Paris audio guide that talks as you walk
Paris was made for walking: grand boulevards and royal gardens, the quays of the Seine, Gothic churches on the islands and the white domes of Montmartre. With AI TourMate you don't need a pre-booked tour. Switch on GPS auto mode, start walking, and the app tells you the story of each place as you reach it — in your own language.
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This is how the app tells the story when you arrive: Notre-Dame de Paris · 0:48
In the app, every story is created on the spot, so each one is a little different. This is a pre-made example in the same voice the app uses.
Read the story
Stand on the square in front of the entrance and look down for a small bronze star set into the paving. It marks point zero: road distances from Paris are measured from this very spot. Work on Notre-Dame de Paris began in 1163 and went on for nearly two centuries. By the early 1800s the building was badly neglected, until Victor Hugo's 1831 novel won Parisians back to it and a long restoration followed. On 15 April 2019 fire destroyed the oak roof frame and the spire; both were rebuilt in oak exactly as they were, and the doors reopened in December 2024. Before you leave, walk along the river side and look up at the flying buttresses, the stone arms that let these walls fill with stained glass.
How many places can the app talk about?
AI TourMate finds its stories in OpenStreetMap. Within the city limits of Paris, that means more than 3,900 named places, for example:
- 1,511 historic sites and monuments
- 393 churches and places of worship
- 625 museums and galleries
- 1,531 sights, viewpoints and artworks
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, counted on October 8, 2026.
From the Arc de Triomphe to Notre-Dame
Down the Champs-Élysées, through the Tuileries and along the Seine to the Île de la Cité, in one walk. The app narrates as you go — and keeps telling stories in the side streets too.
6.1 km · about 80 min walking · 8 stops
Tap a pin or a card to see the place.
What the app tells you about
In the app, each of these is a 2–3 minute story that starts as you arrive — your first one is free.
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain 1Eiffel Tower
Built by Gustave Eiffel's company for the 1889 World's Fair, the wrought-iron tower was the tallest structure in the world until 1930. Many artists protested against it at the time; today, at around 330 metres, it is the symbol of Paris.
Photo: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0 2Arc de Triomphe
Napoleon ordered the arch in 1806 to honour his armies, but it was only completed in 1836. Since 1921 the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has lain beneath it, and twelve avenues radiate from the square around it.
Photo: Josh Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0 3Champs-Élysées
The avenue runs for almost two kilometres from Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe. It began as a tree-lined promenade laid out by André Le Nôtre in the 17th century; today it hosts the 14 July military parade.
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0 4Place de la Concorde
The largest square in Paris was laid out in the 18th century in honour of Louis XV. During the Revolution the guillotine stood here, and Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed on it in 1793. At its centre rises the more than 3,000-year-old Luxor Obelisk, a gift from Egypt.
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 5Tuileries Garden
The garden was created in the 16th century for Catherine de' Medici's Tuileries Palace and redesigned in the formal French style by André Le Nôtre in 1664. The palace burned down in 1871, but the garden, with its ponds and statues, remained a favourite public park.
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr), CC BY-SA 3.0 6Louvre
Begun as a fortress around 1190 and later a royal palace, the Louvre opened as a museum in 1793. Today it is the most visited museum in the world, home to the Mona Lisa; its glass pyramid by I. M. Pei was completed in 1989.
Photo: Rmrfstar, CC BY-SA 3.0 7Pont Neuf
Despite its name, the 'New Bridge' is the oldest standing bridge across the Seine in Paris, completed in 1607 under Henri IV. It was the first bridge in the city without houses on it, and an equestrian statue of Henri IV stands where it crosses the Île de la Cité.
Photo: Didier B (Sam67fr), CC BY-SA 2.5 8Sainte-Chapelle
King Louis IX built this Gothic chapel to house the Crown of Thorns and other relics, and it was consecrated in 1248. Its upper chapel is famous for its stained-glass windows, which show more than a thousand scenes from the Bible.
Photo: Ali Sabbagh, CC0 9Notre-Dame de Paris
Construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1163, and Victor Hugo's novel made it world-famous in 1831. On 15 April 2019 a fire destroyed its roof and spire; after five years of restoration, it reopened in December 2024.
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Musée d'Orsay
The museum occupies the former Gare d'Orsay, a railway station built for the 1900 World's Fair, and opened in 1986. It holds the world's largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, with works by Monet, Renoir, Degas and Van Gogh.
Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0 11Panthéon
Designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, it became a mausoleum for great figures of France during the Revolution. Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo and Marie Curie are buried here, and Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the Earth with his pendulum under its dome in 1851.
Photo: Tonchino, CC BY-SA 3.0 12Sacré-Cœur
The white basilica crowns the hill of Montmartre, the highest point in the city. It was built between 1875 and 1914 and consecrated in 1919; the steps in front of it offer one of the best views over Paris.
Day trips from Paris
The Palace of Versailles, Monet's garden at Giverny and the Château de Fontainebleau are easy trips from the city. The app works there too, and on a road trip it narrates the towns you pass if you turn on GPS auto mode before you drive.
More about road tripsFrequently asked questions
Is there a Paris audio guide in my language?
AI TourMate narrates Paris in 14 languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Japanese and Chinese. Everyone in a group can listen in their own language on their own phone.
Is it a ticket for the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre?
No. The app tells you the story of the places around you as you walk. For the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and other sites with an entrance, you still need a ticket from the site.
Does it work inside buildings?
The app follows your location by GPS, so it works best outdoors — around the sites and in the streets. Inside large buildings, GPS can be inaccurate.
How much does it cost?
The app is free to download and your first story is free. After that you pay only for what you listen to, with credit packs — there is no subscription.
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