Map guide Easy
Preview — Riverside Paris Map
Notre-Dame, the Pont Neuf and the pyramid, ten minutes apart — three of seventeen.
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France
Paris
A Gothic island, a glass pyramid and a white basilica on a hill, stitched together by riverbanks made for walking. Paris hides its best stories in plain sight — and rewards knowing where to look.
Tours in Paris
Buy the map guide, a treasure hunt, or both. Each is a single payment. The free samples open with no payment and no account — start there if you would rather read us before you pay.
Map guides
Map guide Easy
Paris Essentials
Every landmark, museum, church and garden worth your time, on one map.
See the tour€9.90
Treasure hunts
Treasure hunt Easy
Preview — Mini Treasure Hunt
Two riddles to try the hunt. The full cipher has seven.
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Treasure hunt Moderate
The Left Bank Cipher
Seven riddles from the Panthéon to the Pont Neuf, about two hours on foot.
See the tour€6.90
What the Paris guide covers
- Written in
- English and French
- Narrated in
- English
- Free to enter
- 11 of 17 stops
- What is on the map
- landmarks, museums, parks & gardens and churches & monasteries
The map
- Landmarks
- Museums
- Parks & gardens
- Churches & monasteries
Every stop on the Paris map
17 places, each with its own page giving the address, the opening hours and what a ticket gets you. Free to read even if you never buy anything.
- Arc de TriompheFree
Napoleon's victory arch, an eternal flame, and a rooftop that explains the whole street plan.
- Eiffel TowerTicketed
The 1889 "temporary" iron tower that became the emblem of everything French.
- Louvre PyramidTicketed
I. M. Pei's glass pyramid, floating over the world's most visited museum.
- Luxembourg GardensFree
Marie de' Medici's Italian garden, now the Senate's front lawn and the Left Bank's living room.
- Musée CarnavaletFree
The history of Paris itself, told inside two Marais mansions — free to enter.
- Musée d'OrsayTicketed
The world's largest Impressionist collection, hung inside a Beaux-Arts railway station.
- Notre-Dame CathedralFree
The Gothic heart of France, reopened after the 2019 fire.
- Palais GarnierTicketed
Charles Garnier's gilded opera house, complete with underground lake and Phantom.
- Palais-RoyalFree
Richelieu's palace, a once-scandalous arcade garden, and 260 striped columns.
- PanthéonTicketed
The secular temple where France buries its great — beneath Foucault's pendulum.
- Place VendômeFree
Napoleon on a column of captured cannon, ringed by the jewellers of the Rue de la Paix.
- Place des VosgesFree
Paris's oldest planned square, brick-pink and perfectly symmetrical since 1612.
- Pont NeufFree
The "New Bridge" that Henri IV finished in 1606 — now the oldest one standing over the Seine.
- Sacré-Cœur BasilicaFree
The white basilica on Paris's highest hill, whitening with every rain.
- Saint-Étienne-du-MontFree
The last rood screen in Paris, and the shrine of the city's patron saint.
- Sainte-ChapelleTicketed
A 13th-century reliquary turned inside out — walls made of glass.
- Shakespeare and CompanyFree
The English-language bookshop where some 30,000 writers have slept among the shelves.
Questions about Paris
- How much does the Paris guide cost?
- The Paris city pass is €9.90 and lasts a year. Each treasure hunt is bought separately at €6.90 and lasts 180 days. There is no subscription and nothing renews.
- Do I need to book a time or meet a guide?
- No. Nobody is meeting you, and nothing starts at a fixed time. You buy it, it opens on your phone, and you walk it whenever you happen to be in Paris: before breakfast, after dinner, or spread over three separate days.
- What is the difference between the map guide and a treasure hunt?
- The map guide shows you every stop from the start and tells you about each one as you arrive. It is a guidebook you walk. A treasure hunt hides the stops behind riddles: you are told what to look for, not where it is, and each find is checked before the next riddle appears.
- Is admission to the museums and monuments included?
- No. What you buy is the guide, not the tickets. The pages tell you what each place charges and where booking ahead is the difference between walking in and going home. The treasure hunts are a separate case: they are built entirely around places that cost nothing to reach.
- What language is the Paris guide in?
- Paris is written in English and French. Every stop, every tip and every riddle is translated in full, not machine-translated from English. The narration is recorded in English.
- What is actually on the Paris map?
- 17 places: landmarks, museums, parks & gardens and churches & monasteries. Each has its own page on this site with the address, the opening hours and what a ticket gets you, and the guide adds the story behind it and the tip only somebody who has stood there would write down.