15 Smartphone Audio Tours in Paris to Download First

1.Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 3,170 reviews · 1 day · from $31Our pick

Enter the Musée d’Orsay on your chosen day with a flexible ticket, then explore at your own pace using a separate audio guide app. The museum covers French art from 1848 to 1915, with famous works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Manet, Cézanne, and Van Gogh. Bring headphones and download the app before arrival.

“Loved it but too crowded. Really enjoyed the variety of pieces and how displays were organised.”

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2.Paris Orsay Museum Entry Ticket with Digital Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 93 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $36

Enter Paris’s Musée d’Orsay with a flexible admission ticket and a phone-based audio guide covering more than 300 works in 14 languages. You set your own pace across Impressionist and Post-Impressionist galleries, but bring earphones and download the app before arriving. The audio service is separate from the museum’s paid headset guide.

“We went in the afternoon. We liked not having a timed ticket. We could go anytime we wanted! Very busy inside in September, but we were able to get inside with no problems.”

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3.Rodin Museum Ticket & Optional Digital AudioGuide App

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 56 reviews · 1 day · from $23

Enter the Rodin Museum at 77 Rue de Varenne and spend the day exploring Hôtel Biron, Rodin’s former home and studio, plus its sculpture-filled gardens. See The Thinker, The Gates of Hell, early plasters, later works, and pieces linked to Camille Claudel. The optional app offers commentary in 12 languages, but you need your own headphones and phone.

“L'audioguide pas toujours pertinent... l'audiovisuel guide ne couvre pas les jardins”

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4.Musee De L’Armee Ticket With Digital Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 39 reviews · 1 day · from $35

Visit Paris’s Musée de l’Armée at Les Invalides with a one-day entry ticket and multilingual audio guide on your charged smartphone. You’ll see armor, weapons, uniforms, artwork, and Napoleon’s tomb beneath the famous dome. The museum is self-guided, wheelchair accessible, and best suited to visitors who want several hours to explore at their own pace.

“Don’t bother with the audio guide or book this experience … just go and buy the tickets there. Not worth the value. It is a beautiful museum and worth the visit. Save your money.”

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5.Paris Audioguide – TravelMate app for your smartphone

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 27 reviews · from $3Best value

Use the TravelMate app as your personal Paris guide, with 93 professionally produced audio tracks covering the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Montmartre, Versailles, and more. Listen in seven languages, read each script, play city quizzes, and return to the content for up to 1,095 days after activation.

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6.Louvre Paris Tour with Audioguide on Your Smartphone (no ticket)

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 20 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $5

Explore the Louvre independently with TouringBee’s smartphone audio guide. The app offers 45 commentaries, exhibit illustrations, a 3D route map, and one-year access in your chosen language. Plan to buy the €22 museum ticket separately, bring headphones, and allow about two and a half hours for the suggested route.

“It was not usable, very complicated to install and in the end I couldnt enter the Code. Better buy a audioguide directly at the louvre. It costs the same”

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7.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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8.Paris Street Art, smartphone audioguided tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $11Top rated

Follow a GPS-guided street-art walk from Place d’Italie to Rue Dunois in Paris’s 13th arrondissement. Rewind’s app explains murals by Zabou, OBEY, D*Face, C215, Invader, and others as you reach them. Walk at your own pace, pause for a café stop, and use the live map if you turn the wrong way.

“Je ne m’attendais pas à voir des fresques si gigantesques dans Paris. Elles sont magnifiques !! La voix du guide décrypte chaque œuvre automatiquement pile quand on passe devant, c’est génial. Ravi également d’en avoir appris plus sur l’histoire et les coulisses du street-art. Et cerise sur le gâteau, la visite est accessible 24h/24, 7j/ 7 !”

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9.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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10.Paris Jewish Quarter Marais Smartphone GPSAPP Audio Walking Tour

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

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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11.Artists in Montparnasse, smartphone audioguided tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 9 reviews · from $11

Follow Rewind’s smartphone audio tour from 36 Rue du Départ to Boulevard du Montparnasse. As you walk, location-triggered stories introduce artists’ studios, legendary cafés, Hemingway’s Prohibition-era haunts, surrealist beginnings, and the move from Montmartre to Montparnasse. It is a private, self-guided experience for your group, with no live guide.

“Excellent stories, all whilst discovering Paris! Well-chosen places as well. I highly recommend this tour”

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12.BEST OF PARIS : 3 smartphone audioguided tours

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · from $3

Use your smartphone to follow three self-guided Paris walks, each about 90 minutes. Rewind’s GPS-triggered audio leads you through Montmartre, the Louvre and Pont-Neuf area, and Le Marais, with stories, directions, maps, and freedom to pause whenever you like. No live guide or museum admission is included.

“Super expérience de visite en immersion dans Paris grâce à Rewind! Si vous aimez être en autonomie et visiter à l'air libre alors c'est fait pour vous ! Il vous suffit de lancer la visite sur votre télephone et de vous laisser guider. Je recommande à 200%, concept génial !”

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13.Grévin Wax Museum Entry Ticket with Audio Guide App

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 7 reviews · from $43

Visit Paris’s Grévin Wax Museum at your own pace with a one-day admission ticket and separate digital audio guide app. See more than 200 wax figures representing celebrities, historical figures, and cultural icons. Entry is flexible during opening hours, but bring a charged smartphone and remember the app is separate from the museum’s paid audio guide.

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14.Seine River Cruise with Free Notre Dame Digital AudioGuide

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 7 reviews · 1 day · from $20

Cruise the Seine from Port de la Bourdonnais, beneath the Eiffel Tower, with views of the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Notre Dame, and Parisian bridges. Your flexible ticket can be used during the boat company’s operating hours, and a separate digital audio guide explains Notre Dame’s Gothic design and legends. Bring your own headphones.

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15.Scandalous Paris, audioguided smartphone tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · from $11

Follow an audio guide through South Pigalle, from Place Saint Georges to the Moulin Rouge. Stories play automatically as you reach each stop, covering courtesans, brothels, artists, the French Cancan, and Parisian nightlife. The route takes about 1 to 1.5 hours, costs $11.55, and lets you pause or restart at your own pace.

“Une visite en audio guide très intéressante. Découverte de Paris sous un autre aspect qui nous a permis de connaître une partie de l histoire du quartier de Pigalle”

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