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Café de Flore

This café is famous as the favored coffee and smoking venue for the Surrealists during the 1920s and '30s, the Existentialists in the 1940s and '50s, and still attracts an artistic and literary crowd. Also does breakfasts and light meals.

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Address: 172 boulevard Saint Germain
Getting there: Métro: St-Germain-de-Prés
Hours: Daily 07:30-01:30
Website: cafedeflore.fr (opens in a new tab)

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