Your English speaking driver/guide will meet you at your cruise ship at 09.00am At the center of a rich and undulating countryside, the village of Giverny, just outside Vernon, had the privilege from 1883, being the principal residence of the impressionist painter, Claude Monet. This charming village became, in just a few years, famous worldwide thanks to the presence of this talented precursor of modern art. The first stop of our tour will be THE AMERICAN ART MUSEUM OF GIVERNY where you can explore the historic and aesthetic connections between French and American artists. We will then travel to Monet’s house in Giverny and then on to Honfleur, the other town in Normandy where painters lived including the French impressionist artist and friend of Monet, Eugene Boudin. We will then head to ROUEN, which, is quite simply a work of art in itself with its medieval half timbered houses, religious architecture, the massive Town Clock and the famous who have lived and died here, such as Flaubert, Corneille and Joan of Arc. |