How to get to Vernon

How to get to Vernon

By Car

Paris -Vernon

Drive 55 km on A13 motorway ( direction Rouen) as far as Exit 14 (Bonnières - Vernon) Vernon is 12 km away. You can also take Exit 16 (Douains - Vernon) Vernon is 5 km away.
After A13, follow the Vernon signs.
A13 is free as far as Mantes. If you wish to avoid the 2.60€ toll, leave the motorway in Mantes, (exit 13 - green signs for Vernon) and take N15 to Vernon via Rosny, Rolleboise and Bonnières (24 km from Exit 13). No toll, indeed, but about 20 minutes longer.

Rouen -Vernon
Drive 50 km along A13 motorway as far as Exit 16 (Douains - Vernon) Vernon is 5 km away. Follow the Vernon signs

Northern France , Beauvais - Vernon

In Beauvais, take D931 for Gournay en Bray / Rouen. Once out of Beauvais, bear left onto D981 towards Auneuil, Gisors et Vernon. (70km) (From Gisors onward, the road is called D181)

Orléans, Chartes, Dreux - Vernon

From Dreux, two routes are possible :

the simplest, but the longest : take N12 towards Nonancourt / Verneuil. On the Nonancourt bypass take N154 as far as Evreux. Then see below. (Total :70 km)

the shortest but on small roads:
In Dreux look for D928 to Anet. (It is not always easy to find this road in Dreux.) 3 or 4 kilometres after Anet, turn left onto D16 (later called D836) to La Chaussée d'Ivry, Bueil and Pacy sur Eure (careful! when arriving in Bueil the road turns sharp right under the railway bridge.) In Pacy, take D181 to Vernon
(Total : 52km)

Evreux - Vernon
Take N13 towards
Pacy / Mantes / Paris (but Vernon is also signposted). In Pacy , take D181 to Vernon.
(Total : 30 km)

By Train

Vernon is located on the Paris / Rouen / Le Havre railway line and the station in Paris is Saint Lazare station. The journey takes 45 minutes with the fastest trains.

If you go to Saint Lazare station with the Underground (le Métro), look for the 'SNCF - Grandes lignes' exit. Trains for Rouen leave from the right side of the station.

One the of the trains that visitors to Giverny use most leaves Paris - Saint Lazare station at 10h20 and arrives in Vernon at 11h04 (train #13105). Another good train is #13103 (departure 08h20, arriving at 9h05.
On the way back, most people take #13124 (17h53 in Vernon, arriving in Paris at 18h40)

You are advised to check the exact time with the Railway Company (SNCF). Some trains run on different schedules on week-days and week-ends. In addition, the Railway Company traditionally changes some train hours in early July.

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