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Audio Tours in Paris: the 15 to Press Play On

39 tours  ·  from $7 a head

The Louvre alone will beat you without a plan. These 15 take the museums, the river and the islands at your own pace, priced and timed, with a note on which tickets already include the commentary.

Paris: Illuminations River Cruise with Audio Commentary - What you see from Port de la Bourdonnais to the Louvre
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Paris: Illuminations River Cruise with Audio Commentary

1.Paris: Illuminations River Cruise with Audio Commentary

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 12,340 reviews · 1 hour · from $20Our pick

Cruise from the Eiffel Tower past Notre-Dame, the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, and Paris’s famous bridges. You get a one-hour round trip, open-air viewing decks, a 14-language audio guide, and a smartphone app with photos, games, and landmark notes. Evening departures offer the best city lights.

“Very easy to access with purchased voucher. Staff very friendly. We sat on the outside edge which had a lovely breeze (37 degrees) which was a blessing! We struggled to access the audio commentary (not very tech minded 🙄) which was a shame, so missed out learning the landmarks and histories. Still thoroughly enjoyed the trip.”

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Paris: Louvre Museum Hosted Entry and Mona Lisa Audioguide - What the timed Louvre ticket really does
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Paris: Louvre Museum Hosted Entry and Mona Lisa Audioguide

2.Paris: Louvre Museum Hosted Entry and Mona Lisa Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 5,235 reviews · 1 day · from $81

Meet an English-speaking host at 174 Rue de Rivoli, then enter the Louvre with a timed ticket and head toward the Mona Lisa. Use the separate English audio app on your phone to follow themed routes and explore the museum at your own pace. Bring earphones, ID, and patience for security lines.

“Even though the Louvre opened at 11 instead of 9 we still got in at the start. Finding the Mona Lisa was easy and there was not a big crowd so saw her easily. The Louvre is so big and has amazing collections. I enjoyed seeing the famous artists and sculptures. Napoleon’s Apartments were amazing to see the wealth - even though it is a long way from other exhibits. You could spend a long time there but it is definitely worth going.”

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Paris: Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App - How the flexible entry works at Queue C1
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Paris: Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App

3.Paris: Orsay Museum Entry Ticket and Digital Audio Guide App

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 3,170 reviews · 1 day · from $31

Enter the Musée d’Orsay on your own schedule with a one-entry ticket valid for the booked date. Use a phone-based audio guide covering more than 300 works, then explore Impressionist art, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Degas, and the former railway station itself.

“Getting entry to the museum on a flexible basis was wonderful since we were flying in that morning from Venice and could not make the early guided tours. Skipping the ticket line was really helpful! We could not make the audio tour app work, despite several attempts. However, the signage at the exhibits was very good and our prior knowledge of Expressionism allowed us to really enjoy that part of the museum. The building itself is an architectural marvel, helping to make the overall experience wonderful.”

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From Paris: Giverny Day Trip with Audio Guide or Live Guide - Arriving at Monet’s House and Garden
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From Paris: Giverny Day Trip with Audio Guide or Live Guide

4.From Paris: Giverny Day Trip with Audio Guide or Live Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2,372 reviews · 5 hours · from $93

Travel from Paris to Claude Monet’s former home in Giverny by air-conditioned coach. Explore the house, flower gardens, and famous water garden with a guide such as Agnes or Alexandra, or choose an audio guide and set your own pace. Allow five hours, including the road trip.

“Great job by our guide. Loved the gardens and a fun morning with the tour group.”

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Paris: Eiffel Tower Access w/ Audioguide and Optional Cruise - The first and second floors: the best balance of views and time
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Paris: Eiffel Tower Access w/ Audioguide and Optional Cruise

5.Paris: Eiffel Tower Access w/ Audioguide and Optional Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1,630 reviews · 2h 30m · from $93

Meet your multilingual host at Place de Sydney, then enter the Eiffel Tower by elevator for 1st and 2nd-floor views, a glass walkway, and an audio guide. Add the summit for wider views of Paris or include a Seine cruise. Expect security checks and possible elevator queues.

