Historical Heritage

Ready for a trip back in time? Rouen preserves traces of all its History. To walk through its alleys is to vibrate to the pulse of the city’s evolutions and to witness its different eras. A short historical summary of a city with great potential!

Guided tours

The high places of Rouen

To explore the past...

It is the entire history of Rouen through the centuries that we invite you to discover during this walking tour:
Notre-Dame Cathedral, Church and Oyster Saint-Maclou, Big Clock, Parliament of Normandy,Church of Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc, and Place of the Old Market.
All styles are represented, from the Middle Ages to modern architecture, through the Renaissance and the classical period without forgetting the post-war reconstruction period.

The duration of the guided tour is 2 hours.
The tour is available in French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian as well as Korean.

In the footsteps of Joan of Arc

To relive its epic...

After seven months of negotiations, Jeanne d’Arc was handed over to the English and taken to Rouen in December 1430 to be tried and sentenced. Rediscoverthe memory of Joan of Arc and follow the path taken by the virgin from the Donjon, where she was locked up, to the Abbey Church of Saint-Ouen, the place of her abjuration, and end your itinerary at the Place du Vieux Marché, the place of Joan’s torture.

The duration of the guided tour is2 hours.
The tour is available in French, English, Spanish and German.

For small groups...

Carillon - Notre-Dame de Rouen Cathedral

Chimes at the Cathedral

Music maestro!

It’s not every day that we get our bells rung with pleasure! Nor that one meets the carillonneur of the cathedral! In short, a unique moment that combines patrimonial discovery and musical discovery.

The duration of the guided tour is 2 hours.
The tour is available in French and English.
Capacity: 17 people maximum

Cathedral of measure and disproportion

A sensory visit...

This unprecedented tour appealsto your senses and reveals a little more of the beauties of Rouen’s cathedral. Feel the vertigo of its dimensions, soak up the resonance of its acoustics and play with the principles of its Gothic architecture.

The duration of the guided tour is 2 hours.
The tour is available in French and English.
Capacity: 20 people maximum

The Sublime House

The oldest Jewish monument in France

Accompanied by a lecturer-guide go on a discovery of the archaeological crypt enclosing this unique building in France, the oldest Jewish monument in France, witnessing the settlement of the Jewish community in Rouen since the 11th century.

The duration of the guided tour is 1 hour.
The tour is available in French and English.
Capacity: 18 people maximum

The Lace of Saint-Maclou

Unusual visit

Still a church? Yes, but you’ll look at it differently after this experiential tour. Come and discover Saint-Maclou in a playful way: games, feelings, experiments will be part of it

The duration of the guided tour is 1 hour.
The tour is available in French and English.
Capacity: 20 people maximum

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