Giverny and the Vexin

Giverny and the Vexin form a destination of gardens, villages and Seine landscapes associated with Impressionism. In Giverny, Claude Monet’s pink house opens onto the Clos Normand, composed like a flowering palette, then onto the water garden, its pond, willows and Japanese bridge: you step directly into the motifs that nourished the painter’s work.

Around the village, the valley widens between limestone hills, fields, orchards and river bends. Vernon, La Roche-Guyon, the small roads of the Vexin and their ridge paths extend the visit into a broader landscape, dotted with stone houses, rural churches, châteaux and viewpoints. The area suits a day of art as well as two or three days of gentle walking and cycling.