The 9 Best Audio Walking Tours in Paris

1.Marais HiddenTreasures, audioguided walking tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 17 reviews · from $11Our pick

Use the Rewind app to explore South Marais at your own pace. Audio stories play automatically as you reach private mansions, secluded gardens, medieval city walls, and Saint-Paul. The walk starts near Cité Internationale des Arts and finishes at Place des Vosges. Expect about one hour to 90 minutes, with no in-person guide.

“Des jardins en plein Paris, génial !! Et même pas besoin de regarder son téléphone pendant la visite. Toutes les histoires se déclenchent automatiquement. Super concept !”

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2.Montmartre Paris Walking Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $8

Follow a 90-minute self-guided route through Montmartre using your phone, headphones, and an offline map. Hear 18 English recordings about Picasso, Dalida, the Moulin Rouge, Place du Tertre, La Maison Rose, Sacré-Coeur, and local legends. There is no human guide, so you control the pace and pauses.

“This was a very good tour. The English speaking was clear and easily understood. The sights were entertaining with easy directions from place to place.”

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3.Mysteries & Legends, smartphone audioguided walking tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 13 reviews · from $11

Follow a self-guided Rewind audio walk from the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel to Notre-Dame. Your phone triggers stories near the Louvre, Pont des Arts, Pont Neuf, and Île de la Cité. Plan for 60 to 90 minutes, move at your own pace, and pause for a café stop before continuing.

“Had trouble downloading it. Then it was difficult to navigate with it and listen to the stories as you HAD to be I the specific location.”

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4.Paris Jewish Quarter Marais Smartphone GPSAPP Audio Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 11 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7Best value

Use your smartphone to follow an English GPS audio tour from the Mémorial de la Shoah through the Marais Jewish Quarter. Hear stories of Jewish-French life, visit outdoor landmarks, spot historic food shops, and finish at the Anne Frank Garden. Go at your own pace, pause freely, and replay the tour without an expiration date.

“It was a very informative tour. Easy to follow. Highly recommend. The narrator had a nice voice and was easy to follow”

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5.Trendy Marais, smartphone audioguided walking tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $11Top rated

Follow a self-guided audio walk through Le Marais, from Place des Vosges to Hôtel de Ville. GPS-triggered commentary, a live route map, and clear directions let you pause for a café, browse shops, or pick up where you left off. The tour lasts about 90 minutes and suits couples, families, and independent visitors.

“Super concept ! J’ai adoré la ballade ! Une façon originale et ludique de découvrir Paris 😀 ! Je recommande vivement.”

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6.Paris Criminal Past, audioguided walking tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $11

Follow a self-guided audio walk from Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois to Hôtel de Ville, hearing automatic stories about massacres, assassinations, poisonings, executioners, and Saint Denis. The map and directions keep you on course while you pause for a snack, browse a shop, or stop for a drink. The route takes about an hour at its listed stops.

“C'est une expérience assez extraordinaire de se tenir devant un lieu qui fut à une époque le témoin de ces histoires ! Ça vous en donne presque des frissons, en tout cas une chose est sûr, je ne manquerai pas de les oublier. J'ai beaucoup aimRead more”

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7.Sainte-Chapelle Paris with Audio Guide Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · from $82

Enter Sainte-Chapelle on Île de la Cité with an included ticket and multilingual audio guide. Explore the lower chapel, climb to the royal upper chapel, and learn how the stained-glass panels tell biblical stories. You set the pace during this roughly 90-minute visit, with several start times available each day.

“Terrible experience. No one showed up at the site. The only thing we got of the ticket price was entry into Chappell and we had spend time with the gate agent to convince him we had paid. No one answered the phone numbered provided to deal with questions.”

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8.Paris Big Walking Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $8

Use your own phone and headphones to follow a self-guided Paris route from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower. The app supplies offline GPS, 37 audio recordings, landmark images, and one year of access. You’ll see major sights, historic streets, gardens, bridges, and grand squares, but entrance fees, transport, and a human guide are not included.

“I highly recommend Viator. It all worked out fine.”

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9.Latin Quarter, Paris Walking Tour with Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $8

Start at Notre-Dame and follow a self-guided route through Île de la Cité and the Latin Quarter. Fifteen recordings cover 17 sights, from Saint-Séverin and Place Saint-Michel to the Sorbonne and Rue Mouffetard. Use the offline map at your own pace, with one year of app access in your chosen language.

“Very helpful for an introductory tour, providing a nice balance of historical perspective, enlivening anecdotes, and modern cultural references. Even with an intro tour, however, French names shouldn’t be butchered quite so badly.”

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