Self-guided audio tour of the Musée d'Orsay and Giverny gardens

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Combine two outings to delve into the world of impressionism and explore at your leisure.

Your day will begin when you pick up your audio tours at PARISCityVISION’sagency. Then you will head directly to the Musée d’Orsay, which is a 10-minute walk from the agency. You will have approximately two hours to visit this museum in its unique setting: a former train station on the banks of the Seine.

You will discover the world's biggest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings as you follow the tour and listen to commentary from your audio guide about the major works, such as: "Dance at Moulin de la Galette" by Auguste Renoir , "The Gleaners" by Jean-François Millet, "Small Dancer, Aged 17" by Edgar Degas, "Luncheon on the Grass" by Edouard Manet, "The Card Players" by Paul Cézanne , "Poppies" by Claude Monet, "Arearea, or Joyousness" by Paul Gauguin and "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh.

In addition to these internationally renowned paintings, you can also see other art forms, such as sculpture, including "Liberty" by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, photographs such as "Trees Reflected in the Water, Lacock Abbey" by William Henry Fox Talbot, and decorative arts, which were recently installed in a gallery measuring 2,000 sq.m. You will also have access to temporary exhibits.

Between 12:00 pm and 1:15 pm, you will have free time to have lunch wherever you like. After your meal, you will return to the agency at 1:15 pm and board the air conditioned motor coach. You will arrive at the Giverny Gardens after about 1.5 hours of driving.

Now it's time to discover the village in Normandy where Claude Monet spent the last 43 years of his life. You can begin your outing with a tour of the Monet home to set the mood by learning about the day-to-day life of this master of impressionism. You will walk through the blue sitting room, the pantry, Claude Monet's first workshop, the kitchen and the dining room, where a significant collection of Japanese engravings is on display. Next you will head upstairs for a look at the private quarters.

Finally, you will venture into Monet's Gardens as you continue to listen to the commentary provided by your audio guide about Claude Monet's everyday life, work and major pieces. You will delight in the lavish beds of multicolored flowers and paths flanked by roses and nasturtium.

You will find yourself admiring this magnificent garden that was the source of Monet's inspiration. You will stroll through the Clos Normand planted with myriad oriental plants and the water garden with its Japanese bridge spanning the pond dappled with water lilies and ringed by weeping willows.

Please note:

  • Audio guides may not be used inside the Monet House and in the studio, as the rooms are very narrow

  • Audio guides should be picked up at the office before departure

  • On-site visit duration: 3h30

The price includes:

  • Admission tickets for the Musée d’Orsay and Giverny Home and Gardens

  • Audio guides

  • Paris-Giverny-Paris transfer in air conditioned motor coach

The price does not include:

  • Transfers to and from your accommodation in Paris

  • Guided visit

  • Transfer between our agency PARISCityVISION and the Musée d’Orsay

Length of tour: 8h45

Other distribution channel:

  • B2B

  • B2C

  • Hotels

Opening and closing times

From 02/04 to 31/10, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Rates

Group prices, reduction applied, commission rates: on demand.

Adult: 83 €
Child (3-17 years): 45 €.

Free entry for children < 3 years.

Benefits

Number of days

1

Reception

Types of customers

  • Cash dispensers

Groups

  • Sales TO/Distributors

Additional information

  • Audioguide languages: English, French, German, Spanish,

Languages

Documentation languages

  • Chinese
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Accessibility

PARISCityVISION makes itself more welcoming every day for its visitors with reduced mobility.

The excursions can be adapted to people who travel with canes or in manual folding wheelchairs.

In these cases, wheelchair users must be accompanied by an able-bodied person to help them board our coach (no platform) and push the wheelchair during the visits. The chair must be foldable.

When booking, please inform PARISCityVISION as not all excursions are wheelchair accessible.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator

For our hearing impaired visitors: the audiophones used during guided tours are compatible with hearing aids.

Access

Metro line 7 station Pyramides

Metro Line 1 station Tuilleries

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Booking

  • For groups :
    Booking required
    Deadline reservation : 24h
    External guide non accepted