Need a break from wine? This is a map of 15 cocktail bars and 6 speakeasies on Paris’s Right Bank (Rive Droite).

I've been to most of these and loved them; the remaining bars, I’ll visit personally soon!

FREE for now, at least until I add my personal notes for each place.  Tips welcome! 

FYI: The average price of a (good) cocktail in Paris is between 12-15 EUR. Sometimes you can find happy hour deals for 8-10 EUR. 

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Paris: Cocktail Bars & Speakeasies

this is for you (and also for me because im not good with names)

to everyone asking me for recommendations:

In love with 1920s Paris? Romanticize about galavanting around the city's best haunts drinking pernod with Ernest Hemingway, debating with Gertrude Stein, and dancing with Zelda Fitzgerald? This Paris list is for YOU!

This walking guide will send you on an exploration of Paris through the eyes the Lost Generation - the American expatriate writers living in Paris during the 1920s. 

With this list, you'll explore several Paris neighborhoods where the Lost Generation spent their time writing, philosophizing, commiserating, and drinking.

Save this list for your next trip to Paris!

🇫🇷 Paris Lost Generation Walking Tour

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My Favorite Places in Paris

"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! 

Hemingway in Paris : a self-guided tour 🦁

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! 

Paris's literary guide 📚

Paris has a rhythm that’s quiet but unmistakable. It’s not in the famous landmarks or tourist spots but in the everyday flow of life. To understand the city, you need to slow down and notice the small things—the way people greet each other, the unhurried steps of someone walking home, or the way sunlight plays on old stone walls.
Mornings in Paris are calm, with the city waking up gently. By evening, the streets glow in the fading light, and voices grow softer. Paris isn’t in a rush; it’s a place that asks you to pause and simply be 🤍

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Harry's New York Bar

Paris's most famous American bar, Harry's New York bar is a direct product of prohibition. It welcomed all the American exiles, and brought back the famous American drinks, including Coca Cola. It is also the born place of many cocktails: White Lady, Bloody Mary...
 
Hemingway and other writers of the Lost Generation famously partied here. 

The facade has been directly imported from a bar in New York

Famous for claiming the creation of iconic cocktails including the French 75, the Bloody Mary, and others, this Parisian classic has drawn many Americans and celebrities over the years, and is a fun spot to visit.

This place was cool historically but still way cool as just a bar. The bartender was an old-school pro. I had one of their famous hot dogs 🌭 and it was yummy! Hemingway had nothing on us 🤓

Beautiful, historic, and still serving great cocktails after all these years. 

It's quite iconic and an ambiance that I love very much 

Harry's New York Bar

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