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Manoir des Colombières
Rue de la Sansonne
95430 Auvers-sur-Oise

Touring Auvers-Sur-Oise

This charming village on the Oise river attracted the romantic painters as well as Cézanne and Van Gogh, who is buried in the cemetery there next to his loyal brother, Theo. On the way you will drive through Pontoise, where Camille Pissarro lived and painted. Auvers will give you a fascinating glimpse into the world of nineteenth-century painters. You can visit the church that Van Gogh painted, visit the room where he lived in his time there, and visit the scenes he and Cézanne painted. You can include a visit to the studio of the teacher and painter Daubigny, and tour the chateau in a remarkable voyage to the time when these painters lived and worked.

	Today the town is haunted by the spirits of the painters who worked there. A walk along the river and to the church, one of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, combines reproductions of the paintings and the original scenes as the painters saw them. Van Gogh died in a field just outside of town and is buried in the cemetary here in an ivy-covered grave alongside his brother. A walk from the Church to the field marked with a copy of the painting he was working on at the time, followed by a walk to the graves of the brothers who remain as close in death as they were in life is a poignant and moving close to a visit back to the painters' worlds of the nineteenth century.
	A visit to Auvers can begin with a visit to the chateau and its introduction to the world the painters knew, then continue with a walk through the town, visiting Daubigny's studio and Van Gogh's room above the local inn. A stroll along the river following in the footsteps of the painters leads to the Church where you will recognize Van Gogh's painting, now hanging in the Musee d' Orsay in Paris. The tour ends with a visit to the field above the village and the cemetary.
	Auvers lies northwest of Paris and combines easily with other sites near by. L'Isle Adam is a popular boating site for Parisians in the summer and good restaurants and brasseries for lunch. Neighboring villages offer churches, chateaux and quaint streets to explore.

Pricing and Availability

Fees: $150 per person with a minimum of two persons.

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