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Paris Sacred Places Walk

Paris Sacred Places Walk

Paris · France

14 stops
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Paris by following a sequence of fourteen churches, each marked by a religious dedication or title. You will move from Église Saint-Sulpice through churches named for saints, Mary, Christian virtues and religious traditions, ending at Église de la Madeleine. This walk is worth taking for the way its ordered route brings many sacred places into one focused experience.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Saint-Sulpice Church

    Saint-Sulpice Church

    A parish church built in stages, shaped by ambition, debt, and a remarkably long construction story.

  2. Pantheon

    Pantheon

    A royal church turned national mausoleum, where France chose whom it would remember.

  3. Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church

    Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church

    A church where Gothic, Renaissance, Sainte Geneviève, and a violent history meet under one roof.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Saint-Séverin Church

    Saint-Séverin Church

    A Paris parish church where a sixth-century hermit, a royal pardon, and seven centuries of glass meet.

  6. Notre-Dame Cathedral

    Notre-Dame Cathedral

    A medieval cathedral rebuilt, reinvented, and returned to worship after the fire of 2019.

  7. Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church

    Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church

    A church where a sixth-century foundation, Gothic interior and France’s first classical church façade meet.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.