Tour Route and Duration

**The route**

This walking tour starts at the Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, whose ceiling recalls the Gallery of Maps at the Vatican Museums, and ends at Notre-Dame, a UNESCO World Heritage site. We recommend continuing on to Sainte-Chapelle, which is covered in the final track, [Additional places worth visiting].

The tour covers 15 places in all, of which 10 plus one bonus are churches, for a total of 11. It begins at the Chapelle Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, continues to the chapel of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, which has deep ties to Korean martyrdom, and Saint-Sulpice, and ends at Notre-Dame, the setting of the musical. Sainte-Chapelle is the bonus stop. For details of each location, see the photos on screen and [Learn more] at the bottom of the script.

Along the way, we'll also introduce Le Bon Marché, the Luxembourg Gardens, Les Deux Magots (the café famous for its Hemingway connection), the macaron shop Pierre Hermé and Shakespeare and Company, the bookstore known for its tote bags. If you get tired, take a break at these spots. Not counting breaks, the walking-and-listening time is about 3 to 4 hours.

**Section by section**

On the longer stretches, we'll browse shops and rest in parks along the way. Besides the tour itself, we've prepared stories about Myeongdong Cathedral, about Victor Hugo and other French literary figures who appear throughout the tour, and tips on European Heritage Days. Listen as you walk.

- **First long stretch (Paris Foreign Missions Society chapel to Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin)**: About 10 minutes. Along the way you'll hear about Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, which is closely connected to this tour. If walking is a struggle, visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, the Paris Foreign Missions Society chapel and then the department store, and take public transit after that. That said, it's said to be 10 minutes whether you walk or ride. Angelina and Certified Café are along the way and are covered in [Additional places worth visiting]. - **Second long stretch (Sorbonne chapel to Saint-Séverin)**: Around the Sorbonne, you can feel the atmosphere of the Latin Quarter, where Hemingway lived in his early days as a Paris correspondent. Moving from a scholarly feel to a medieval-alley feel, Paris's narrow, winding streets offer a different kind of walking pleasure from the planned-city feel around the main sights you've passed so far. - **Luxembourg Gardens picnic**: Midway through, we'll stop at Le Bon Marché, famous for its food hall, and Pierre Hermé, nicknamed the Picasso of pastry, to pick up fruit, bread and desserts for a romantic picnic in the Luxembourg Gardens. If it rains or you prefer a café to a park, [Additional places worth visiting] lists Café de la Mairie, Angelina and Ladurée. - **Sainte-Chapelle at the end**: Sainte-Chapelle sits inside the courthouse complex, so from the street you see only its spire and part of the upper chapel. That's why it's the last track. It's the only stop that charges admission, and you can't see the whole building from outside, so if you don't want to go inside, you can end the tour at Notre-Dame. But take a look at the photos: can you resist the stained glass on a sunny day?

If walking everything in a day feels too demanding for your stamina or schedule, you can split the route and visit in parts.