iJourneys Paris

The Left Bank

De: Elyse Weiner

On this tour of Paris' Left Bank, you'll experience: the white hot center of Paris where writers, artists, and musicians come to create; St. Germain des Pres, the oldest church in Paris; the history of massacres and martyrs; chic shops and naughty novels; the art of the cafe; the history of what happened to the heads of Notre Dame's statues; Roman ruins beneath the Cathedral; a hidden jewel of a Renaissance courtyard; window shopping to the pulse of Jazz; a stroll through a marvelous morning market; a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower; a walk on the street where the guillotine was perfected; the joy of eating French fries in the student quarter; Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker, Ben Franklin, and the Empress Josephine; a secret entrance to the Louvre; a soaking in Impressionists and Existentialists, intellectuals and revolutionaries.To follow iJourney's Paris tour and download a pdf map.©2005 iJourneys

Outstanding Paris tour

I have taken several audio tours of Paris and this is one of my very favourites. Great content: historical, artistic, practical, interesting. Great narration: not simple reading from a text, but engaging narration, clearly composed using the actual street scenes. This is as good as ParisWalks, which sets the standard.