Paris, narrated as you walk it
Self-guided audio walks through Paris — hand-crafted stop by stop, told in your ear as you reach each one. Start free, in your browser.
Pianta di Paris
A narrator in your ear, not a group to follow
Start the free walk
Open Trove in your browser, put your earphones in. No booking, no card, no group to meet.
Walk stop to stop
At each stop the narrator tells you the story of the thing in front of you — right as you look at it.
Ask for more
Every stop goes deeper if you want it to, and moves on if you don't. You set the pace.
8 stops, plotted for you
A hand-curated line through Paris — 3.4 km, 48 minutes of walking, one to two hours with the stories. Tap a stop to find it on the plan.
- 01
Notre-Dame de Paris
A cathedral built over nearly two centuries, burned in twenty nineteen, and reopened to the world in twenty twenty-four.
- 02
Sainte-Chapelle
Louis the Ninth paid more for the relics than for the entire chapel built to house them.
- 03
Place Dauphine
A triangular square named for a royal heir, built on what were once muddy river islands.
- 04
Pont Neuf
Paris's oldest bridge has been called the New Bridge for over four centuries — and the name has never quite fitted.
- 05
The Louvre
A medieval fortress, a royal palace, a revolutionary act — the Louvre has been all three before becoming the world's most visited museum.
- 06
Palais-Royal
A cardinal's private palace, a revolutionary flashpoint, and a noon cannon that still fires today.
- 07
Tuileries Garden
The garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde has been shaped by queens, revolutionaries, and emperors across five centuries.
- 08
Place de la Concorde
The square where a king, a queen, and the revolution's own leaders were all guillotined.
Paris is a city you understand by walking it — the river down the middle, the islands where it all started, the palaces that grew along the bank as kings ran out of room. What's easy to miss on foot is the story of what you're passing: which bridge is really the oldest, why a garden has a revolution in it, what the great square at the end was once used for. That's what Trove is for: put your earphones in and walk, and at each stop a narrator tells you about the place in front of you, right as you stand there. When something catches you, ask for more; when it doesn't, walk on.
Start with the free walk: eight stops from Notre-Dame across the Île de la Cité to Sainte-Chapelle and Place Dauphine, over the Pont Neuf, then along the Louvre, the Palais-Royal and the Tuileries to the Place de la Concorde — about 3.4 kilometres and a couple of unhurried hours with the stories. There's no group and no set time, so go early before the Louvre queues form, or late in the day when the gardens empty out. It's completely free, full narration included, no card required.
When you want more, Paris is one of the cities where Trove goes deeper: a free interior tour inside Saint-Eustache, the market quarter's colossal church, with tours of the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Orangerie, the Musée Rodin and the Centre Pompidou on the way, one museum at a time.
Inside Saint-Eustache: a free mini tour
4 short stories inside Saint-Eustache — included free in the Trove app, no unlock needed.
- 01
The Great Nave and Soaring Vaults.
Step inside a medieval skyscraper dressed in fine Renaissance silk.
- 02
The Tomb of Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
Stand before the lavish resting place of the man who ruled French money and died hated by all of Paris.
- 03
The Pork Butchers' Chapel.
Discover the secret chapel funded by the city's meat traders inside the belly of Paris.
- 04
The Unfinished Western Façade.
Step outside to inspect the front that two architects and thirty-four years never managed to finish.
The museums, one at a time
These Paris museum tours are on the way, each one made by hand and checked before it plays.
Musée du LouvreMuseum · coming soon
Musée d'OrsayMuseum · coming soon
Musée de l'OrangerieMuseum · coming soon
Musée RodinMuseum · coming soon
Centre PompidouMuseum · coming soonEvery Paris tour is free.
All 8 stops of the walk, complete narration, no card and no subscription — the whole walk, not a teaser, and the interiors along it cost nothing either. More Paris tours are on the way.
Paris questions, answered
Is the Paris walking tour really free?
Yes. All eight stops with complete narration, no card and no catch. It's how Trove introduces a city — the whole walk from Notre-Dame to the Place de la Concorde, not a sample. The same goes for every tour Trove has written by hand: in Paris that includes the free interior tour of Saint-Eustache along the walk. Tours of the great museums — the Louvre, Orsay, the Orangerie, Rodin, the Pompidou — are on the way.
Do I need to book a time or join a group?
No. It's self-guided, so you start whenever you like and set your own pace. Go early to have the Pont Neuf almost to yourself, or later in the afternoon when the Tuileries fill with people finishing their day.
Do I need mobile data?
Only to load the tour the first time. Once it's downloaded, the audio and text work offline, so the smart move is to grab it over hotel wifi and head out with roaming off. Trove isn't a navigation app, so if you want Google Maps between stops, that part may still use data.
How long does the walk take?
About 3.4 km from Notre-Dame to the Place de la Concorde, all of it flat. The walking itself is a little under an hour; with the stories, the bridges and the views along the Seine, budget two hours. Sainte-Chapelle and the Louvre are told from outside — going in is its own visit.
Which stops does the walk cover?
Eight: Notre-Dame, Sainte-Chapelle, Place Dauphine, the Pont Neuf, the Louvre, the Palais-Royal, the Tuileries Garden and the Place de la Concorde — from the island where Paris began, across the river's oldest bridge, and west along the palaces to the square of the Revolution.
