Printable tour · 3 places
Saint-Germain
1924–1928: publishers, the hotels of rue de Tournon, the oldest table in Paris.
Visit order
- 22Hôtel Foyot and Hôtel Royal Condé33, rue de Tournon et 10, rue de Condé, 75006 Paris · Metro Odéon (4, 10)
From late 1927 to May 1928 he lives in room 21 of the Hôtel Foyot, facing the Senate: Gerald Yorke comes to see him here, Kasimira Bass arrives on 5 March, and on 22 March he recovers the rights to The Diary of a Drug Fiend. He spends the summer of 1928 at the nearby Hôtel Royal Condé. The Foyot was demolished in the late 1930s.
- 17Shakespeare and Company (1921-1941)12, rue de l'Odéon, 75006 Paris · Metro Odéon (4, 10)
On 7 January 1924 he met Sylvia Beach, publisher of Ulysses, to offer her his Confessions. Her bookshop was at this address.
- 24La Petite Chaise36, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris · Metro Rue du Bac (12)
He dines here on 12 November 1928, then notes a kiss at 10:45 pm in his diary. Opened in 1680, it is one of the oldest restaurants in Paris, and it is still serving.