If we plan to go to Giverny on our own, I understand I have to take the metro to the Gare St. Lazare station and then the train to Vernon and then a bus to the gardens. How far is the train station from the metro or are they in the same building??? What time should we get to train station in order to get the train tickets and make the train? I will have two teens and husband with me so I%26#39;m trying to research so It will go smoothly!! Also, do I just buy our entrance tickets at Giverny or should I do that on line before we leave the US?
any info. is appreciated!
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Last time I went I took 8:25 at Gare Saint Lazare.
Metro brings you under train station and there is a little bit of walking depending on line.
Since Gare Saint Lazare is near Opera/Madeleine/Department stores, it is a good idea to go 1 day before or so and get your ticket, schedule for return and look for platform train is leaving from. It is not hard but can be confusing esp. if you are getting there on the late side. I got my Giverny ticket at the door. Go to gardens first, you can always go to house later.
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http://www.giverny.org/
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As noted, the early (08:17 AM) direct SNCF train from PARIS-Gare Saint Lazare to VERNON. The previous suggestion of stopping at Gare Saint Lazare the day before to purchase your tickets is a good idea, saving you a bit of time and potential hassle prior to your departure...and orienting you to the station lay-out for a quick passage through for your early moning train. If you want to %26#39;..dazzle..%26#39; your family with your Paris %26#39;..savvy..%26#39;, slip away for a bit on your own, without saying where you%26#39;re going or what you%26#39;re about and make your way to Gare Saint Lazare on your own...and they%26#39;ll be amazed when you lead them through the %26#39;strange%26#39; station to their train%26#39;s departure platform the following morning...like an ole%26#39; Paris-hand.
Between the 08:17 AM train to Vernon and the Vernon-Giverny shuttle bus, you should arrive at the entrance gates to Monet%26#39;s Home and Garden by 09:15. The gates don%26#39;t open until 09:30 so there shouldn%26#39;t be much of a queue waiting to purchase entrance tickets...so even if advance ticket purchase were possible (I don%26#39;t thing it is...but I%26#39;m not sure) there shouldn%26#39;t be much need for it.
One tip for Monet%26#39;s Home %26amp; Gardens: when the gates open and your first enter, blow past the home and upper floral gardens and beat a path down to the tunnel-entrance to the %26#39;..Les Nympheas..%26#39; water gardens at the lower-back portion of the property (there are %26#39;..Les Nympheas..%26#39; signs to direct you). The Les Nympheas water-garden isn%26#39;t quite as large as your impression of it may be from having seen the pictures over the years. Getting down to it as quickly as possible will allow you some time there with fewer other visitors to clutter your sight-lines and block your camera angles. Then return for the upper floral gardens and home.
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