Café de Flore

Café de Flore is a Parisian institution, and no stay in the City of Light is complete without a visit to this old stomping ground of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. It opened in 1887 and has been going strong ever since, playing the role of go-to café for writers, actors, directors, philosophers and artists. Stop in for a coffee or an aperitif, or sit down to a pleasant (though not inexpensive) dinner and take in the scenery.