“Met our lovely guide. Everything was as described. Lead straight to the fast track queue, no issues, then lead to the queue for the elevator. Simple and stress free & a wonderful time on the Eiffel Tower. Highly recommend going to the summit. Champagne bar at the top! Enjoy!”

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Giverny and Monet's House Half Day Trip from Paris Guide or Audio - The Coach Ride From 45 Avenue de la Bourdonnais
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Giverny and Monet’s House Half Day Trip from Paris Guide or Audio

6.Giverny and Monet’s House Half Day Trip from Paris Guide or Audio

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 1,319 reviews · 5 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $102

Travel by coach from central Paris to Giverny, where you’ll see Monet’s water-lily pond, Japanese bridge, flower gardens, home, studio, and Japanese prints. Choose a guide or a 10-language audio app. Guides such as Alex, Philippe, Agnes, and Clemente have led past departures.

“Wonderful tour guide. Very kind and informative. No complaints at all. Highly recommend. Only wish it could have been longer :)”

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Paris: Catacombs Entry & Seine River Cruise with Audio Guide - The Audio Guide and the Pace of the Visit
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Paris: Catacombs Entry & Seine River Cruise with Audio Guide

7.Paris: Catacombs Entry & Seine River Cruise with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 1,150 reviews · from $135

Visit the Paris Catacombs at a reserved time, walk through narrow tunnels lined with human remains, and follow an audio guide in four languages. Then take a one-hour Bateaux Mouches cruise on the Seine, with flexible timing for up to six months after your Catacombs visit.

“Was a great self guided trip. You can spend a lot of time down there. Other people are rude so if you want a good time plan to let other in front of you and walk slow to enjoy your experience.”

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Paris: Tootbus Panoramic by Night Bus Tour with Audioguide - Place de la Concorde and the grand Paris route
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Paris: Tootbus Panoramic by Night Bus Tour with Audioguide

8.Paris: Tootbus Panoramic by Night Bus Tour with Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 1,126 reviews · 2 hours · from $35

Ride a clean-energy, open-top Tootbus from the Louvre through Paris after dark. You’ll pass Notre Dame, the Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge, and Opera with commentary in 10 languages, a kids’ guide, Wi-Fi, and app-based walking tours.

“I would recommend to add more information about places and record real people talking about it. Now sounds like a robot and translating is not good”

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Paris: Catacombs, Audio Guide, and River Cruise Option - The audio guide and self-paced format
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Paris: Catacombs, Audio Guide, and River Cruise Option

9.Paris: Catacombs, Audio Guide, and River Cruise Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 966 reviews · from $94

Walk through Paris’s underground ossuary with a timed entry ticket and self-paced audio guide in English, French, Spanish, or German. Add a one-hour Bateaux Parisiens cruise from the Eiffel Tower for recorded commentary and views of the Louvre, Notre-Dame, and other landmarks.

“Great learning experience. Audio guide was perfect. Very touched by the story.”

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Paris: Openair Double Decker Bus Audio-Guided City Tour - Starting near the Eiffel Tower at Place de Sydney
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Paris: Openair Double Decker Bus Audio-Guided City Tour

10.Paris: Openair Double Decker Bus Audio-Guided City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 938 reviews · 1h 30m · from $34

See Paris from an air-conditioned double-decker bus on a fast 90-minute route past the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, and more. Download the audio app, bring headphones, and use the interactive Histopad to follow Paris through time. Meet at Place de Sydney near the Eiffel Tower.

“Had s difficult time finding the meeting spot for the tour. But otherwise we enjoyed the tour.”

