La Maison Bleue de Claude Monet à Giverny, maison de charme

Spectacular home in a charming, idyllic French town. This home is large with a lot of space to spread out. It is beautifully furnished with interesting and varied pieces and antiques. A lot of beautiful art adorns the walls and even the hallways. Well equipped modern French country-style kitchen with everything you could possibly need, great room, office-reading room filled with books, cds and dvds, 3 large bedrooms with comfortable beds. Beautiful large yard with picnic table where we spent afternoons drinking wine and eating local bread, cheese and pastry. 2 bicycles. For Americans, this residence will fulfill and exceed all the images and dreams you have formed from watching movies about life in the French countryside. Magnificent! The owners are accommodating and responsive. Fabulous hosts ready to provide assistance and advice. Loved every minute of it and would return in a heartbeat. 5 stars

The owner was so lovely and communicative. We had all the information we needed. The property was perfectly located and equipped. The generosity of our host was so kind as it was our honeymoon. We loved everything about our stay. Such a treat to be in such a magical location.

What can I say about the home that was the home of Monet's vegetable garden. It was expansive, memorable and everything we could have asked for. Pierre Maraval the owner was so considerate as well as accommodating. He even came all the way from Paris early in the morning to meet us at the house, do to our early overseas flight arrival. What a special place. Our daughter was married in the garden of this home in a civil ceremony performed by our son. What a special memory for us. The walk through kitchen opening onto both garden areas with "French" doors and with the country table in the center was our base of operations for so many great dinners, wine and champagne sharing times amongst family and friends. We can't thank Pierre enough for sharing his home with us. It is truly their country home based on all of the personal items in the home. Now that we are back in Michigan we look back at such a memorable time in Giverny. So walkable to the attractions of Giverny as well as a short 2.2km drive to Vernon for all our shopping needs. Hail to Monoprix market.

Very much a family home, the Blue House is the weekend retreat of a Parisian artist and his family who share it when they can't be "home." It felt very much like borrowing the home from an acquaintance as it's filled with personal photos, art, and knick-knacks, and even had flowers left on the tables for us. The house is spacious and lovely and we truly enjoyed relaxing in the garden or inside. We actually canceled plans one day to stay and relax more at the house. Being in Giverny after the crowds head back to Paris (which in the summer still leaves you with a lot of daylight to enjoy it) was the highlight of our two weeks in France! The village is so quaint and beautiful!

We loved our stay at La Maison Bleue, the house is stylish, bohemian and very artistic. All the rooms are very spacious and clean with plenty of separate wash facilities throughout. It has a lovely authentic feel at the quiet end of this beautiful village and was onced owned by Monet. Perfect as a venue to visit Monet's house and gardens but also we enjoyed it as a venue in itself using it as a base for a weeks holiday. I would highly recommend this property.