and Rouen Private Day Trip from Paris

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Giverny

  The calm and almost other worldly beauty of Claude Monet’s Village

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Fondation Claude Monet

  Pierce the secrets of one of the pillars of Impressionism, Claude Monet. Leader of the pictorial movement of the 19th century, he brought a wind a change to academic representative art introducing heightened perception, emotions and light. The painter devoted more than forty years of his life to one of his finest masterpieces: his garden in Giverny

  2 hours • Admission ticket included
• 3
  The Clos Normand - Fondation Claude Monet

  The artist gardener sought to transform a simple orchard into magnificent colorful garden: Japanese cherry trees, flowerbeds of nasturtiums, tulips and roses, an explosion of colors for each season.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 4
  Rouen

  Discover the authentic Norman city of Rouen. It is hard to resist the charm of this city: the old Rouen, the Courthouse, the Cathedral and Joan of Arc square. Your guide will take you through this captivating city discover its multiple facets. Real museum city, Rouen enchant you with its beautiful half-timbered houses, cobbled streets and Gothic churches. Rouen is also nicknamed the "City of 100 steeples"

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Eglise Saint Maclou

  Discover the Saint-Maclou Church, a gem of Flamboyant Gothic art and the Saint-Maclou Atrium, an old parish cemetery created during the Great Black Plague of 1348. Continue your walk with the Saint-Ouen Abbey and the Courthouse, one of the beautiful achievements of the civil architecture of the late Middle Ages. Here is the oldest Jewish monument of France, the only example of medieval "Yeshiva" in the world.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  The Notre-Dame cathedral is remarkable for the juxtaposition of all periods of the Gothic style, especially on its facade. Claude Monet captured this remarkable Gothic cathedral from an apartment facing it. He immortalized the compelling light reflected off this masterpiece in a series of 28 paintings. Stroll through the antiquarian district among the stunning half-timbered houses. This atmosphere inspired Pissaro in his famous urban series. In this district, one of the most beautiful and oldest of Rouen.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7

  Rouen was the scene of the martyrdom of Joan of Arc condemned and burned in 1431. Find the exact place where she was burned, close to the Church of St. Joan of Arc whose stained glass windows are from the 16th century.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Gros-Horloge

  The Great Clock and Belfry The yawning renaissance arcade of the Great Clock spans the cobbled street and houses one of the oldest clock mechanisms in Europe. Flanked by a belfry tower with the city's bells, the Great Clock, Renaissance arcade spans the street and houses one of the oldest clock mechanisms in Europe. On each side, its single-needle dials are richly decorated. Walk down the famous rue du Gros Horloge with its unique Renaissance double-faced clock.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Times are subject to change due to local traffic conditions
• Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

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