Clocks, Cathedrals and Castles of Rouen Self-Guided Tour

Duration2h - 3h

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LanguagesGerman, Russian, Portuguese, English, Italian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish

Private tourOnly your group will participate

Overview

Joan of Arc's judges asked her a question designed to condemn her no matter how she answered — and her reply left the court speechless. That story unfolds at the actual palace where it happened, one stop on this app-based self-guided walking tour of Rouen.
From the spot where Joan burned at nineteen to a Jewish study house hidden beneath the courthouse, this Rouen audio tour traces centuries of drama through medieval streets. Learn how one meal at France's oldest inn changed Julia Child's life, why the cathedral sold permission to eat butter to fund a tower, and what a mummified cat in a plague cemetery was meant to ward off.
Offline access, no fixed schedule, no group to keep up with — pause for lunch, linger in Saint-Maclou, or skip ahead.
If you'd rather piece a city together through real stories than follow an umbrella through a crowd, this is for you. Over 20,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, and a full refund guarantee means nothing to risk.

What's included

100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation

Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location

What to expect

Place du Vieux-Marche
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Stand where a nineteen-year-old's final word rose above the flames that changed France.
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Learn how one lunch at France's oldest inn redirected Julia Child's entire career.
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Taste the mirliton, a small almond tart with a name borrowed from a nursery rhyme and a flute.
Hotel de Bourgtheroulde
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Decode the courtyard carvings that link a merchant's ambition to a legendary meeting of rival kings.
Palais de Justice
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Uncover a hidden Jewish study house buried for centuries beneath the seat of Christian law.
Gros-Horloge
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Look up at a six-hundred-year-old clock that once told time not with hands, but with bells. Trace how a golden lamb on a shield connects faith, wool wealth, and royal loyalty.
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Rouen
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Find out why one tower is named after butter and whose heart rests inside without a body.
Saint-Romain
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Follow the legend of a bishop, a condemned prisoner, and a dragon brought to heel with a scarf.
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Notice the metalwork façade of a forgotten craftsman whose hands shaped Rouen's skyline.
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See a Last Judgment carved in stone above five porches built for processions, guilds, and funerals.
Aitre Saint-Maclou
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Walk beneath carved skulls, coffins, and a Dance of Death procession inside a medieval plague cemetery.
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Look up at the Crown of Normandy and learn why medieval bells were baptised, named, and dressed in white.
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See Napoleon cast in captured cannon bronze, gazing toward the cathedral he helped preserve.
Tour Jeanne d'Arc
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Enter the tower where Joan was shown instruments of torture — and refused to break.
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Peer into a private courtyard hiding the medieval foundations where Joan spent her final months.

Meeting and pickup

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Additional information

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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