Cultural Photography Tours & Trips in Northern France

The tour includes admission to Monet's House and Gardens in Giverny, where you can see the landscapes that inspired his famous paintings. You'll walk the D-Day landing beaches at Arromanches-les-Bains and check out Rouen's half-timbered medieval houses along its cobblestone streets. Later, visit Mont-Saint-Michel and tour Château de Villandry's terraced Renaissance gardens in the Loire Valley.

Head to Claude Monet's water garden in Giverny, where the Japanese-inspired lily ponds and weeping willows make for great photo spots. You'll also shoot Rouen Cathedral, a 12th-century Gothic beauty that Monet painted in his series, and the half-timbered Medieval houses around Honfleur's Inner Harbour.

You'll photograph Château de Cormatin's Renaissance design and formal gardens, plus the medieval fortress of Berzé-le-Châtel on hilly terrain. Saint-Philibert Abbey in Tournus has Romanesque details, and Cluny's Benedictine Abbey ruins show what was once medieval Europe's most powerful monastery. Markets in Mâcon and Cluny have stalls with regional wines, cheeses, and handicrafts along the Saône.

This self-guided cycling trip takes you along Northern France's Burgundy Canal where you'll photograph UNESCO-listed Abbaye de Fontenay with its Romanesque cloisters and beautiful architecture. Frame shots of Semur-en-Auxois's medieval ramparts reflecting in the Armancon River, then capture the hilltop fortress of Chateauneuf-en-Auxois.

Photograph Monet's House and its vibrant gardens in Giverny where Impressionism flourished, capture Rouen's medieval architecture and Gothic cathedral, then document the D-Day beaches at Arromanches-les-Bains. You'll frame Mont-Saint-Michel's island abbey rising from the sea, shoot the cobblestone streets and fortress in Fougères, and photograph Chartres.