Best of the Left Bank: Self-Guided Tour of the Latin Quarter Discount Tickets

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Overview

Are you looking for a way to see Latin Quarter without joining a tour group? Explore Paris at your own pace with this affordable walking tour. • Discover what people meant when they said “Paris learned to think on its Left Bank” while taking in the iconic sites of the Latin Quarter • Hear from producer Annie Sargent, the tour guide and producer of the Join Us in France Travel Podcast • Do it all in two hours or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it • Use the virtual tour option at home Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code. The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just [pop in your headphones and] tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

End Point

End point

This self-guided audio tour ends in front of the Arènes de Lutèce.

Language Offered

English-AUDIO

Itinerary

1. Latin Quarter
This self-guided audio tour takes place in Paris' Latin Quarter
2. Left Bank (Rive Gauche)
This self-guided walking tour takes place in Paris' Left Bank.
3. Shakespeare and Company
This self-guided audio tour starts in front of Shakespeare and Company bookstore, where Ernest Hemmingway, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound used to shop.
4. Theatre de la Huchette
The tour passes by Le Théâtre de la Huchette which has been playing the same short plays since 1957: The Bald Soprano and The Lesson by Ionesco.
5. Eglise Saint-Severin
The tour passes by Eglise Saint-Severin which started out with just the central nave, they kept enlarging it by pushing the walls outward, hence the different rows of pillars.
6. Musée de Cluny
The tour passes by the Cluny Museum, which brings together the lavish residence of the Abbot of Cluny, the city’s ancient Roman Baths and Alexandre du Sommerard’s priceless collection of medieval art.
7. Paris-Sorbonne University
The tour passes by The Sorbonne which was started with Robert de Sorbon who was the chaplain of the King Saint Louis who built the Sainte Chapelle.
8. Pantheon
The tour passes by the Panthéon. This shrine to French national heroes commemorates people like Marie Curie, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Rousseau, Alexandre Dumas, André Malraux and Josephine Baker.
9. St. Etienne du Mont
The tour passes by Saint Etienne du Mont, the burial place of another saint, Sainte Geneviève, who protected the city from Atilla the Hun.
10. Rue Mouffetard
The tour goes down part of Rue Mouffetard, the city’s oldest market street.
11. Jardin des Plantes
The tour goes through a section of Jardin des Plantes which was first created in 1635 and was called the King's Garden.
12. Arenes de Lutece
The tour ends at the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheater, Arènes de Lutèce.

Inclusion

VoiceMap app for Android and iOS

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Lifetime access to this self-guided tour in English

Exclusion

Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Smarphone and headphones

Food and drinks

Transportation

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

  • 0% refund if cancelled 0+ days before the start date

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Supplied by VoiceMap Audio Tours

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