{"id":7597,"date":"2012-10-31T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurotriptips.com\/?p=7597"},"modified":"2016-11-15T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T18:49:11","slug":"monet-gardens-in-giverny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/monet-gardens-in-giverny\/","title":{"rendered":"Monet Gardens in Giverny – in Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

During my research on the Normandy<\/a> road trip I was planning, I was searching for interesting things to do between Paris and the coast, in order to give my pilot some well-deserved rest.<\/p>\n

That’s when I clicked – aren’t the famous Monet gardens in the area? I was really excited to visit what is perhaps the most iconic setting in the history of art, possibly the most colorful one, and undoubtedly the most romantic.<\/p>\n

The first part of the visit is the Monet house itself – where the painter used to live in the 1880s, and most importantly, create.<\/p>\n

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It’s really interesting to visit the workshop of one of the world’s most famous and talented painters. I like how Monet also kept his Impressionist friends close to his heart – his bedroom walls were covered by C\u00e9zanne, Renoir and Manet paintings.<\/p>\n

The house fell into disrepair after Monet’s death, and it wasn’t until the 1980s that it was restored to its full glory, and open for the public to enjoy.<\/p>\n

The second part is an ode to the beauty of nature and the powerful smell of various flowers.<\/p>\n

There are more types of plants and flowers than I can recall! It’s an especially fun place if you’re an amateur photographer, not unlike the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland<\/a>. It was a lot of fun to wander around and try to capture the grandeur of the place, and the many textures. I could’ve easily spent a whole afternoon just there!<\/p>\n

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The third and last part of the visit is where you’ll find one of the most famous scenes of the history of the 3rd art – the water lily pond.<\/p>\n

Monet had this pond dug after he moved to the estate, against his neighbors advice – they were worried his weird, exotic plants would poison the water! The pond is designed after the many Japanese prints Monet collected – an influence that is very obvious with the wooden bridges, the bamboo trees and the many nympheas.<\/p>\n

In fact, it was the first time in the history of painting that an artist had shaped nature the way he wanted to paint it – for nature is what it is, the way it was created, not man-made. I think it’s interesting that Monet had this painting in mind before it even actually existed!<\/p>\n

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Monet Gardens in Giverny: Good To Know<\/h1>\n