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The Normandy coast of the June 1944 landings, with Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc and the American Cemetery.
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Giverny
Monet's pink house and the water-lily garden he painted for 30 years, in a Normandy village.
- Open
- Daily from about April to October; closed in winter
- Price
- Paid; timed tickets online
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- 84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 GivernyDirections
- Getting There
- About 45 minutes by train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Vernon, then a shuttle bus, or a 3.1 miles walk or bike ride.
Why Go
Claude Monet lived here from 1883 until his death in 1926, and planted both the flower garden and the Japanese-style water garden, with its green footbridge and lily pond, that he painted again and again. The house keeps his yellow dining room and his collection of Japanese prints, and the village also has a museum of Impressionism.
Tips
- Come at opening time or late in the afternoon: by midday tour groups fill the garden paths.
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