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Paris: Louvre Self Guided Audio Tour

France, Paris

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Self guided audio tour.

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Our tour allows you to explore one of the world’s most important museums, and one of Paris’ most iconic landmarks. The Louvre is home to over 38,000 works of art, including the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, which is considered to be the most famous painting ever created. As if its collection wasn’t impressive enough, millions of visitors flock here every year to admire the museum's unique pyramid and glass structure.

The entrance ticket to the Louvre Museum is not included and needs to be purchased separately.

With this app-based self-guided audio tour you will enjoy unlimited independent sightseeing of the Louvre Museum. There's no need to meet up with a member of staff, simply download our App and start your experience straight away anywhere. Please note this is not the audio guide offered on the premises.

This self-guided audio tour is subject to the opening days and hours for the Louvre Museum. The entrance ticket needs to be purchased separately.

Inclusions & exclusions

What you get:  ✔️ Unlimited access to all self-guided features ✔️ Unlimited use for the duration of your stay  ✔️ Multilingual audio commentary in English, Chinese, German, French, Italian and Spanish What you don’t get: ✖️ Mobile Device ✖️ Headphones ✖️ Entry to Louvre Museum ✖️ Public Transportation Tickets

Discover the masterpieces of this venue, including:

⚬ Mona Lisa  ⚬ Raft of the Medusa ⚬ Venus de Milo ⚬ Coronation of Napoleon ⚬ Wedding at Cana

Know before you go

• To activate your digital guide, the Vox City app should be downloaded from the Apple or Android store • Open the Vox City App and scan your QR code • Choose your preferred language and download the map • Once downloaded, access will be immediately be granted to all self-guided features • This app is valid for 365 days from booking

Please note, this is a digital experience. There is no meeting point or staff on-site.

Frequently Ask Questions

What is a self-guided tour?

A self-guided tour is a type of tour where visitors explore a destination on their own using an audio guide or a map. Unlike a guided tour, visitors are not led by a tour guide and are free to choose their own pace and explore the sights that interest them the most. Self-guided tours offer more flexibility and freedom to visitors. They are a popular option for those who prefer to explore a destination independently. 

Is a Walking Tour suitable for all ages?

The walking tour is suitable for all ages, but keep in mind that it involves a fair amount of walking and standing, so participants should be able to walk for at least 2.5 hours. Additionally, wearing comfortable walking shoes and bringing a water bottle can help ensure that you're comfortable throughout the tour

What is a Multilingual Audio tour?

A multilingual audio tour is a type of tour that provides visitors with audio guides in multiple languages. Visitors can use headphones to listen to the audio guide as they explore a destination, with the audio guide providing information about the sights, history, and culture of the area. The audio guides are typically pre-recorded and offer visitors the option to choose their preferred language.

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• The Location
• Important Information

Know before you book

Know before you go, the louvre: the world’s largest museum.

€  11,99 per person

The Louvre is home to collections dating from antiquity to the nineteenth century. This great assembly of artefacts from around the world is celebrated for its numerous iconic masterpieces. Most visitors focus on a few famous sculptures and paintings. You are invited to uncover the building’s unique history and discover amazing works of art known only to connoisseurs.

Waltz in the Louvre Museum with a self-guided audio tour on your phone designed by an accredited expert. Listen to fascinating stories, based on an award-winning storytelling concept, and gain great insights into the most iconic museum of Paris. Start your tour from the museum’s Pyramid entrance and explore the enticing worlds unraveling from the Louvre’s collections.

This is an unmissable opportunity to experience at your own pace the Louvre Museum with a captivating audio tour on your phone.

* * Ticket/entrance fee to the Louvre Museum is not included.

The pyramid stands at the heart of the central courtyard. Before passing through the doors, find a convenient spot with a nice view of the museum and the pyramid to listen to the tour’s first stories.

