Pre-Purchase Giverny Tickets

I'm about 99 percent sure it can, it's the way everything is going, but I haven't done it.

Andrea when I go to the Monet house website I see three ways to book tickets. I choose the bottom link, Fnac, and kind of went through the process--it's all in French. But it indicated that the ticket would be available two ways. One was esentially pick it up at one of their locations and the other was ticket electronic. Both types of ticket delivery options were checked in the reserve a ticket process. I think you are ok.

http://fondation-monet.com/en/practical-informations/

Edit: I chose the Fnac option because you may be near one of their stores and you can drop in there and pick up your advance tickets too if you can't get it to display on your phone.

I was there in April and showed the tickets on my phone (using the group tour entrance, down an alley on the right). One of the two barcodes scanned after I enlarged it a bit, the other one was fussy but they waved us through.

Thanks everyone. I feel better now about waiting to see what the weather will be and still not have to stand in a long ticket line.

I am guessing, based on my one experience there, that its more important to get there early, before the tour buses arrive, to avoid lines for tickets or entry.

Stan, I agree completely and plan to do just that.

Keep an eye on the dates of the train strike if you are planning to arrive by train. I tried to purchase train tickets the night before and the SNCF website had nothing available, so I wound up buying for the next day (a strike day), where the only train going to Vernon/Giverny with tickets available was at 10:50. Perhaps we could have purchased tickets for our original day by going to the station shortly before departure, but we didn't try that.

We wound up arriving around 1:30 pm and it wasn't too crowded, maybe many people were taking a lunch break. It was a cloudy and chilly day, which may have helped keep people away. We did notice that the crowds picked up around 3 pm.

Marty, good point. I already have the strike days on my calendar. I'll arrive in Paris on June 16th and will be there until the 28th. When it gets close enough to get a decent weather forecast I'll choose the day based on the strike.

Andrea, I've got to warn you about the weather forecast: it's very unpredictable in this area of the country as the clouds come rolling in off the Atlantic coast. So even if it looks gray and a little drizzle is coming, you should still go. I've personally experienced years at a time (summers 1977-81 living in Paris and 20013 in northern Burgundy) where a sunny day is predicted, but it materialized for only an hour before the clouds come back. Even if it's cloudy and a bit of drizzle, you'll enjoy Giverny.
On the other hand, if you are in a heat wave, you'll be able to count on it being sunny.

Bets, good point about weather forecasts. When I was in Italy 2 years ago I'm pretty sure the forecast was wrong the entire 3 weeks I was there. I'd rather go to Giverny when it's cooler and cloudy than during a heat wave. I'd just prefer to avoid a downpour.

Bets, good point about weather forecasts. When I was in Italy 2 years ago I'm pretty sure the forecast was wrong the entire 3 weeks I was there. I'd rather go to Giverny when it's cooler and cloudy than during a heat wave. I'd just prefer to avoid a downpour.