Monet's Garden Giverny: How to visit from Paris and everything you need to know

It's one of the most popular day trips from Paris.The house and garden of the impressionist Claude Monet is in a village called Giverny, just outside the French capital.Restored in the late 1970s, the Giverny house and gardens were Claude Monet's private sanctuary from 1883 to 1926.READ MORE: The 'one thing' you have to do in Paris, according to Catriona RowntreeThe pink rendered building and flower gardens including the famous waterlilies have been restored.9Travel visited on a recent trip so has plenty of advice on how to go.Where is Monet's garden located?Monet's house and garden is in the beautiful village of Giverny in Normandy, in northern France. You can get there in around an hour from Paris on the train.READ MORE: The key things to know about visiting Paris on the cheapHow to get to Monet's garden from Paris by trainYou can catch the train from Paris St-Lazare station which you can get to by Metro. You're heading to Vernon-Giverny.Be sure to choose a direct train, which takes just under an hour, rather than one which stops in many stops which can be double that.We booked our tickets in advance on the Trainline app, but you could buy them at the station.They cost us around $60 each.(Tip: St-Lazare station is joined to a big shopping mal which has options for food as well as a big Sephora.)Once we arrived at Vernon-Giverny we followed the crowds to the right exit, and took a taxi to get to Monet's house as it's too far to walk.We used Uber to get back to the station. (We had a European SIM card for the trip) Each taxi/uber journey cost us around €19 ($26.)There is a road train from the station to the house you can use also which costs €10 return ($16).But check the times of the return journeys as it didn't work for the train times.Tip: If you have to wait for your train, there's a bar over the road from the entrance to the station.How much does it cost to go to Monet's garden?We booked tickets to the house and garden a few months before our visit on the website.You can also get tickets on the day however - but it does get busy. This year it was open from March 29th 2024 and will close on November 1st 2024.It's open from 9.30 am to 6pm, with last admission at 5.30pm.Tickets cost €11 ($18) for adults, Children over seven and students cost €6.50 ($11).Children under seven are free, and tickets for a person with disabilities is €5.50 ($9).Is Monet's garden worth visiting?The garden was really stunning - despite the crowds. We went at the end of May, and there were many flowers blooming.The famous waterlilies - the subject for 250 of his paintings -were not yet out, however. We hear summer, from July, is the best time to see them.You can walk over the famous green bridge which features in many of the paintings. You will need to be patient though to get the perfect photo if it's busy like when we went.READ MORE: Five handy tips you should know ahead of your trip to ParisInterestingly, drawing in the garden is banned - though we did see one woman set up with watercolours trying to do a sneaky piece.One mistake we made, however, was booking tickets for 11am.It was packed with tourists, and while walking around the garden was fine, we abandoned plans to go inside the house. It was just too busy.There were hoards of older tourists and a nursery school trip all trying to get through the narrow corridors.It was also very hot.We reckon like many European attractions, it would be best to go as early in the days as you can. There is also a big gift shop, and a cafe just over the road.Emily in Paris went to Monet's gardenThe new series of Netflix show, Emily in Paris is out now.Star Lily Collins, visits Monet's house and garden in the new seriesHer and character Camille (Camille Razat) are seen on rowing boats on the pond - though you can't actually do this.That probably mean's its set to get even more popular for visitors.You can find other Emily in Paris locations here.