Paris: Covered Passages Audio Tour
About this activity
Audio tour
Audio tour in English
Route length: 3,5km
Instant confirmation
Duration 1h 30min
Audio tours on your smartphone
After purchase, you will receive the link to download the app to take this tour
Control your experience
With the in-app audio guide, you decide when to start, pause, and finish your tour
No internet is required
All audio tours and tickets can be downloaded to your device anytime
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Hosted by Ellen
- You'll receive a self-guided audio tour right after booking
- •Discover the hidden passages of Paris, vestiges of the early 1800s
- •See their period decors with magnificent skylights and charming boutiques
- •Do a little shopping along the way
- •Get a different shopping experience, not like in the department stores
- •See an unusual part of Paris, visited by few tourists
The covered passages, created in the first half of the 19th Century, were the forerunners of today’s shopping mall. Built in the Neo-Classical style, they were beautifully decorated and featured glass skylights, marble or tiled floors, and wooden facades for the boutiques.
Abandoned when the department store was invented, many were destroyed. Today there are some 25 passages still standing, m...
What's included
- Downloadable multimedia audio tour on WeGoTrip app
- Detailed route from stop to stop with live GPS map on your smartphone
- Recommendations from a local on where to continue your tour
- Self-guided audio tour for your smartphone on the WeGoTrip app
- Earphones not included — bring your own
- Transportation to & from the tour
- Earphones and smartphone are not included – bring your own
- In-person tour guide
- •The tour is available only on the WeGoTrip app. This is a different app from the source or app you booked the tour if it's not WeGoTrip site or app
- •To ensure the quality of the download, please remember to do so before your visit
- •Please note that there is no staff at the meeting point or staff on site for this tour. You can start the tour at any time from the meeting point
- •An Android version 7.1+ or an iOS smartphone version 12+ is required for the audio guide. You will need around 100 MB of free space for the download
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