Art tour to Normandy by coach: 5 days, 4 nights

Normandy is the home of Impressionism and Le Havre was the setting for Monet’s famous 1872 painting – Impression, soleil levant. This tour is an excellent opportunity for teachers looking to give their groups a balanced experience of practical art activities alongside some great museum visits, architecture and inspirational landscapes.

Example itinerary

Day one

  • Depart from school by coach
  • Connect with channel crossing
  • Stop at Honfleur en route
  • Arrive at accommodation
  • Evening sketching the harbour at Courseulles-sur-Mer

Day two

  • Bayeux Tapestry
  • Bayeux Cathedral – sketching
  • Musée des Beaux Arts (Museum of Fine Arts) – Caen
  • OR sketching of the Chateau du Baffy and grounds

Day three

  • Monet’s Giverny
  • OR Mont St Michel

Day four

  • Rouen cathedral
  • Rouen Musée des Beaux-Arts

Day five

  • Depart accommodation
  • Stop en route at Le Havre MuMa – Museum of Modern Art and then at Étretat sketching the Aval’s cliff
  • Return back to the UK on coach