Paris Promenade 2

Paris Promenade 2 is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It is named after and inspired by Paris, France and made its debut as the featured course of the Valentine's Tour. This is due to the city's reputation of being called "The City of Love". The course also appears as Paris Promenade 2R (reverse), Paris Promenade 2T (with ramps), and Paris Promenade 2R/T (reverse and with ramps). It is a favorite course of Black Yoshi, Baby Peach (Cherub), Baby Rosalina (Detective), Mario (Chef), and Bowser Jr. (Pirate). It is also a favorite of Cat Toad if he is at level 3.

Elements of the layout from this version of the course appear in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass' version of Paris Promenade - particularly on the final lap, where racers turn around and drive through the course in the opposite direction like in this variation.

Course layout
In the standard layout, the racers start the course in a street facing the instead of the Arc de Triomphe like in Paris Promenade. On, a street on the right leads to the Eiffel Tower. Players can see on the right the and a  on the. The street then turns left, and goes underneath the Eiffel Tower, where some Goombas reside. Players then have a view on Cathedral of Notre Dame in the background. Afterwards, racers must make a sharp left leading to a roundabout with a Big Piranha Plant in the center. After passing through a part of the Louvre, players have a view on in the background, as well as  and  along the large left turn. Then, another left turn in front of the leads to the Arc de Triomphe, which racers get around to find the finish line.

Valentine's Tour
In the Valentine's Tour, Paris Promenade 2 served as the signature course of the tour. It appeared as the first course in the Peach Cup and the second course in the Dry Bones Cup, as well as the location of the bonus challenges in the Larry Cup, Toadette Cup, Waluigi Cup, and Pauline Cup. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Daisy Cup and the third course in the Luigi Cup, its R variant appeared as the third course in the Rosalina Cup and the first course in the Baby Rosalina Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the second course in the Bowser Cup and the third course in the Pauline Cup.



Cat Tour (2021)
In the 2021 Cat Tour, Paris Promenade 2 appeared as the third course in the Dry Bowser Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Wario Cup. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Peach Cup, and its R variant appeared as the first course in the Donkey Kong Cup.



2nd Anniversary Tour
In the 2nd Anniversary Tour, Paris Promenade 2 appeared as the third course in the Daisy Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Pink Gold Peach Cup. Its R variant appeared as the third course in the Baby Luigi Cup, and its T variant appeared as the first course in the Luigi Cup.



Mario Kart Tour

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter: See a different side of the city in this Paris Promenade course in blue. Paris may be alive with fragrant flowers, but not all of them are just for show—beware the Piranha Plant's bite!