Itinerary · Île-de-France
Around Paris, in the Footsteps of the Impressionists: 3 Days
A getaway along the Seine, in Auvers-sur-Oise then Bougival, tracing Van Gogh, Daubigny and Berthe Morisot — a more intimate counterpart to the Normandy itinerary, designed for three days as a couple, by train or car from Paris.
3 days · 4 stops · Romantic
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Overview
Numbers follow the order of the route, day by day — the dashed line is indicative, not a precise driving route.
Day 1
Auvers-sur-Oise, Van Gogh's final village
Vincent Van Gogh spent the last seventy days of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890, under the care of Dr Gachet, whose house can still be visited today; the Musée Daubigny, housed in the former Hôtel du Saumon Doré, traces the colony of painters who had settled there before him.
Where Van Gogh was cared for in 1890Museum · Auvers-sur-Oise
Maison du Docteur Gachet
The House of Doctor Gachet is a museum located in Auvers-sur-Oise, in Val-d'Oise, in Île-de-France. This historic residence offers access to the intimate world…
Painters' colony before Van GoghMuseum · Auvers-sur-Oise
Musée Daubigny
The Daubigny Museum is a house museum and Illustrious House located in Auvers-sur-Oise, in Val-d'Oise. It occupies the Manor of the Colombières. Its…
Day 2
Auvers-sur-Oise, Daubigny's studio
The house-studio of Charles-François Daubigny, its walls still decorated with frescoes painted by the artist and his friends Camille Corot and Honoré Daumier, followed by a stroll through the village that inspired so many Impressionist canvases upstream of the Seine.
Day 3
Bougival, in Berthe Morisot's studio
Final stop in Bougival, where Berthe Morisot spent her last years with her husband Eugène Manet, the painter's brother — her house, restored as a studio-museum, closes the picture on a getaway along the Seine, between Impressionist light and marital intimacy.
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