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

4.0
(12 reviews)

2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English

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.

What's Included

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Lifetime access to this self-guided tour in English
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smarphone and headphones
Food and drinks
Transportation

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
Shakespeare and Company

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

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

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes (approximately)
  • Quartier Latin (Pass by)

    This self-guided audio tour takes place in Paris' Latin Quarter

    Admission ticket free
  • Left Bank (Rive Gauche) (Pass by)

    This self-guided walking tour takes place in Paris' Left Bank.

    Admission ticket free
  • Shakespeare and Company (Pass by)

    This self-guided audio tour starts in front of Shakespeare and Company bookstore, where Ernest Hemmingway, Gertrude Stein, and Ezra Pound used to shop.

    Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Eglise Saint-Severin (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Pantheon (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • St. Etienne du Mont (Pass by)

    The tour passes by Saint Etienne du Mont, the burial place of another saint, Sainte Geneviève, who protected the city from Atilla the Hun.

    Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    The tour goes down part of Rue Mouffetard, the city’s oldest market street.

    Admission ticket free
  • GALERIES, JARDINS, ZOO (Pass by)

    The tour goes through a section of Jardin des Plantes which was first created in 1635 and was called the King's Garden.

    Admission ticket free
  • Arenes de Lutece (Pass by)

    The tour ends at the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheater, Arènes de Lutèce.

    Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by VoiceMap Audio Tours

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Private Sightseeing Tours
Audio Guides
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
City Tours
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Cancellation Policy

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

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