Latin Quarter
Enchanting nooks and crannies overflow with new and secondhand English-language books. The original shop (12 rue l’Odéon, 6e; closed by the Nazis in 1941)…
Must-see shopping in Latin Quarter
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Latin Quarter
Kids and kids-at-heart will adore this sugar-fuelled tour de France. The school-geography-themed boutique stocks rainbows of artisanal sweets from around…
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Latin Quarter
This wonderful little fromagerie feels more like a farm shop you'd find in the countryside than an inner-city Parisian boutique. Organic eggs sit in straw…
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Latin Quarter
At any one time this beer-lovers' fantasyland stocks around 500 different craft and/or international brews, along with four on tap to taste on the spot…
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Latin Quarter
One of the best fromageries (cheese shops) in Paris, this cheese-lover’s nirvana is filled with to-die-for delicacies, such as St-Félicien with Périgord…
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Latin Quarter
For anyone planning an adventure in France, this bookshop is an invaluable resource. Detailed IGN topo maps and guides for climbing, via ferrata, hiking,…
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Latin Quarter
Music might be more accessible than ever before in the digital age, but for many, digital recordings will never replace rummaging through racks for…
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Latin Quarter
This outdoor store has colonised the Latin Quarter, with some two dozen different boutiques scattered around its original shop that opened on rue St…
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Latin Quarter
Established in Paris in 1986 by esteemed parfumeuse Patricia de Nicolaï, whose great-grandfather Pierre-François Pascal Guerlain founded Guerlain 150…
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Mayette la Boutique de la Magie
Latin Quarter
One of a kind, this 1808-established magic shop is said to be the world’s oldest. Since 1991 it’s been in the hands of world-famous magic pro Dominique…
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Latin Quarter
Album specialises in bandes dessinées (comic strips), which have an enormous following in France, with everything from Tintin and Babar to erotic comics…
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Latin Quarter
This chandeliered boutique – one of several in Paris – concentrates on one dessert, the marvellous merveilleux: meringue layered with whipped cream and…
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Latin Quarter
Inside 18th-century Hôtel Dubuisson, this chaotic but welcoming Canadian-run bookshop serves free coffee (sweetened with maple syrup) to sip while you…
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Latin Quarter
All of the cheeses at this great fromagerie can be vacuum-packed for free to take home – look up to admire the murals on the building’s cherry-red façade…
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Latin Quarter
Buy fine food, accessories and Champagne from the vineyards of famed Michelin-starred restaurant La Tour d'Argent in their chic, gourmet boutique, a…
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Latin Quarter
Stuffed olives and capsicums and marinated aubergine are among the picnic goodies at this gourmet Italian deli, which also sells ready-to-eat hot meals…
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Latin Quarter
Shop for fruit and veg (some organic), cheese, bread and so on at this welcoming, village-like food market that spills across place Maubert thrice weekly.
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Latin Quarter
A mouthwatering range of chocolates by several maîtres chocolatiers (master chocolate-makers) are laid out like jewels at this chocolate shop.
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Latin Quarter
One of Paris' largest bookshops sells titles in English, has stacks of browsing space, and stocks an exceptional range of maps, guides and travel lit.
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Latin Quarter
This branch of Le Vieux Campeur, a couple of doors down from its flagship store, sells everything imaginable for running and cycling.
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Latin Quarter
Open-air Marché Monge is laden with wonderful cheeses, baked goods and a host of other temptations.
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Latin Quarter
Specialises in jazz, blues, gospel and timeless crooners, mostly on vinyl or CD.
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Latin Quarter
Grocers, butchers, fishmongers and other food purveyors set their goods out on street stalls during this almost-daily market. Many stalls close from…
