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Giverny Monet's house & gardens

I would like to buy tickets ahead of time for Monet's house tour, but only see 9am arrival times listed for each day in the summer!
Can I arrive and use entrance ticket @any time before close of that day?
Thanks!

Posted by
15589 posts

I don't want to give you a definitive "yes" but there are no timed entries to the sight nor are there tours of the house or the gardens. You can wander to your heart's delight in the house and the gardens, so there's no reason why there would be tickets with different times. I assume 9.00 is when they open. If you get there when they open, there will be fewer people in the gardens.

Posted by
1097 posts

I strongly urge you to arrive as early as possible if you're traveling in the summer. The place gets more crowded as the day goes on, and you'll miss a lot of the impact if you're trying to see around mobs of people trying to take pictures of the pond.

Posted by
1540 posts

We bought our tickets online too and took an AM train from Paris - the train trip was about an hour and there are buses at the train station in Vernon that took us to Monet's House.
We were there in early April, but the gardens were already in bloom.
Spent a lot of time in the gardens and then went thru the house (self guided), and small museum
Had lunch and walked all over the town - saw the cemetery where Monet is buried and a couple other notables.
I loved wandering around the village and looking at everyone's gardens etc.

Then got the bus back to the Vernon train station and back into Paris.

Posted by
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To add to MJ's question, can anyone advise which day of the week is best to make this day trip?

Posted by
77 posts

to Echo above
We had our tickets for a set day show up any time. Took the high speed from Paris, short buss ride and had a fantastic day, any questions pm me