All my tips and tricks for a Parisian trip that you cost you an arm! Paris can be expensive, but it isn't a fatality. Once you know some good ideas, and what to avoid, you can easily spend a good trip without spending all your money. Here I've add my favorite free/cheap activities, museums, dancing clubs and amazing gardens, but also some ideas to enjoy Paris on a budget, while still enjoying it! I hope you'll like it, don't hesitate to give me your good ideas !

Breathe Paris in, it nourishes the soul 🌿 Today, come on an adventure on Victor Hugo's path in Paris! Revisit Paris through his eyes while you discover his Parisian homes, his favorite restaurants and theaters and the places that inspired him 👀 Victor Hugo is the inevitable man of the century in Paris: you simply cannot miss him, for he was everywhere, crossing the lines in every literary genres and in politics too. He wrote some of the most important pages of French literature, including Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), The Miserables and many many poems and plays. Before everyone, he also fought against death penalty, child-labor and for the protection of old Paris: not bad for an old white-bearded man... And he was in love with Paris 💛 Through his eyes, Paris comes alive with unique characters and history writes itself on the buildings and through the little narrow streets. Walking with him is the promise of discovering another face of Paris, with Cosette, Quasimodo and Esmeralda as guides 🤝 So, if you felt sorry for the poor hunchback of Notre-Dame, you sing Les Miz in your car or loves romantic plays: this is the guide for you! 🎉 This extensive guide offers: - 25+ locations - the complete and precise itinerary to go from one place to another - pictures, books extracts and many anecdotes to explain the importance of each place 📚 - some historic, architectural and cultural notes, to help you appreciate the neighborhood you will see along - a reading list of books to continue your journey... How am I? I am a French girl, who has moved to Paris more than 10 years ago, and never left. Among my passions, I like to read a lot, and Victor Hugo is one of my favorite authors of all times. I've always dreamt of walking in his trace, and today, you can do that too

Paris's Left side is often overlooked... and it should not be! So here is a map to help you find all the good spots of this side of the Seine: the best places to eat, visit, party or rest, and many little stories on the way 📚 Come discover the other face of Paris! I'll promise, you'll never look at it the same way ✨️ About me 👀 I am a French girl that moved on the Left bank 10 years ago... and never left! All the infos you'll find here, I patiently assembled while wandering around the neighborhood, with my family and friends or alone. Don't forget to download Thatch app to access full features and to save this map to make it your own! If you want more help to plan your Parisian trip, I'd be happy to help ;) Find all my custom services at the end of the map! 🗺

"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast." 🎉 Hemingway, writer of the Lost Generation that he is, has lived the grand bohemian life in Paris, during his twenties. His experience of Paris has changed his life, for it is where he discovered his writing style and met some of the most inspiring people of his time: Gertrude Stein, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce and Ezra Pound, among others... With this guide, you'll be able to explore Paris with Ernest Hemingway, at your own pace: the places where he lived, his favorite restaurants and cafes, the homes of his friends, and the neighborhoods that inspired him.... Hemingway arrived in Paris after his marriage with Hadley, when he was 21 and a young unknown reporter for a Chicago newspaper. He left the city 6 years later, after his divorce, and he had become a famous novelist with his first novel The Sun Also Rises 🌞 This extensive guide contains: - 30 places and their history - the complete and precise itinerary to go from one place to another - pictures, books extracts and many anecdotes to explain the importance of each place 📚 - some historic, architectural and cultural notes, to help you appreciate the neighborhood you will see along - a reading list of books to continue your journey... The tour is approximatively 7 km long, and can be done in around 3 hours of walking, or more if you like to take your time. I strongly advise you enjoy the journey and stop at some of the restaurants listed on the way 🍽️ About me 👀 I am a French girl that moved on the Left bank 9 years ago... and never left! I adore reading and walking (I like to do both at the same time, much to my mother's apprehension). I studied literature and history and patiently assembled all the details I give you here, by searching and reading a lot. If you interested in living full-on curious and peaceful literary tours during your Parisian stay, I host private customed tours around Paris. I'll be happy to count you in one of them! 🥐 And if you want more help to plan your Parisian trip, I'll be honored to help ;) you can find all my custom services at the end of the map! 🗺 Don't forget to download Thatch app to access full features!

If for you, a town isn't a town without a bookshop, you're in the right place! Welcome to the ultimate Parisian bookstores map, where I give you all my favorite adresses to buy your next favorite book, leaf through novels for hour, talk about literature with a nice nice bookseller, and read, above all 😇 From the very pretty ones to the little peaceful cafes where you'll have the perfect reading date, you'll find everything here, and more. Every place is described in details to help you enjoy it at its best. As I will continue my adventures through Paris's bookstores, I will update this guide, adding adresses and anecdotes, so don't forget to saved it to your library 🌿 About me 👀 I am a French girl that moved on the Left bank 8 years ago... and never left! I adore reading and walking (I like to do both at the same time, much to my mother's apprehension). I studied literature and history and patiently assembled all the details I give you here, by searching and reading a lot. If you interested in living full-on curious and peaceful literary tours during your Parisian stay, I host private customed tours around Paris. I'll be happy to count you in one of them! And if you want more help to plan your Parisian trip, I'll be honored to help ;) you can find all my custom services at the end of the map! 🗺 Don't forget to download Thatch app to access full features!

The dream guide for book lovers ! 📖 Paris is a dream place for writers and artists, who come from every part of the world to enjoy its unique atmosphere. There isn't one neighborhood that hasn't inspired a writer and produced amazing works... This map has been created by a book-lover, for every book-lover that would come to Paris dreaming of catching a glimpse of their favorite author or fictional character 🤩 From Hemingway and the Lost generation to Sartre and Beauvoir's favorite restaurants, to Hugo's inspirations for the Miserables and Esmeralda, they are all traveling through this guide! Enrich your Parisian trip with all of these literary adresses. It includes: - famous authors' homes' adresses in Paris - their favorite restaurants and coffees - the places that inspired them - 10 of the best and cutest Parisian bookshops (for English and French books) - 5 of the most beautiful Parisian librairies to go explore It also contains a lot of informations on the locations, with many anecdotes, extracts from books to enjoy on the way and ancien pictures. And, of course, all my tips to enjoy Paris properly and avoid the crowd! I will update the guide often when I learn a new story or discover another good place worth mentioning. About me 👀 I am a French girl that moved on the Left bank 8 years ago... and never left! I adore reading and walking (I like to do both at the same time, much to my mother's apprehension). I studied literature and history and patiently assembled all the details I give you here, by searching and reading a lot. If you interested in living full-on curious and peaceful literary tours during your Parisian stay, I host private customed tours around Paris. I'll be happy to count you in one of them! And if you want more help to plan your Parisian trip, I'll be honored to help ;) you can find all my custom services at the end of the map! 🗺 Don't forget to download Thatch app to access full features!