Self-guided audio walks

Self-guided walking tours in Lille

3 walking toursHauts-de-France, France

Photo by Velvet on Wikimedia Commons

The overview

Lille wears its Flemish past in brick and carved stone. From the Grand'Place and the Vieille Bourse's courtyard, narrow old-town streets run north past tea rooms and estaminets to the Porte de Gand, while a fifteen-minute walk west reaches Vauban's star-shaped citadel and its park. Southwest of the centre, Wazemmes packs an iron-framed market hall and one of France's biggest street markets. Compact, flat, and full of food stops, it rewards slow wandering.

Choose a walk

Tours in Lille

The local mix

Wazemmes and the Covered Market

Market stalls under an iron roof, then the working streets that keep Wazemmes fed.

6 stops1.8 km30+ min

The local mix

The Beaux-Arts and Vauban's Citadelle

From a Guimard façade to the ramparts of the Queen of Citadels, one leafy walk across Lille.

7 stops3.3 km50+ min

The essentials

Vieux Lille and the Grand'Place

A compact line through Lille's Flemish Renaissance old town, from a Gothic chapel to a 1625 gate, ending among the estaminets of Rue de Gand.

8 stops1.9 km30+ min

Across every walk

What you'll see

21 stops mapped across 3 walking tours in Lille. A few of the places the routes take you past:

Halles de Wazemmes
Place de la Nouvelle-Aventure
Rue Léon-Gambetta
Rue Jules-Guesde
Rue des Sarrazins
Maison Folie Wazemmes
Maison Coilliot
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Boulevard de la Liberté
Jardin Vauban
Parc zoologique de Lille
Citadelle de Lille

Good to know

Before you go

Are the Lille tours free?

Your first tour is free, no account needed. After that you can buy tours one at a time, or subscribe for access to every city. Cancel whenever you want.

Do I need signal while walking?

No. Download a tour over Wi-Fi before you set out and it all runs offline, including the audio and the map. Handy for skipping roaming charges abroad.

How long is each walk?

The walks in Lille run from 30+ min to 50+ min at an easy pace. That covers the walking and the audio. You can pause any time and pick the route back up later.