Claude Monet's country farmhouse in Giverny, Normandy with its long plain pink walls surrounded by gardens, painters studio and greenhouse is simply breathtaking. Colourful, beautifully decorated and full of Monet's personal art collection, visiting his house is a highlight on any trip to France.

Claude Monet's House at Giverny

The house bequeathed by Michel Monet on his death in 1966 to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, with the aim of safeguarding his memories of his father, and to create a place that could be visited by his admirers, is now a place of homage for art and garden lovers and one of the major tourist attractions just outside of Paris.