Skip-the-line Orangerie ticket with smartphone audioguide
What the app does
After booking, you receive instructions to download the WeGoTrip app and the Orangerie tour. You need to do this before you come, at home or at your hotel, on Wi-Fi. Once loaded, the tour works offline: room-by-room navigation, maps, audio commentary. You go at your own pace, you go back, you skip what doesn't interest you. The commentary is available in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Chinese, and Portuguese.
The ticket is a standard skip-the-line ticket, with the « ticket holders » entrance and a time slot. Security check remains mandatory, so you need to arrive within your time slot and not at the exact minute. The museum offers public Wi-Fi, but I wouldn't rely on it to download an entire tour while standing in the hall.
What the app does not do
It does not replace a guide. It does not answer your questions and does not adapt to what you are looking at. It does not comment on temporary exhibitions, only the permanent collection. It does not provide headphones or a phone: bring your own, with a charged battery, because 1 hour 30 minutes of audio commentary with the screen on consumes power. Without headphones, you won't use it, silence is requested in the oval rooms.
Included
- Skip-the-line ticket, « ticket holders » entrance
- Audio guide in the app, to download beforehand
- Room-by-room navigation, maps, offline comments
- 8 languages
Not included
- Live guide
- Commentary on temporary exhibitions
- Headphones
- Smartphone
Who I recommend it to, and why
I must be clear on one point: this product is new and has no reviews. I therefore have no Markus or Felicia to quote, as with the skip-the-line ticket and its 7,188 reviews. What I can say comes from the product description and what I know about the museum. I will update the page when the first reviews come in.
Based on this, it is aimed at those who want a commentary on the Walter-Guillaume collection without having to follow the schedule of a guided tour, or the group, or the silence required when a guide speaks. The Water Lilies, on the other hand, do not need explanation, and you can turn off the sound in the oval rooms. Level -2, with its 146 paintings, is where a room-by-room commentary is useful. It is also aimed at visitors who read Chinese or Portuguese, two languages that the six-language guided tour does not offer.
It is less suited to those who do not like to visit with a phone in hand, or who travel with a tired battery. In this case, the simple ticket and the room-by-room route that I describe on this site do the same job, for free.
Download the tour the day before and launch it at home to check that the sound comes out well in your headphones. On the morning of the visit, book the 9 a.m. slot: in empty rooms, an audio commentary follows effortlessly. The best time remains the same, with or without the app.
Book the ticket with audio guide
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are there any reviews for this audio guide ticket?
Not yet. The offer is recent and GetYourGuide displays no ratings. I'm stating it as is and I will update the reviews page as soon as the first feedback is published.
Do I need earphones?
Yes, your own. Nothing is provided, neither earphones nor phone. Silence is requested in the oval rooms, you won't listen to a commentary through a loudspeaker. The page what to bring lists what is useful to have with you.
Does the app work offline?
Yes, once the tour is downloaded. That's why you need to download it before coming. The museum has public Wi-Fi, but the cloakroom and security checks already take time. See backpack and cloakroom.
Audioguide or guided tour?
The audioguide for time flexibility, the guided tour for an art historian who answers questions and for the 5.0 rating from 45 reviews. Details on the guided tour page.