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Paris Squares and Evenings

Paris Squares and Evenings

Paris · France

14 stops
  • 4 languages
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Follow a sequence of Parisian theatres and fountains as public squares shift from daylight into evening. You will see ornate theatre fronts, sculptural fountains, and places designed for gathering, pausing, and heading out for a performance. The walk is worth taking for the contrast between open civic spaces and the changing atmosphere around the city’s stages.

The walk

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

  1. Théâtre du Châtelet

    Théâtre du Châtelet

    A theatre born from Haussmann’s demolition of old Paris, then remade by opera, ballet and spectacle.

  2. Fontaine du Palmier

    Fontaine du Palmier

    A Napoleonic victory column that once gave Parisians free drinking water.

  3. Théâtre de la Ville

    Théâtre de la Ville

    A theatre rebuilt by fire, renamed repeatedly, and transformed into a major home for contemporary dance.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Fontaine de la Croix du Trahoir

    Fontaine de la Croix du Trahoir

    A fountain that carries Paris from royal waterworks to executions, revolt, and contemporary art.

  6. Odéon–Théâtre de l'Europe

    Odéon–Théâtre de l'Europe

    A royal theatre turned revolutionary stage, where Figaro and political France made their entrances.

  7. Medici Fountain

    Medici Fountain

    A royal grotto turned fountain, moved stone by stone for Haussmann’s new street.

  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.