Free audio walk in Paris
Arrondisement 1
- 65 min
- 3.5 km
- 10 stops
- Free
Starts at 1 Parvis Notre-Dame - Place Jean-Paul Ii
About this walk
This walk takes you straight through the 1st arrondissement, one of Paris’s most iconic districts. You’ll pass the Louvre, a landmark full of treasures, and continue into the nearby gardens for a quieter pause. A compact route that mixes culture with calm. The route begins and ends at the same location.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
Welcome to the First Arrondissement
You think you know this place, but trust us, you really don't.
- 2Stop 2
Palais-Royal
Behind these elegant arcades hides a place where revolution was sparked, police were banned, and a young Napoleon met a stranger who changed his life.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The term "Art Deco" was born right here, and most people walk past without ever knowing it.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
Tuileries Garden
You're standing in a garden where a palace once burned, a balloon first touched the sky, and kings lost everything.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Napoleon built this arch to impress, but there's one thing he never got to see from it — and that irony is delicious.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
The Louvre
You probably know the Louvre is the world's most visited museum, but what happened here when the Nazis marched into Paris is a story most people have never heard.
Read the story - 7
- 8Stop 8
Bourse de Commerce
This round building has been a grain warehouse, a trading floor, and is now one of the most exciting art spaces in the world.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
Saint Eustache Church
This church exists because of a fish tax — and that's just the beginning of the story.
Read the story - 10Stop 10
Comédie-Française & Molière
The chair where Molière started dying mid-performance is still kept backstage in this very building.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk Arrondisement 1 with ROODS.
10 stops through Paris, about 65 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
