Self-guided Audio Tour to The Louvre: The World’s Largest Museum

Self‑guided audio tour created by accredited art and history experts.
Explore 63 stops and 283 stories across the Louvre’s vast collections.
Discover iconic masterpieces along with hidden gems known only to enthusiasts.
Start at the famous Louvre Pyramid and navigate easily with offline maps.
Enjoy complete flexibility to explore at your own pace using your smartphone.
Mobile Voucher accepted, no need to take the printed tickets!

Explore the Louvre Museum at your own pace with this immersive self‑guided audio tour, designed by expert storytellers to reveal the world’s largest and most iconic art museum. As you move through its grand halls and historic wings, you’ll uncover masterpieces from antiquity to the 19th century, learn fascinating stories behind celebrated artworks, and discover lesser‑known treasures that only true connoisseurs appreciate. Starting at the Pyramid entrance, the tour blends rich narration, interactive maps, and insightful commentary to help you experience the Louvre’s history, architecture, and global collections in a deeper, more meaningful way.

Your experience begins at the Louvre’s Pyramid entrance, where the tour introduces the museum’s architectural evolution and its transformation from a royal palace to the world’s most visited art museum. As you step inside, the audio guide leads you through grand galleries filled with sculptures, paintings, and artifacts spanning thousands of years. You’ll hear captivating stories about the museum’s most celebrated works, its curators, and the cultural influences that shaped its collections.

Moving deeper into the museum, the tour highlights remarkable pieces from ancient civilizations, Renaissance masterpieces, and French artistic triumphs. Along the way, you’ll uncover lesser‑known artworks that reveal the museum’s hidden layers and rich global heritage. With offline access to maps, narration, and text, you can pause, revisit, or explore additional sections at your convenience, making this a seamless and enriching way to experience the Louvre.

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

Ticket/entrance fee to the Louvre Museum is not included.
Live Guide
Smartphone or headphones
Food and drinks
Hotel pick-up and drop-off

You will receive an email from Clio Muse Tours with your Booking Page link.
Please use this link to download your e-tickets and your audio guide through the Clio Muse App.
Check the separate email for important instructions about how to access your activity.
Download the ticket(s) and audio tour while on WiFi prior to your visit since there may be no signal at the site.
Please note: Book per device to be used, not per participant. For example, if two people are sharing one phone, please select '1 person', but if two people want to use two separate phones, then please select '2 persons' at the time of making the booking.

Voucher Information: Digital Voucher
Wheelchair Accessibility: 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.
Disclaimer: The Service provider / Tour Operator reserves the right to close or cancel certain shows, attractions, entertainments, restaurants, shops or ancillary facilities without notice. There will be no refund provided in that case.
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).
Recommended visiting hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm | Friday: 9:00 am – 9:45 pm.
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 9.0 and later) or iOS (version 17.0 and later) smartphone is required. The audio tour is not compatible with Windows Phones, iPhone X or older, iPhone SE 1st generation, iPod Touch, iPad 5th generation or older, iPad Air 2nd generation or older, iPad Mini 4th generation or older, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 1st generation.
You will need storage space on your phone. (100-150 MB)
The tour is suitable for all ages.
An escort service is available upon request to assist people with visual impairment issues.

You must cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the start time of the activity/experience to get a complete refund.
If you cancel your booking less than 24 hours before the start time of the activity/experience, you will not be reimbursed.
Any modifications made less than 24 hours before the start time of the activity/experience will not be allowed.
The cut-off times are determined by the activity/experience's local start time.
This activity/experience is weather dependent. If it is cancelled due to inclement weather, you will be given an alternate date or a full refund.