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• Self-guided audio tour in English on your smartphone (Android & iOS)
• An activation link to access your audio tour
• Offline content (text, audio narration and maps) to avoid roaming charges
• Entrance ticket to the Louvre Museum. 
• Smartphone or headphones
• Food and drinks
• Transportation
• App not compatible with Windows phones
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Mandatory items

• Charged smartphone

The location

Starting point.

The self-guided audio tour is designed to start at the Pyramid entrance of the Louvre, Musee du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France.

Directions to starting point

The easiest way to get there is to get down at the Palais Royal/Musée du Louvre Metro station and walk towards the entrance across you. (If you have accessibility issues prefer the line 14 Pyramide metro station. Use the elevator at the Rue de l’Échelle exit and move down towards the end of the Avenue de l’Opéra. Continue straight ahead to Rue de Rohan and cross Rue de Rivoli to access the Pyramid entrance).

Important information

Recommended visiting hours.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Friday: 9:00 am – 9:45 pm

Additional admission

• Please consider that admission fees for the Louvre Museum are not included. 
• This is a downloadable self-guided audio tour for your smartphone, accessible through our app. No live guide will accompany you. No VR / AR is included
• No live guide or meeting point provided.
• After booking, you will receive an email with further instructions on how to access and download your audio tour. Check your spam folder as well
• Book per device to be used, not per participant
• An Android (version 5.0 and later) or iOS (version 15.0 and later) smartphone is required. The audio tour is not compatible with Windows Phones, iPhone 6/6 Plus or older, iPod Touch 6th generation or older, iPad 4th generation or older, iPad Air 1st generation, iPad Mini 3rd generation or older.
• You will need storage space on your phone (100-150 MB)
• From October to March entry to the Museum is free on the first Sunday of each month.
• This site is wheelchair accessible: Pyramid main entrance, Carrousel du Louvre Entrance(Carousel shopping centre entrance).
• Not all the areas of the museum are wheelchair accessible directly. In some cases you may have to use an alternative route.
• An escort service is available upon request to assist people with visual impairment issues.
• Mobile signal may be weak at the site(s). Download your audio tour on your smartphone prior to your visit to fully enjoy it.
• After booking, you will receive an email with further instructions on how to access and download your audio tour. Please check your email spam folder as well.
• Ensure that your smartphone is fully charged & that you bring your earphones.
• Disabled visitors and their assistants are granted priority access (without queuing) at the reception area and museum entrances.
• Suitcases and large bags are not allowed in the museum. There are lockers for smaller items available free of charge.
• Folding chairs and Sensory Bags for people with sensory impairments( noise-canceling headphones, eye bands, etc.) are available upon request at the helping desk free of charge.
• You are allowed to take photos and video in the permanent collection. Selfie sticks, flash or lighting are not allowed.
• All animals, with the exception of guide dogs or assistance dogs accompanying persons with motor or mental impairment are not allowed.
• Due to COVID-19 measures, only bank cards and ‘chèques-vacances’ can be used as payment methods.

Download the app

To take this self-guided tour, you will need to download the Clio Muse Tours app on your iOS or Android device. Enjoy your tour!

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Self-Guided Tour - Louvre Audioguide, Paris

• Audio guide app for iPhone and Android
• 3D route map for easy orientation, the Louvre hall numbers
• 45 audio commentaries on the Louvre's highlights
• llustrations to recognize the exhibits
• Entry Tickets to the Louvre - 22 EUR
• Human guide
• Smartphone and headphones
• Official audioguide of the Louvre
• The tour does not cover all the Louvre's rooms and exhibits
• Louvre Pyramid, 75001 Paris, France Tour starts in the Louvre Courtyard, in front of main Pyramid, launch the app and start 'Louvre Audioguide' on your smartphone.
• Not wheelchair accessible
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• Most travelers can participate
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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For the latest version of this audio tour, download the (free!) Rick Steves' Audio Europe™ App — available for Apple and Android. Learn more at https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/audio-europe To see all of this mega-museum would be in-Seine. We'll focus on essential masterpieces — Venus de Milo, Winged Victory, statues by Michelangelo, and — of course — the Mona Lisa. Allow at least two hours for this tour.

