One excellent place to visit is Monet's garden at Giverny. I'm not sure if it's possible to visit when it isn't busy but even in summer when it's choc-a-bloc with coach parties, if you can stay after 4.30pm then it suddenly becomes really quiet and you can go round the gardens again in peace.
http://giverny-impression.com/
The gardens are in 2 parts, the original garden behind the house and the much bigger garden across the road. Monet bought this field and made the most beautiful water garden..... the one with all the waterlilies. It is an amazing sight when they are all in bloom. But whenever you go there are things to see. There's a tunnel under the road so you can get from one part of the garden to the other in safety.
The house is also open and is very interesting. The kitchen is a typical French provincial kitchen but the colours are Monet's own.
There are some of the wonderful blue Japanese prints which were in Monet's personal collection.
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