Self-guided walking tour

Paris Walking Tour: Left Bank Cafés, Writers and Curiosities (about 1.5 hours, 10 stops)

10 stops in walking order through Paris, from Café de Flore to Square René Viviani: 4.4 km on foot, about 52 min of walking, 1 h 40 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Left Bank Cafés, Writers and Curiosities”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 40 min
Distance: 4.4 km
Walking: 52 min
Stops: 10

The stops, in walking order

Café de Flore
A historic Saint-Germain-des-Prés coffeehouse celebrated for its distinctive frontage and Art déco interior.
7 min walk · 610 m
Deyrolle
A public shop and cabinet of curiosities devoted to natural science, with collections devoted to taxidermy and entomology.
13 min walk · 1.1 km
Église Saint-Sulpice
A Catholic parish church shaped by several architects and associated with baroque architecture.
3 min walk · 230 m
Mètre étalon
A marble plaque embedded in the wall at 36 rue de Vaugirard, marked with a precisely measured line.
6 min walk · 510 m
Jardin du Luxembourg
The Luxembourg Garden is a formal Parisian garden created for Marie de’ Medici and now held by the French Senate.
10 min walk · 880 m
Le Procope
A historic Paris restaurant founded in 1686 by Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli.
1 min walk · 100 m
Cour du Commerce Saint-André
An open-air Paris passage lined with shops and shaped by the remains of the medieval city wall.
8 min walk · 650 m
Rue du Chat Qui Pêche
A remarkably narrow Paris lane, opened in 1540 and once leading directly to the Seine.
1 min walk · 120 m
Shakespeare and Company
An English-language bookshop at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, combining new, used, and antiquarian books with a public reading library.
2 min walk · 190 m
Square René Viviani
A small urban park associated with René Viviani and designed by Léon Azéma.