Carnavalet Museum & Marais Food Tour

Explore Musée Carnavalet exhibitions and a self-guided Le Marais food tour with offline audio and GPS via the TouringBee app.

Getting started

Begin by downloading the TouringBee audio guide app on your smartphone and activating your 1-year access to the audio tour. Make sure you have your own headphones, since this is a self-guided experience with no live tour guide. Once set up, head into the Musée Carnavalet to use your ticket for the temporary exhibition and then continue at your own pace into the free permanent collection.

What to expect

Musée Carnavalet - temporary exhibition

This ticketed part of your visit focuses on the temporary exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet dedicated to Madame de Sévigné. You move through the curated rooms at your own pace, using the app to frame your time in the museum within the story of Le Marais.

Features

• Inside the temporary exhibition "Madame de Sévigné" at the Musée Carnavalet, you explore displays centered on this key Marais figure, connecting her world to the neighborhood you will later walk through.

• Your access includes entry to this specific temporary exhibition, on top of the museum's free areas, so you can see content that is not available in the permanent collection.

• With landmark illustrations available in the TouringBee app, the exhibition context links visually to the streets and façades you will encounter once you step back outside into Le Marais.

Musée Carnavalet – permanent collection

After the exhibition, you can continue straight into the permanent collection of the Musée Carnavalet, which focuses on the history of Paris. This part of the museum is free of charge and can be explored for as long as you wish.

Features

• The permanent collection of the Musée Carnavalet is accessible free of charge, letting you extend your museum time without any extra ticketing steps.

• Using the audio guide in English or German, you can relate the museum's displays on Parisian life to specific corners of Le Marais that appear later in your self-guided route.

• Landmark illustrations in the TouringBee app help you recognize architectural details and street layouts shown in the museum when you later walk through the neighborhood.

Self-guided food and audio tour of Le Marais

Once you leave the museum, you continue with a self-guided food and audio tour of Le Marais that covers more than 40 stops. You decide when and where to pause for tastings, purchasing any food and drinks directly from the venues you choose.

Features

• The self-guided food and audio tour of Le Marais (40+ stops) leads you through one of Paris's most historic districts, with commentary that ties together its streets, squares, and food spots as you go.

• An offline map with GPS navigation via the TouringBee app shows your position along the route and guides you from one suggested stop to the next without needing a data connection.

• With the audio guide in English or German and landmark illustrations in the TouringBee app, you can follow narrated stories and visual cues at each stop while still keeping your eyes on the street and your hands free for tastings.

• You keep 1-year access to the audio tour, so you can repeat the Le Marais route, return to favorite stops, or split the 40+ stops across several visits within that period.