Itinerary · Normandie
Normandy, Impressionism and Coast: 5 Romantic Days
From Giverny to Cabourg via Rouen, Le Havre and Honfleur, a route that follows the light Monet, Boudin and their fellow painters came to chase along the Seine and the Norman coast — designed for a long romantic weekend.
5 days · 9 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
In Monet's footsteps, Giverny and Vernon
Equidistant from Paris and Rouen, the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny blends artworks and gardens in a single gesture — then, five minutes away, the former Vernon townhouse holding the Hoschedé-Monet family collection, between Seine landscapes and animal art on loan from the Louvre.
Art and gardensMuseum · Giverny
Musée des impressionnismes Giverny
Le Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, situé en Normandie à équidistance de Paris et de Rouen, est un établissement dédié à l'impressionnisme et à ses…
Intimate collectionMuseum · Vernon
Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet
The Blanche Hoschedé-Monet Museum is a municipal museum located in Vernon in Eure, Normandy, founded in 1862 from the donation of François de Brécourt's…
Day 2
Rouen, between Renaissance and Impressionism
A stop at the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts, whose collections move through the Renaissance, Baroque Europe and Romanticism before lingering on Impressionism — then Notre-Dame Cathedral, whose façade Claude Monet painted more than thirty times between 1892 and 1894, chasing the light as it changed hour by hour.
Impressionist collectionMuseum · Rouen
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
The Rouen Museum of Fine Arts is an establishment. It is located in Rouen, in Seine-Maritime, in the Normandy region. Its collections cover several periods and…
Painted 30 times by MonetChurch · Rouen
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen, édifice gothique flamboyant situé en Normandie, accueille environ 2,4 millions de visiteurs annuels. Lieu de…
Day 3
Le Havre, light and concrete
The MuMa and its Impressionist collection, the second largest in France after Orsay — Monet, Renoir, Pissarro — inside a glass building open to the sea, followed by a walk through the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret, listed as World Heritage for its post-war urban planning.
France's 2nd Impressionist collectionMuseum · Le Havre
MuMa Musée d'art moderne André Malraux
The MuMa, André Malraux Modern Art Museum, is located in Le Havre in Seine-Maritime. It stands out for its remarkable contemporary architecture. The museum…
UNESCO reconstructionHeritage · Le Havre
Le Havre, la ville reconstruite par Auguste Perret
Reconstructed after substantial damage during the Second World War, Le Havre represents a comprehensive urban planning project carried out between 1946 and…
Day 4
Honfleur, the harbour that gave birth to Impressionism
The Eugène Boudin Museum, named after the Honfleur-born painter who was the first to set up his easel facing the Vieux-Bassin and who introduced the young Monet to open-air painting — a stone's throw away, the Église Sainte-Catherine, the largest wooden church in France, built by shipwrights in the aftermath of the Hundred Years' War.
The birthplace of ImpressionismMuseum · Honfleur
Musée Eugène Boudin
The Eugène Boudin Museum is located in Honfleur, in Calvados, and holds a heritage label. It is part of the museum complex of Honfleur, alongside the Maritime…
France's largest wooden churchChurch · Honfleur
Église Sainte-Catherine de Honfleur
L'église Sainte-Catherine de Honfleur est un édifice religieux situé en Normandie, dans le Calvados, au cœur de la ville portuaire de Honfleur. Elle se…
Day 5
Cabourg, the Belle Époque for two
The final stop at the Villa du Temps retrouvé, where Marcel Proust guides visitors through a tour dedicated to the golden age of Cabourg and the Côte Fleurie — then one last hand-in-hand walk along the boardwalk, two hours from Paris.
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