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Clocks, Cathedrals and Castles of Rouen Self-Guided Tour

Q: Where does this tour start?

This tour starts at: This is a self-guided audio tour on our self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support..

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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.

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What's Included

✓ 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

✗ Not Included

Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location

Itinerary

Stop 1

Stand where a nineteen-year-old's final word rose above the flames that changed France.

Stop 2

Learn how one lunch at France's oldest inn redirected Julia Child's entire career.

Stop 3

Taste the mirliton, a small almond tart with a name borrowed from a nursery rhyme and a flute.

Stop 4

Decode the courtyard carvings that link a merchant's ambition to a legendary meeting of rival kings.

Stop 5

Uncover a hidden Jewish study house buried for centuries beneath the seat of Christian law.

Stop 6

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.

Stop 7

Find out why one tower is named after butter and whose heart rests inside without a body.

Stop 8

Follow the legend of a bishop, a condemned prisoner, and a dragon brought to heel with a scarf.

Stop 9

Notice the metalwork façade of a forgotten craftsman whose hands shaped Rouen's skyline.

Stop 10

See a Last Judgment carved in stone above five porches built for processions, guilds, and funerals.

Stop 11

Walk beneath carved skulls, coffins, and a Dance of Death procession inside a medieval plague cemetery.

Stop 12

Look up at the Crown of Normandy and learn why medieval bells were baptised, named, and dressed in white.

Stop 13

See Napoleon cast in captured cannon bronze, gazing toward the cathedral he helped preserve.

Stop 14

Enter the tower where Joan was shown instruments of torture — and refused to break.

Stop 15

Peer into a private courtyard hiding the medieval foundations where Joan spent her final months.

Meeting & End Point

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Meeting Point

This is a self-guided audio tour on our self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for our company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.

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Good to Know

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

Known For:

Private and Luxury in Rouen, Historical Tours in Rouen, Nature Walks in Rouen, Cultural Tours in Rouen, Private Sightseeing Tours in Rouen, Audio Guides in Rouen, Walking Tours in Rouen

Special Instructions

Know before you go :

•⁠ ⁠You will need to download the "Tourific self guided tours" app from the Google play store or App store

•⁠ ⁠Right after booking, you’ll receive an email from Tourific or the tour booking platform with instructions to access the tour.

•⁠ ⁠Having trouble finding the email? Just search for “Tourific” in your inbox or spam folder.

•⁠ ⁠The tour is valid for 1 year and can be listened to any number of times. So feel free to download tour and experience a few stops before going on the tour.

•⁠ ⁠Fully charge your phone and carry your headphones for the best experience

•⁠ ⁠It is recommended to wear modest clothing if you wish to enter the religious sites on the tour

•⁠ ⁠The tour follows a set route that we recommend that you follow. Once the tour is downloaded, the introduction will guide you to your starting point

•⁠ ⁠Change of plans? Enjoy the tour on a different day or from home