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Palais Royal and the Covered Galleries: walking audio tour
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Highlights

  • Explore Palais Royal and its Covered Galleries with a walking audio tour to uncover the park's rich history.
  • Discover how the late 1700s invention of the first shopping mall under arcades transformed Parisian leisure.
  • Uncover the evolution from a vibrant red light district in the early 1800s to today's serene shopping haven.
  • Enjoy an hour-long tour that blends historical insights with opportunities for luxury shopping and relaxation.
  • Navigate through charming boutiques and exhibitions within the Covered Galleries, once Paris' pioneering malls.

Your Experience

Facing the Louvre is one of the little treasures of Paris, a small park known as the Palais Royal. Tucked away behind the Council of State and the Comédie Française, this park provides Parisians with an enjoyable bit of greenery, not to mention luxury shopping! In the late 1700s, the park witnessed the invention of the first shopping mall under the arcades. Parisians came to shop, dine in fine restaurants, enjoy the numerous cafés or theatres, or simply enjoy the gardens themselves.

But amongst the various forms of entertainment, less wholesome pastimes sprang up, such as gambling and prostitution. By the early 1800s, the gardens had become a vast red light district, a wild party that lasted until 1840. Today, the Palais Royal is much calmer and provides a lovely area for modern-day Parisians to do some shopping, enjoy some fresh air, or simply sit and read.

With this tour, you will discover the park's incredible history and be free to enjoy some of your own shopping along the way! Discover the Covered Gallery exhibitions, beautifully decorated and lined with charming boutiques, which replaced the city's early shopping malls. This is a self-guided tour; there is no tour guide that meets you at the start location.

Duration

Lasts 1 hour

Must Know

  • Please refer to your voucher for final information regarding meeting points, pick-up locations, and pick-up time
  • Meeting point description: Start the tour on Place Colette.(2 Galerie de Nemours, Paris, France)
  • Know in advance:Please present tickets with barcode directly from the app, not the one on your voucher
  • Start the tour any time after purchase, regardless of the date you select
  • To access the audio-guided tour, you will have to download the App on your phone
  • After booking, you will receive an SMS with a direct download link for the app and audio-guide
  • This is a self-guided tour, there is no tour guide that meets you at the start location

Cancellation Policy

These tickets can't be rescheduled or cancelled.

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