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The Terraces

A glance at Paris’s café-terrace culture and rituals.

1 min read30 Rue Saint-Benoît

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We are standing here on the corner of Boulevard Saint‑Germain, right between Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore. These two cafés, only a few steps apart, were once the meeting places of the world’s most famous writers and thinkers. In the 1930s and 1940s, and spent their days here, writing, debating and observing.

On one side, at Les Deux Magots, and gathered. On the other, at Café de Flore, philosophers, poets and journalists came together to dissect life over a strong espresso or a glass of wine. , Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso also frequented these spots, each with their own circle of friends and ideas.

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