Paris

Le Select

The American writer Ernest Hemingway spent a lot of his career in Paris. Some of the places he frequented are still in business, and when you visit today you can still see many of the best Hemingway sites in the city.

Here is my list of the top 11 Hemingway sites in Paris:

1. Brasserie Lipp – A favorite brasserie of Hemingway’s
Address: 151 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, France

2. La Coupole – A favorite restaurant of Hemingway’s
Address: 102 Boulevard Montparnasse, Paris, France

3. Hemingway’s first house in Paris
Address: 74 Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, Paris, France

4. Hemingway’s office
Address: 39 Rue Descartes, Paris, France

5. La Closerie des Lilas – Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises here
Address: 171 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, France

6. Dingo Bar – Hemingway’s first meeting with fellow novelist and friend F. Scott Fitzgerald
Address: 10 Rue Delambre, Paris

7. Cafe Les Deux Magots – A popular writers’ hangout in Paris
Address: Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, France

8. Hotel d’Angleterre – Hemingway’s first night in Paris (room 14)
Address: 44 Rue Jacob, Paris, France

9. Shakespeare and Company book store – the owner helped Hemingway get published
Address: 12 Rue de l’Odeon, Paris, France

10. Longchamp and Auteuil racetracks, Bois de Boulogne – Hemingway’s favorite racetracks
Address: Bois de Boulogne Park, Paris, France

11. Le Select – Hemingway often began his days with breakfast at Le Select
Address: 99 boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris, France