Self-guided · Left Bank
Do the tour on your own time
The Second World War walk on the Left Bank, as a self-guided audio tour: my voice in your ears, a map that guides you, the archive photographs synchronised with the narration.
- €19
- 2 km · about 90 min
- 9 audio sections
- Yours for 7 days
Plan B, said plainly
Nothing beats walking with me.
The in-person tour is the real thing: questions, detours, the small human stories I only tell on foot. But if no date fits your trip, or you simply prefer to walk at your own pace, this version covers the whole historical arc, from the fall of Paris in 1940 to the Liberation of August 1944, at the exact places where it happened.
See the guided tour dates →What you get
The whole walk, in your pocket
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9 narrated sections
About 30 minutes of narration for 2 km: an introduction, four main stops and four short stops between them.
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A map that guides you
Your position, the route, the next stop, its distance. The audio starts when you get there.
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Archive photographs, synchronised
The photographs of the printed guide appear at the right moment of the narration, with their captions.
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Works without data
Open it once on wifi and the whole tour is stored on your phone: audio, photos and map. No roaming needed on the walk.
Narrated in my own voice
The same guide, the same research.
I wrote the script from the same research as the guided tours, and the narration is my voice. Not a studio narrator, not a generic city audioguide: the same guide, at the same places, telling the same history.
The French narration is available today; the English narration is being recorded and will be added to every purchase at no cost.
Listen before buying
Thirty seconds of the introduction
Preview in French — the English recording is in progress.
Get the tour
The English edition is being recorded
The walk exists and is finished — in French. I narrate every stop myself rather than hand it to a machine, so the English recording is being made now. Leave me a message and you will be the first to know when it opens.
Reviews
What guests say.
"Excellent guided tour with Clement. He gave us a lot of interesting information about the World war 2, the fall of Paris and the liberation of Paris. He also made the tour interactive and engaging. I highly recommend…"
"We had a fantastic guided tour of Paris’s Left Bank through the lens of WWII with Clément. He is an incredibly knowledgeable, passionate, and engaging guide who led us through some of Paris’s most beautiful sites, bri…"
"My husband and I did a private WWII tour of the Left Bank. It was wonderful! We both learned so much and definitely recommend it! Dagger is so knowledgeable and a pleasure to be with!"
"We absolutely loved the tour Clément took us on around Paris. His knowledge about WW2 is next-level and the way he delivers it is fantastic. It was very special to stand in front of places where history was made, and…"
Questions
Things you might wonder.
How does the self-guided tour work?
After payment you receive an email with a personal link. Open it on your phone: a map shows the route and your position, and the narration starts when you reach each stop. Subtitles and the archive photographs follow the audio.
Do I need an internet connection during the walk?
No. Open the page once on wifi (at your hotel, for instance) and wait for “Ready for offline use”: the audio, the photographs and the map of the Latin Quarter are then stored on your phone. GPS works without data.
How long do I have access?
You pick the day you plan to walk. The tour opens the evening before and stays open for a few days after it, so you can buy weeks ahead without losing anything. Once the page has been loaded on wifi it keeps working offline until the end of that window. If your trip moves, write to me and I will shift the dates.
Can I offer it as a gift?
Yes. Enter the recipient’s email at checkout and, if you know it, the day they will walk: the access link and the explanatory sheet go to them, and the tour opens on the right day.
What if my phone has no GPS, or I refuse location access?
The tour still works: tap a stop on the map to start its narration, and the app tells you where the next one is.
Is it available in English?
The interface and the price include both languages. The French narration is available today; the English narration is being recorded and will appear in your tour automatically, at no extra cost.