Fondation Claude Monet, Giverny

This place is so beautiful. I have come here for my most special birthday and 2 other times just because I love it here. The restaurant outside is nice to stop by first and have lunch. The line is usually long... so have your partner wait while you explore the other beautiful gardens down the street! That's what I do!! Love the feeling here with any type of weather. The rain, wind, sunshine... it's all beautiful and gives off the spirit of Monet!

Monets garden is really worth a visit. Even on a dull morning in the rain it looked lush and colourful. We arrived about 12 and the queues were already long so it was worth pretty booking our tickets. You need to go in via the 'group' entrance. It was quite crowded but still wonderful to get a glimpse at his life and what inspired him. I loved it. Be aware that you will have to pay the full adult price for children over 14.

Arrived at 14.00 and there were only a few people waiting. Entry fairly quickly involved brief check of bags and notified that no picnic in garden allowed. Garden and all planting was fabulous well stocked and the lily pond and bridges just as imagined. There were quite a lot of selfie sticks around which was a bit tedious at times especially in the house! Well worth visiting and not too expensive.

This was the highlight of my whole trip to France. The countryside is beautiful, definitely ride a bike from the train station. The house is well preserved and aesthetically pleasing. The garden is more beautiful than the paintings captured. The whole surround village is also gorgeous to explore. I got there as early as I could with a train trip from Paris and didn't wait in line for long. After I was in the house there was a longer line to enter.

Lovely to see the gardens and pond that inspired Monet. Also great to see what kind of house he lived in and the pictures he chose to surround himself with - Japanese prints. Inevitably lots of people on a Sunday afternoon in August but the car parking is free and plentiful and routing through the gardens spreads the volume.