Louvre and Tuileries Self-Guided Audio Walk: Pyramid, Carrousel Arch and Concorde

About this experience

The view from the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe looks drawn with a ruler. It was not. The Louvre itself says that the bend of the Seine kept the palace and its garden from ever lining up, and for three centuries each new ruler added a piece to the line. Start at the Colonnade, the grand front of a palace its king left, then walk into the Cour Carrée, where the Louvre began as a fortress, and on to I. M. Pei's glass Pyramid and the statue that covers its misalignment with Napoleon's arch. Walk where the Tuileries Palace burned, along the Rue de Rivoli, a street built to a rulebook, and down Le Nôtre's central alley, from its round pool past the garden's marble half-circle benches to its eye-fooling octagon and the Orangerie, home of Monet's Water Lilies, to the obelisk of the Concorde. Twelve stops, about 2 km and 75 minutes, at your own pace, in English. Entry to the Louvre, the Orangerie and the Hôtel de la Marine is not included.

What's included

From the Louvre's Colonnade through the Cour Carrée, past the glass Pyramid and the Carrousel arch, along the Rue de Rivoli and down the central alley of the Tuileries garden to the obelisk on the Place de la Concorde.

Good to know

Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.