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Enjoy your visit, and discover the Louvre museum and its most beautiful artworks. Features included: * More than 1000+ Louvre Artworks. The collection covers “Paintings”, “Egyptian Antiquities”, “Greek,Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities”, “Near Eastern Antiquities”, “Sculptures”, “Decorative Arts”, “Islamic Art”, “Prints and Drawings”. * Audio Guide Just Like Telling A Story An audio presentation of the artwork and its history, helps you to know much more. * Powerful Search Helps Better Find the highlights, and explore much more. You can search all the artworks not only by names, but also by exhibition Room locations. * Guideline Leads Your Tour Way Plan your tour with the guideline map, saving time and easy to find your favorite artworks. Perfect for Louvre fans and visitors to explore the museum.

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A great application at no cost.

Strengths: This is a great free application, that provides a good number of art pieces contained at the Louvre, all organized by room number and floors, w. maps and a myriad of written interesting information for each piece. Much better than several of those applications that charge significantly. Weakness( there is always someone!! Right?) many of the art pieces come with audio text that would have been a superlative plus except for the fact that recording was done by someone without any dose of cadence or voice emphasis, therefore delivering the message in a monotonous unappealing way that forces one to desire that the audio text come to an end as soon as possible. In spite of that I strongly recommend this app

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The audio is a computerized voice reading text. It’s excruciating to listen to. Plus, this app is NOT FREE as advertised. You can only listen to the audio or read the text of 3 artworks before being forced to pay $1.99 US. The charge isn’t much, but that should have been disclosed from the outset. This is not worth your money or your time.

Great app and it's free.

good job on the app!

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Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Guided tours Highlights All publics 12 +

Discover the Mona Lisa , the Winged Victory of Samothrace , the Venus de Milo , and other masterpieces of the Louvre with trained guides who take you through the museum’s most impressive spaces, such as the medieval moat, giving you a fascinating insight into the history of the palace.

Available languages and times

Every day at 9.45 a.m. Additional tour at 2 p.m. on weekends and every Friday at 6 p.m and 7 p.m (Except: 1 March, 5 April, 3 May, 7 June and 26 April)

Every day at 9:45am

Every day at 10 am

Booking conditions

Guided tour - Combined ticket The combined ticket (31 €) allows an admission to the museum at the same access time than the selected Guided tour or Atelier, for visitors who do not benefit of a free admission to the museum. Guided tour - Full price Admission ticket for individual visitor  not included In case of tickets unavailability online, it is mandatory to purchase an admission ticket at spot.) Guided tour - Reduced price For visitors benefiting of a free admission to the museum: under-18s, under-26s living in the European Economic Area, membership card holders (Amis du Louvre, Louvre Mécène, Louvre Professionnels) people with disabilities and people on income support. Complete liste of tarif conditions on:  www.louvre.fr . Free admission with no ticket on presentation of proof of eligibility only.  

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Louvre audioguide--worth it? Strategies?

Going to the Louvre on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Haven't gotten the timed entry tix yet--(I have --mailed to our home--our Paris Museum Pass, so can register for the now-required timed entry, which I'm hoping to do for around 4:30, because they are open late that day. Before I do the timed entry reservation, I need a bit more info on how to navigate this vast monster....so I know how much time we need.

Wondering if the Louvre audioguide is an efficient planning strategy. What are the options available on the audioguide--i.e. is there a highlights tour? (When we were at the Prado in Spain, the highlights tour was an option and it GREATLY helped me navigate and not go crazy).

I think with the Mona Lisa moved to the Richlieau Wing (during our time there), we will more enjoy the Denon Wing (which has some great areas of my interest) , but I also like the idea of seeing the medieval moat, etc. in the Sully wing, and some of what's in the Richlelieu Wing. Don't care so much about Mona.

I just wonder if the Louvre's audio guide might be the way cut to the quick of it all. I am not personally wanting to use RS pre-loaded audioguide, having had some problems with it in the past, nor looking at the self-guided tour in the RS guidebook. Any advice would be welcome! please!

