Self-Guided Walking Tours in France (2026)

France has 16 self-guided audio walking tours on Roamer across 4 cities: Avignon, Lyon, Marseille and Paris. Every tour is free to start, covers history, architecture and culture, and plays GPS-triggered narration so you explore at your own pace.

Cities with self-guided walking tours in France

City	Tours	Themes
Avignon	3	History, Architecture
Lyon	3	History
Marseille	4	Architecture, Culture, History
Paris	6	Architecture, History, Culture

Where to walk in France

• Avignon (3 tours): A 14th-century fortified palace inside four kilometres of intact medieval walls, the Rhône running past a broken bridge that half-spans the river, plane-shaded squares with terrace cafés, the smell of lavender from every herb shop. The city that was the seat of seven popes between 1309 and 1377, and still looks the part.
• Lyon (3 tours): Roman amphitheatres on Fourvière hill, Renaissance silk-merchant courtyards connected by hidden traboule passages, the confluence of two rivers, working bouchons serving andouillette at noon. The Roman capital of Gaul, the silk capital of Europe, now the gastronomy capital of France.
• Marseille (4 tours): A 2,600-year-old port with Notre-Dame de la Garde on the hill above, fishermen unloading at six on the Vieux-Port quay, the smell of saffron bouillabaisse and Maghrebi spices in the same alley, the Mediterranean at the foot of every street. The oldest city in France, founded by Greek sailors from Phocaea, never quite governed from Paris.
• Paris (6 tours): Limestone façades along Haussmann boulevards, café terraces under plane trees, the Seine reflecting the lights of three bridges at once, the metro humming under your feet. The capital that decided in 1789 that anyone could be a citizen, and has been arguing about what that means ever since.

How much do walking tours in France cost?

Every tour is free to preview. A single tour is $4.99 for lifetime access. If you are visiting more than one city, a 30-day pass covering every tour everywhere is $19.99, or a 7-day pass is $12.99. There is no group booking, no fixed start time, and no tip.

Museum guides in France

Besides the walks, Roamer has independent audio guides for the inside of these museums, room by room, with no route to follow.

• Musée d'Orsay audio guide (Paris): Courbet, Manet, the Impressionists, Van Gogh and Rodin, inside a Paris railway station. The Musée d'Orsay, at your own pace.
• The Louvre audio guide (Paris): The Winged Victory, the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa and the Code of Hammurabi. The Louvre, room by room, at your own pace.

Related walking tour guides

In-depth city guides: Avignon, Lyon, Marseille, Paris.

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