GUINGUETTES AND LOCKS ALONG THE SEINE: FROM LOUIS XIV TO THE IMPRESSIONISTS

This walking tour will take you along the banks of the Chatou dam to the Bougival Lock, then the incredible Machine de Marly which supplied the great waters of the Château de Versailles. We will pass by the memorable Gicquel guinguettes in Rueil Malmaison and the Grenouillère, after the Fournaise restaurant and the shipyard, as in the time of the boaters or the painters Renoir, Monet and Caillebotte, whose works we will view.

Duration: 2.5 hours. In small groups of 8 to 10 people maximum, with a guide.

Meeting point: In front of the Rives de Courtille restaurant. Ile de Chatou, at 2:30 p.m.

Date : October 4, 2025