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5 destinations

Claude Monet's house at Giverny with its green shutters behind the spring flower garden

Eure, Normandy

Giverny

The Normandy village where Claude Monet lived from 1883 to 1926 — his pink house, the Clos Normand flower garden and the water-lily pond, plus an Impressionism museum, 45-50 minutes by train from Paris Saint-Lazare.

Travel time
~1h 15m from Paris
Transport
Train plus seasonal shuttle
Sailing boats and colourful historic houses around the Vieux Bassin in Honfleur

Calvados, Normandy

Honfleur

A historic Norman harbour of slate-fronted houses, artists’ heritage, wooden architecture and seafood restaurants around the Vieux Bassin.

Travel time
~2h 50m from Paris
Transport
Train plus bus, or car
The Porte de Bourgogne stone gateway in the centre of Moret-sur-Loing

Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France

Moret-sur-Loing

A fortified medieval town on the Loing at the edge of the Fontainebleau forest, painted repeatedly by Alfred Sisley and home to a barley sugar made by nuns since 1638.

Travel time
~45 min from Paris
Transport
Direct train
The village hall of Barbizon on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest

Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France

Barbizon

The village on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest where Rousseau, Millet and Corot invented painting outdoors — one street of studios and galleries, and a museum inside the painters' old inn.

Travel time
~1h 20m from Paris
Transport
Train, then bus
The Gothic exterior and spire of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis

Oise, Hauts-de-France

Senlis

A royal and medieval town 45 km north of Paris, with an early Gothic cathedral, Gallo-Roman walls, cobbled streets used constantly as film sets, and Chantilly next door.

Travel time
~1h 10m from Paris
Transport
Train, then bus

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