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Secrets of Les Invalides Guided tour
Hôtel National des Invalides - Duration 1h45
Travel through history on this tour, gaining access to places forbidden to visitors and discovering fascinating anecdotes at the heart of this Parisian monument.
Discover your Guided tour
This unusual guided tour will offer you the opportunity to enter into the heart of the Hôtel national des Invalides in Paris. You will discover anecdotes, unusual facts and legends all along the tour.
Your guide will begin with a presentation of the history and architecture of Les Invalides, which will allow you to get an insight of the daily routine of the residents who lived there back in the 17thcentury.
As a privileged visitor, you will discover the Quesnoy Salon and the mysterious Governors’ vault. Your guided tour will then continue in the Cathedral Saint-Louis des Invalides where you will discover some stories related to the French Revolution as well as the presence of Rouget de Lisle at Les Invalides.
Your guide will then lead you into the monumental Dome Church –a military pantheon in which the graves of Turenne, Vauban, Foch, Lyautey and Napoleon I are housed, under its magnificent golden cupola where you will also discover the very secret Fieschi vault.
For your visit's comfort, your ticket includes the access to collections and temporary exhibitions. It will allow you to continue your exploration of the Musée de l'Armée in complete freedom at the end of your guided tour.
Your guide will begin with a presentation of the history and architecture of Les Invalides, which will allow you to get an insight of the daily routine of the residents who lived there back in the 17thcentury.
As a privileged visitor, you will discover the Quesnoy Salon and the mysterious Governors’ vault. Your guided tour will then continue in the Cathedral Saint-Louis des Invalides where you will discover some stories related to the French Revolution as well as the presence of Rouget de Lisle at Les Invalides.
Your guide will then lead you into the monumental Dome Church –a military pantheon in which the graves of Turenne, Vauban, Foch, Lyautey and Napoleon I are housed, under its magnificent golden cupola where you will also discover the very secret Fieschi vault.
For your visit's comfort, your ticket includes the access to collections and temporary exhibitions. It will allow you to continue your exploration of the Musée de l'Armée in complete freedom at the end of your guided tour.
Useful information
- Access: 129 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
- Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes (including tour and audiophone equipment)
- Due to the events programmed in the Musée de l’Armée, access to the Quesnoy salon cannot be guaranteed.
- Due to the events programmed in the Musée de l’Armée, access to the Quesnoy salon cannot be guaranteed.
- No late arrivals will be accepted after the visit has begun.
- PMR Access
- Coffea or/and restaurant inside
Number of persons
Access Hôtel National des Invalides
Address
Hôtel National des Invalides
129, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
129, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris
Access
Métro :
La Tour-Maubourg (ligne 8)
Invalides (ligne 8)
Varennes (ligne 13)
RER :
Invalides (RER C)
Bus : lignes 28, 63, 69, 82, 83, 92, 93
La Tour-Maubourg (ligne 8)
Invalides (ligne 8)
Varennes (ligne 13)
RER :
Invalides (RER C)
Bus : lignes 28, 63, 69, 82, 83, 92, 93