Free audio walk in Paris
Chic Streets & Hidden Gems
- 55 min
- 3.1 km
- 9 stops
- Free
Starts at Boulevard Montmartre
About this walk
Wander through the 9th arrondissement and soak up a side of Paris that's full of life. Think quiet museum courtyards, grand old buildings, and a stop at the dazzling Galeries Lafayette along the way. It’s the kind of walk that keeps surprising you. You’ll loop back to where you started.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
Palais Garnier
This opera house was born from a bomb attack, built over an underground lake, and inspired one of the most famous ghost stories ever written.
Read the story - 2Stop 2
Printemps
The store standing in front of you didn't just sell clothes — it invented the way modern retail works.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
Galeries Lafayette
Two cousins from Alsace started with buttons and ribbons — and ended up owning the most glamorous department store in Paris.
- 4Stop 4
Théâtre Mogador
This theatre was born out of a love story, and it has never stopped stealing hearts since.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
Église de la Trinité
The church in front of you has been a pilgrim shelter, an orphanage, a revolutionary stage, and a concert hall — all before your morning coffee.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
Square d'Orléans
Behind a quiet green gate on an ordinary street, one of history's most unconventional love stories played out between two artists who lived together by living apart.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
Museum of Freemasonry
Behind this quiet façade hides one of the most secretive brotherhoods in history, and its fingerprints are all over the world you live in today.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
Hôtel Drouot
Behind this ordinary-looking façade hides one of the most secretive, scandalous, and strangely compelling places in Paris.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
Passage Jouffroy
Behind an ordinary-looking entrance hides a passage where a fake gold bar once fooled all of Paris — and where you can still feel the ghosts of that scandal today.
Ready when you are
Walk Chic Streets & Hidden Gems with ROODS.
9 stops through Paris, about 55 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.
