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Photos: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send me a message. This image is not in the public domain. Please respect the copyright protection. It may only be used according to the rules mentioned here. This specifically excludes use in social media, if applicable terms of the licenses listed here not appropriate. Please do not upload an updated image here without consultation with the Author. The author would like to make corrections only at his own source. This ensures that the changes are preserved.Please if you think that any changes should be required, please inform the author.Otherwise you can upload a new image with a new name. Please use one of the templates derivative or extract., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Elekes Andor, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dietmar Rabich, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Napoleon's arch, seen from all twelve avenues
Your local guide
Émilie Faure
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Highlights
- An arch Napoleon never lived to see finished
- Twelve avenues radiating from one roundabout
- Carved reliefs read from street level
- Streets built deliberately to match the arch's scale
- One monument, an entire layout built around it
About this tour
This call covers the Arc de Triomphe from street level and one of the twelve avenues that radiate outward from it. Émilie explains how Napoleon commissioned the arch but died decades before it was finished. The session focuses on how the surrounding streets were deliberately built to match its scale.
Émilie opens at street level with a short sound check. She walks a stretch of Avenue Foch, answering questions about the arch's history as they arrive, and sends a short summary once the call ends.
It suits anyone interested in how a single monument can shape an entire street layout around it. It also works well paired with a walk down the Champs-Élysées.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Paris before heading out.
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Arc de Triomphe 21 min
From street level, the camera looks up at the arch's carved reliefs, and Émilie explains how Napoleon commissioned it before ever seeing it finished himself.
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Avenue Foch 21 min
Walking down one of the twelve avenues radiating from the roundabout, Émilie points out how the street's width and grand buildings were designed to match the arch's own scale.
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Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Paris: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Escargot and Montmartre, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Paris time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Paris, showing you Arc de Triomphe and Avenue Foch live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need to know the history already?
No background needed. The guide explains everything as it comes up.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. I walk the roundabout live with my phone.
Times shown in Paris time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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