Paris City Vision is a leading sightseeing company based in Paris. They offer a complete range of full & small group “seat on coach” tours of Paris and the surrounding regions. Fully escorted tours with experienced live guides are available alongside various audio-guided options for the more budget conscious.
GVA – Full Day Tour
Highlights
Visit the gardens of Versailles at your own pace even during the Grandes Eaux musicales
Traditional lunch in a charming atmosphere
Immerse yourself in Claude Monet’s impressionist universe in Giverny
Skip the line entrance tickets in both sites
Monet’s source of inspiration
Guided tour of the Palace of Versailles with the comfort of audiophones
Ideal combo tour to visit two of the biggest attractions in the Paris region. You will enjoy a visit to Claude Monet’s magnificent gardens in Giverny as well as the house of the master of Impressionism. After a traditional lunch, you will leave to visit the famous Palace of Versailles, which will take you back into the history of the Kings of France.
Set off at 8:15 am from our agency in Central Paris. The journey to Giverny by luxury air-conditioned coach will take approximately one hour and 30 minutes. Soak up the world of the painter, Claude Monet, famous for painting different corners of his garden, such as the “Water Lilies” or the “Japanese Bridge.”
The painter Claude Monet lived at Giverny with his wife and eight children for 43 years, from 1883 until his death in 1926. Passionate about gardening and nature’s changing colors, he designed his flower and water gardens as if they were works of art. During your visit of Monet’s garden at Giverny, admire the multicolored flower beds, the Clos Normand Flower Garden with its many Eastern plants, and the lush water garden, famous for its water lilies and Japanese bridge.
Then take advantage of your free time to visit Claude Monet’s pink-plastered house, where he lived and worked (guided tours of the interior are not permitted due to the lack of space). Explore the reading room, leading into the larder and the artist’s studio. In addition to those of his private apartments, these rooms have been reconstructed with Monet’s original furniture. Visit the bright yellow dining room, which has been reconstructed down to the very last detail, with earthenware dishes and a blue-tiled kitchen. In the dining room, marvel at one of the world’s most important collections of Japanese prints. At the end of your visit, explore the village and treat yourself to some souvenir shopping in the gift and book shop, which was once used as a studio for Monet’s Water Lilies; it offers a wide range of products inspired by the artist’s work.
After visiting Giverny, enjoy a tasty lunch at the Moulin de Fourges restaurant (or 2 steps away at the Bistrot du Moulin ) just ten minutes away, where you can sample local food with a twist.
In the afternoon, explore the Palace and Gardens of Versailles. Covering more than 721,000 square feet, the Palace has over 700 rooms. Follow your guide to the front of the line to see the most impressive rooms: the King’s Apartments, with seven salons each dedicated to a different god, and the Queen’s Apartments. Also visit the majestic Hall of Mirrors, a reception room in which to see and be seen, dreamt up by the famous architect, Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
Almost 240 feet-long, it was designed to astonish visitors of the Sun King Louis XIV; it is lit by 17 windows and 350 mirrors, and overlooks the palace’s splendid gardens, the second part of your visit. Enjoy the free time to visit the Gardens of Versailles and marvel at its many works of art, fountains, ponds, flower beds and groves of trees.
Duration 9.45 hours
Return to Paris scheduled for around 6:00 pm.
Please note:
Flat shoes are strongly recommended (Versailles has parquet floors in its rooms and cobblestones in its courtyard)
Strollers are not permitted inside the palace
The skip-the-line access is subject to the Versailles Palace procedures: The Vigipirate plan, the security control or an unforeseen crowd can slow down the entrance.
The price includes:
Services of a tour guide
Transport to and from Paris by luxury air-conditioned coach
Priority access ticket for the Palace of Versailles and its gardens
Entrance ticket with priority access at Giverny for Claude Monet’s house and gardens
Lunch at the Moulin de Fourges restaurant (or 2 steps away at the Bistrot du Moulin)
The price does not include:
Transfers to and from your accommodation
DEPARTS FROM:
45 Avenue de la Bourdonnais 75007 Paris – Meet our representative with a ParisCityVision sign, outside of Café le Champ de Mars.
SCHEDULE:
April to October ONLY – Closed rest of the season
Tour departs every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY at 08.15 hours.
Except 01/05 and special events