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Bruges Guided or Audio Trip with Canal Cruise Option from Paris - Starting at the Historic Centre of Bruges
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Bruges Guided or Audio Trip with Canal Cruise Option from Paris

11.Bruges Guided or Audio Trip with Canal Cruise Option from Paris

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 795 reviews · 14 hours (approx.) · from $192

Travel from Paris to Bruges by air-conditioned coach, then explore the medieval center on foot or with a multilingual audio app. The guided option adds a canal cruise from April to October. Expect landmarks, chocolate shops, lace, waffles, and roughly eight hours on the road.

“The guide Zolton walked the group into the old city, walked us around for about 40 minutes and then left us on our own for the remainder of the tour. He gave us no map or any instructions on where to go or what to do. More importantly, there was this 20-something young woman accompanying him who spent the whole time flirting with him, swishing her hair at him and worse yet, smoking or vaping the entire first half of the 'tour'. The second half of the tour she clogged up our walking by being on her phone videoing herself not paying one iota of attention to members of the…”

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Louvre Museum Timed Entrance Ticket with Audio Guide - What your three-hour Louvre visit can cover
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Louvre Museum Timed Entrance Ticket with Audio Guide

12.Louvre Museum Timed Entrance Ticket with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 453 reviews · from $66

Book a timed Louvre ticket, receive your entry pass through WhatsApp, and explore the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions at your own pace. The audio guide comes in English, Spanish, French, and German. Plan for security checks, a crowded Mona Lisa room, and possible confusion over the ticket format.

“We managed to get last minute tickets which was great. I didn’t use the audio guide. We didn’t meet anyone to get the tickets - it was all through WhatsApp. Not necessarily a bad thing but if you have questions they don’t answer. We got into the museum without any problems though.”

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Versailles Domain Audio Guided Half Day Tour from Paris - Entering Versailles and finding your way inside
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Versailles Domain Audio Guided Half Day Tour from Paris

13.Versailles Domain Audio Guided Half Day Tour from Paris

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 415 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $91

Travel by coach from central Paris to Versailles, then explore the palace, Hall of Mirrors, and gardens on your own. Your ticket includes palace and garden entry, while a phone-based audio app supplies commentary in 10 languages. Bring headphones, a charged phone, and patience for queues.

“It was convenient having the transportation to and from Versailles but we were not provided the audio guides as stated in the booking. Also confusing getting back into the palace after visiting the gardens.”

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Paris Louvre Museum Entry Ticket for Self Guided Tour - The Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo
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Paris Louvre Museum Entry Ticket for Self Guided Tour

14.Paris Louvre Museum Entry Ticket for Self Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 383 reviews · from $56

Enter the Louvre Museum through a reserved time slot and explore its huge collection without a guide or fixed route. See the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, grand galleries, and lesser-known works at your own pace. The ticket costs $56.80, includes all-day entry, and requires careful attention to the QR code and arrival time.

“Obviously more expensive than buying directly from the museum but helped in a rush. One could argue third party resellers are the ones making tickets more scarse but whatever that’s not something I can change. No issues with the tickets and was able to enter at my specified time.”

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Giverny & Monet's House Audio Guided Half-day Tour from Paris - The Clos Normand garden and flower beds
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Giverny & Monet’s House Audio Guided Half-day Tour from Paris

15.Giverny & Monet’s House Audio Guided Half-day Tour from Paris

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 379 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $102

Travel by bus from central Paris to Giverny, then explore Monet’s home, studio, Japanese prints, Clos Normand garden, lily pond, and Japanese bridge at your own pace. An app offers commentary in 10 languages, while hosts such as Alexandra and Leonor help with timing and directions.

“I would not recommend taking this tour in the afternoon, or if you have any mobility issues. From a mobility standpoint, once we walked from the metro station to the meeting point, we then had to walk 1/2 mile to get on the bus. Slower walkers were quick to fall behind the trek down the street to the bus. Afternoon tours are not the best as there were traffic delays which caused us to arrive late, but Giverny closes at 6 pm no matter what. We only had 1 hour 15 minutes to see Giverny, the garden and pond, house and the shop. Not the best experience.”

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