Paris Cityrama offers a bus tour from Paris to Giverny that is perfect for art lovers. The tour leaves at 8:30 in the morning and the first stop of he tour is the home and gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny. The tour continues with a visit to the official Giverny Museum of Impressionism and then lunch at “Moulin de Fourges,” a charming and bucolic restaurant six miles away from Monet's home. The tour continues to Auvers-sur-Oise, the village where Vincent Van Gogh spent the last three months of his life. There stands the "Auberge Ravoux" which is the last house that Van Gogh lived in.
The tour returns to Paris at around 6pm. This tour includes pick up and drop off from your hotel, the cost of lunch and all entrance fees.
Groupe Cityrama
149, Rue Saint Honoré
Paris, France 75001
011 (+33) 1 44 55 61 00
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pariscityrama.com
An alternative bus tour company, France City Tours, offers a full day tour that begins with a stroll and tour of Claude Monet's residence and gardens in Giverny, a visit to the nearby American Museum of Art, and then lunch at the famous “Moulin de Fourges,” the 200-year-old mill converted into a restaurant. The tour then travels to the Palace of Versailles to explore the home and leisure areas of Louis XIV, the Hall of Mirrors and the apartment of the Dauphin and Dauphine. The tour provides ample time to walk around the many gardens and fountains around the grounds. This tour includes pick up and drop off from your hotel, the cost of lunch and all entrance fees.
FranceCityTours.com
EuroQuest LLC
(800) 283-7262
(212) 986-3800
francecitytours.com
The bus tour group, Paris Tours, offers a half-day tour to Giverny, which just covers a visit to the property of Claude Monet. Unlike the tours described above, this tour does not include pick up from your hotel, instead it meets at a designated location in Paris. The tour usually meets at 1:45pm and returns to Paris at 6:45pm. Lunch is not included.
Paris Tours
(888) 317-1530
paris-tours.net