Printable tour · 6 places
Right Bank
Grand hotels, grand restaurants, the chess café and the English bookshop.
Visit order
- 12Restaurant Paillard2, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin, 75009 Paris · Metro Chaussée d'Antin (7, 9)
Back from Cairo, where he had just received The Book of the Law, he lunched here on 26 April 1904 with Arnold Bennett, accompanied by his wife Rose. The restaurant has disappeared.
- 18Hôtel du Dauphin12, rue Saint-Roch, 75001 Paris · Metro Tuileries (1)
He stayed here in May and June 1925 with Dorothy Olsen, writing poems and many letters, the year part of the German membership recognised him as head of the O.T.O.
- 16Café de la Régence161, rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris · Metro Palais-Royal (1, 7)
The great café of chess players, where Diderot and Philidor played. Crowley, a very strong player since Cambridge, plays here on 20 and 21 January 1924. On 11 October 1928 he is playing chess, perhaps here, while Kasimira Bass runs off with 5,000 francs. The café has disappeared.
- 11Hôtel Regina2, place des Pyramides, 75001 Paris · Metro Tuileries (1)
On 24 March 1903, he lunches here with General Hector Macdonald, a hero of the British army targeted by a scandal in London. The next day, Macdonald takes his own life in this hotel.
- 23Galignani bookshop224, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris · Metro Tuileries (1)
The first English bookshop on the Continent, still open. On 12 October 1928 he buys the Golden Verses of Pythagoras here, two detective novels and a stamp. He comes back in February and March 1929.
- 19Hôtel Vouillemont15, rue Boissy-d'Anglas, 75008 Paris · Metro Concorde (1, 8, 12)
The hotel on rue Boissy-d'Anglas, spelled “Vuillemont” in the timeline. He was turned out on 7 August 1926 for an unpaid bill.