Giverny- which company to make ticket purchase

Posted by J L on 01/09/24 06:10 PM

We will be going to Paris Olympics for 2 weeks at the end of july.. One day we plan to go to Giverny in the morning by train.
I see the tickets go on sale in February 2024 but there seem to be 3 ticket vendors.
Does anyone have a recommendation of one over another? See tickets , Ticketmaster & FNAC

Also I have seen on the forum people recommending renting a bicycle to ride from train station to Giverny.
Is it a fairly flat ride and is half hour roughly the time it would take? We haven’t biked in a long while but it sounds like a wonderful idea.

Thank you for any advice

Posted by janettravels44

Chicago

01/09/24 06:19 PM

8556 posts

you buy tickets from the site itself not some middleman vendor; the official site is: https://fondation-monet.com

The gardens open the last few days of March and you should get tickets a couple months in advance of your preferred date. With tickets you use the group entrance and it is very speedy -- we did it for the second time last fall and it was lovely.

Posted by Nancy

Corvallis OR

01/09/24 06:43 PM

7161 posts

Why pay a middleman fee for something you can get on the official site? That's assuming there is no add'l fee on the official site (which I haven't checked). But regardless, it's always better to buy tickets from the venue and not from a ticket vendor (unless they are the only ones offering tickets).

Posted by Donna 🌎

Ohio

01/09/24 09:56 PM

2161 posts

Another option - we did a Fat Tire Bike Tour to Giverny that was a lot of fun. We met the guide at a train station in Paris and traveled as a group to Vernon. We bought picnic supplies at the market and collected the bikes. It was a short easy ride to lunch then on to Giverny. Tickets to Monet’s house and garden were included in the price. Fun day.

Posted by Suki

01/13/24 01:10 AM

11570 posts

Only use https://fondation-monet.com/ as mentioned in post above.

Posted by raphaellecrevet

01/22/24 03:40 PM

31 posts

Yes use Fondation Monet, the official site.
Do buy advance tickets as they will sell out quickly, as last year (and i have been guiding for 23 years there) was the first time ever i had seen such long long lines for people not having tickets. Some did not even manage to buy tickets on site as there is a new policy i have heard.
Fnac can be an option if tickets on the official website sell out, they may have some available on FNAC which is very used in France , but they have a fee, albeit small than Tiqets which i would not use
Yes the bike ride is fun and flat from Vernon, you basically cross the river Seine on a large bridge, not very busy, and then ride, probably 1 mile or 1 and 1 /2 mile total to get to Giverny
Check in advance the train schedule to get back