{"id":48,"date":"2013-03-05T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/taking-the-kids-to-monet-s-garden-giverny-france\/"},"modified":"2021-08-26T04:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T08:19:39","slug":"taking-the-kids-to-monet-s-garden-giverny-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/taking-the-kids-to-monet-s-garden-giverny-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Kids to Monet\u2019s Garden (Giverny, France)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giverny, France<\/a> is the home of the French impressionist Claude Monet\u2019s famous home and surrounding gardens. It\u2019s an easy 45-minute train ride from Paris, and a great place to bring the kids for a day.<\/p>\n


\nHow to prepare for a visit to Monet\u2019s gardens:<\/strong>
\nKids get a lot more out of travel if they know something about the place they are going before they get there. Talk to your kids about French Impressionism in general and Claude Monet in particular. Fortunately, you don\u2019t have to have a degree in art history to do this; there are plenty of wonderful, child-friendly resources at your disposal. Some of my favorites are:
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Linnea in Monet\u2019s Garden by Christina Bjork (there is also a video by the same name)
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Art Smart 4 Kids Impressionism\u00a0 (link<\/a>)
\n–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Monet and Impressionism: Art History for Kids (link<\/a>)<\/p>\n


\nHow to get there by train (from Paris): <\/strong>
\nThe village of Giverny is located 4km from the town of Vernon, which is about 50 miles from Paris. The Vernon station is on the main SNCF line Paris \/ Rouen \/ Le Havre. Board the train at Saint-Lazare Paris station (you can purchase your ticket there as well). The trip takes just over 45-minutes each way. I would suggest packing a snack so that the kids are happy and have plenty of energy when you arrive.<\/p>\n


\nVisiting Monet\u2019s home and gardens: <\/strong>
\nTickets to tour Monet\u2019s former home and the surrounding gardens (which he painted frequently throughout his career) can be purchased when you arrive at the gardens, or in advance through the website<\/a>. The website also gives an excellent overview of Monet\u2019s life and art (you can add it to your list of resources above).<\/p>\n

If your budding art connoisseurs are still interested in seeing more after touring the gardens and Monet\u2019s home, I recommend a visit to Mus\u00e9e des Impressionismes (link<\/a>), also located in Giverny (adjacent to Monet\u2019s home). This lovely gallery hosts temporary exhibits of Impressionist art.<\/p>\n

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Giverny, France is the home of the French impressionist Claude Monet\u2019s famous home and surrounding gardens. It\u2019s an easy 45-minute train ride from Paris, and a great place to bring the kids for a day. How to prepare for a visit to Monet\u2019s gardens: Kids get a lot more out of travel if they know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98908543,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/98908543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}