Groups & private events
Team building, school groups, hen parties, tour operators: experience history together, up to 15 per departure, in 3 languages.
Book for a groupYour journey through time starts here.
Explore our open-air walks, right where history happened.
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To experience in Paris this summer
Two guided virtual-reality walks through 2,000 years of Paris history, in the open air.
Verified reviews
What our travellers say
They travelled with Timescope
« You come away from this experience feeling you have entered a vanished Paris, invisible forever. »
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« An immersive walk along the Seine that travels through the past, from Lutetia to the 1910 flood. »
France Info
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« What history lacks is that you cannot see it… We have recreated it. »
Le Figaro
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« Seeing Paris as it was ten centuries ago: a unique immersive experience that brings the history of Paris back to life. »
Le Parisien
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« An immersive dive into the Paris of yesterday and today. An innovative project blending heritage and virtual reality. »
Europe 1
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« A fascinating immersion on the banks of the Seine, bringing 2,000 years of Parisian history back to life through VR. »
Sortir à Paris
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« Documented enough to teach us things, visually impressive… »
20 Minutes
40,000+travellers welcomed in Paris in 1 year
4.9/5 ★average visitor rating
4,900+verified reviews
10 yearsbringing history to life across 150+ iconic venues
How it works
Your journey through time, step by step
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Book online
Pick your experience, date and time slot on the ticketing platform.
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Meet your guide
Join your guide at the meeting point, at departure time.
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Raise the Binoculars
Your guide gets you set up. At each stop, the present fades and the past takes its place.
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Travel through time
A roughly 1-hour open-air guided walk, on the very sites where history happened.
A new way to discover a city or a landmark
More than 40,000 visitors have already travelled back in time with our virtual-reality Binoculars, in the open air.
Our method
Scientific rigor in the service of the experience
For 10 years, Timescope has helped more than 150 cultural institutions tell the story of their heritage. Every reconstruction follows a proven scientific method, validated by our committee.
They trust us
A 5-step scientific method
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Scientific sourcing
Archives, plans, engravings, photographs, testimonies: we gather the most reliable sources.
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Source-true narrative
With historians, we build an immersive narrative in line with established facts.
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3D reconstruction
Our artists and 3D experts bring the past back to life, with constant care for detail.
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Committee iterations
Each step is analysed, validated and refined by our scientific committee.
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Final validation
Nothing is left to chance: scientific rigor validates every experience.
Gallery
A glimpse of the journey
Our 3D reconstructions and the travellers who live them, in the open air.
