Monet in Paris

Impressionism in Paris & Normandy
(11–14 January 2011)

This new tour has been specially devised to visit the hugely popular exhibition Claude Monet (1840–1926) at the Grand Palais before it ends in late January 2011. The exhibition, the largest of its kind since 1980, celebrates a lifetime of prolific painting with around 200 of Monet’s works on display.

The tour also sees the Musée Marmottan’s entire Monet collection, including Impression: Soleil levant, and Les Nymphéas at the Musée de l’Orangerie, as well as the largest collections of Impressionist paintings in France, The Musée Malraux in Le Havre and the Musée d’Orsay.

Transport is by first-class rail travel by Eurostar from London. The lecturer on the tour is Vivien Hamilton, Research Manager for Art at Glasgow Museums, whose publications include Boudin at Trouville and Millet to Matisse.

Price: £1,180 per person (full payment is due on booking)—this includes:—rail travel (first class, standard premier) on Eurostar—travel by private coach—accommodation in a 3-star hotel in Rouen near the cathedral (2 nights) and a 4-star hotel in Paris near the Louvre—breakfasts and 3 dinners with wine, water and coffee—all admissions to museums, galleries etc.—all tips for restaurant staff and drivers—all state taxes—the services of the lecturer—price without Eurostar £1,030.