Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookstore recognizable by the worn, colorful book bins stacked on the sidewalk and a facade that sits in a crooked building on the banks of the Seine, directly opposite the Notre-Dame…
Before Sunset Walking Route
Trace the romantic afternoon walk of Jesse and Celine from the iconic film Before Sunset. This scenic route takes you across the Seine on a boat, along an elevated greenway, and to the cozy cafes and hidden courtyards of east Paris.
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1. Shakespeare and Company
2. Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre
The church of Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre sits near the corner of Rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre and Rue Saint-Séverin, distinguished by its twelfth-century Romanesque and Gothic architecture and the massive buttresses along its exterior. In the…
3. Quai de la Tournelle
The Quai de la Tournelle stretches along the Left Bank, defined by its stone embankments and rows of classic Parisian buildings that look directly across the Seine toward the Île Saint-Louis. Its name comes from a small twelfth-century…
4. Quai Henri IV
The Quai Henri IV is a five-hundred-meter riverfront promenade along the Seine, recognizable by its wide, paved surface that stretches between the Pont de Sully and the Pont d’Austerlitz. It was created in eighteen forty-three by…
5. Ellington access to Coulée verte René-Dumont
The Coulée verte René-Dumont is a linear park that traces the elevated path of a former railway line for nearly five kilometers through the twelfth arrondissement. You can identify this path by its series of garden-filled bridges and…
6. Cour de l étoile d or
The Cour de l’Étoile d’Or is a narrow, elongated passage hidden behind a discrete opening at seventy-five Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. This site is defined by two successive courtyards that shift from a residential past to a history of…
7. Le Pure Café
Le Pure Café sits on the corner of Rue Jean-Macé with a small V-shaped terrace that looks out over three quiet streets. Dating back to nineteen oh five, the bistro retains its original zinc bar and nineteenth-century feel, marked by…