I always get the audio guide - and I’ve been multiple times - makes it much more interesting- learn something new each time .

I don’t follow a Audi guide route - I just wander a different section each time and punch in the numbers of the pieces that interest me .

It’s a cheap rental .

Bring a piece of ID to leave as collateral - they will accept a DL , which I prefer to leav as opposed to my passport

I agree with Pat. Do your homework ahead of time to figure out which galleries you want to see, and familiarize yourself with the online map. Then just get a map and audio guide when you arrive, and off you go. I prefer to wander at my own pace, spending as much or as little time as I want in each room. Because I like to understand a bit about the paintings that interest me, being able to punch in its number on the audio guide is really handy.

Seems you’ve done a lot of homework, along with preparing to get your timed entry. This may not be an option for one reason or another, but we’ve used Paris Muse several times. They give focused tours of the Louvre and other museums, usually led by an expert art professor or graduate student. We’ve found their shared knowledge and educational tours of selected works to be an efficient and effective use of our time, well worth their charge. They might possibly have something that’s would fit your schedule, and interests. Check their Website.

Audio guide - last time I was at the Louvre was 4 years ago and I rented one. There was a rental desk at the entrance to each wing. Remember which one you rented from so you don't waste time returning it and reclaiming your ID. If the battery runs out (mine did), you can go to any rental desk to exchange it.

Look at the Louvre's website. They have self-guided themed tours called "trails". On one visit, I used one called something like Palace to Museum. It took me through a lot of the museum, more from an architectural point of view but it also went past most of the museum's highlights - Winged Victory, Mona Lisa (there's a huge painting in that room that is worth seeing), classical Greek and Roman, and parts of the Egyptian collection and much more, of course. While the tour itself didn't mention the highlights, it was a little hard to miss them :-). I printed out the tour using cut/paste onto a word.doc. You can probably download as a pdf.

We were there last week. Bought PMP on the very first day(Tuesday) and reserved a time slot for Friday at 4:30. there were many slots available. so no need to get PMP mailed in advance.

we did rent audio guide. We used audio guide as needed. Just punched in the numbers for the ones we wanted more info on. It is humongous place. after few hours tiredness just kicks in and brain stops taking any more information in. at that time we just decided to roam around with any information from audio guide. we even returned it around 8:00 pm to get our credit card back that we had to submit as security. after that we just wandered around and admired.

Thanks for the info, BG. Glad you had success in buying the museum pass in Paris and getting Louvre timed reservations the same week.

" We were there last week. Bought PMP on the very first day(Tuesday) and reserved a time slot for Friday at 4:30. there were many slots available. so no need to get PMP mailed in advance. "

Thanks BG, this is good information to know!

Thank you all for your replies! Ashley, I am glad to be reminded that the French and Italian paintings need natural daylight--I will head there first and that also puts me in the Denon Wing, which will probably hold the most appeal. Chani I will investigate further on the website about the various audio tours available. It sure sounds like most people appreciate the audioguides--no surprise. And I will remember the ID for collateral! It is also nice to know that there plenty of openings even the week of for timed entry. I appreciate this because it would be nice to not commit to a time too early in case weather, etc. creates a need to change our itinerary on some of the other days we are there. Thanks everyone!

One more question: the Louvre website says you buy a ticket for an audioguide at the ticketing level under the Pyramid, THEN take your ticket to the entrance to the wing you want, and pick up your audioguide there. The website says that you can get the ticket from a ticket window or automated machine. Seems the advantage of the PMP is to bypass all the lines at the ticketing level and just go up to the wing you want, no dinking around. Are there long lines to get this audioguide ticket? Can't you just buy and collect the audioguide at the wing entrances?

First, the tours - thematic trails - I mentioned are written - not audio.

Second, the lines for the Louvre are mostly at security before entering the pyramid. Ticket lines aren't very long because there are many agents, many machines and many people who buy in advance.

Thanks for that clarification, Chani!

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