Paris Promenade 3

Paris Promenade 3 is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It is named after and inspired by Paris,, and is the third layout of the overall Paris Promenade course. It made its debut in the city’s namesake tour, the 2021 Paris Tour. Compared to the previous two layouts, this course lets racers only go near the Eiffel Tower instead of under it, as well as making racers drive on the instead of gliding over it.

The course is a favorite of Yellow Toad (Pit Crew), Cat Toad, White Yoshi, Rosalina (Halloween), Peach (Halloween), Luigi (Painter), Cat Rosalina, Dr. Luigi, and the Peach and Birdo Mii Racing Suits.

The course also appears as Paris Promenade 3R (reverse), Paris Promenade 3T (with ramps), and Paris Promenade 3R/T (reverse and with ramps).

Elements of this course's layout appear in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass' version of Paris Promenade.

Course layout
The course starts at the Arc de Triomphe, just like Paris Promenade. Unlike that course, racers make a right curve around the Arc before then turning to the left, as in Paris Promenade. The path continues in much the same way until the Eiffel Tower, where players take a regular Ramp instead of a Glide Ramp and make a left turn rather than drive through the tower, making this the only Paris course to have this distinction. Racers then drive towards the Luxor Obelisk before making a right turn to a Big Piranha Plant, where racers then drive to the left as they would in Paris Promenade 2. However, the racers are cut off from driving back to the Arc de Triomphe as the path takes them back to the Luxor Obelisk before a final right turn to the Finish Line.

Shortcuts
Players can go through the Arc de Triomphe by breaking through two Piranha Plant wooden cutouts with the use of a Dash Mushroom or with any offensive item. This shortcut is shared with Paris Promenade.

Paris Tour (2021)
In the 2021 Paris Tour, Paris Promenade 3 served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Luigi Cup, the third course in the Toad Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Ludwig Cup. Its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Rosalina Cup, the third course in the Ice Mario Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Monty Mole Cup, its R variant appeared as the second course in the Mario Cup and the first course in the Fire Bro Cup, and its T variant appeared as the first course in the Baby Luigi Cup and the third course in the Pink Gold Peach Cup.



Metropolitan Tour
In the Metropolitan Tour, Paris Promenade 3 appeared as the third course in the Yoshi Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Baby Luigi Cup. Its R variant appeared as the second course in the Peach Cup, and its T variant appeared as the third course in the Cat Peach Cup.



Mario Kart Tour

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter: The Wedding Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in blue: Paris Promenade 3 takes center stage in the Paris Tour!

Trivia

 * A painting of this course can be seen on the Flying Easel glider.