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Hôtel Esmeralda

4 rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre · 75005 Paris

A small hotel immediately beside Square René Viviani, on the same block as the current Shakespeare and Company bookshop.

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The pale stone exterior and blue sign of Hôtel Esmeralda on rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre.
Hôtel Esmeralda, photographed in 2012. Lovisa Jansson. Source · CC BY 2.0

Why stay here

This small hotel shares a block with Square René Viviani and today’s Shakespeare and Company at 37 rue de la Bûcherie.

Good to know

If most of the trip is centered on Saint-Germain or Montparnasse, another neighborhood will reduce daily travel.

Places to explore nearby

Shakespeare and Company, rue de la Bûcherie

Today’s bookshop at 37 rue de la Bûcherie.

Notre-Dame de Paris

Beside the Seine in the lower Latin Quarter.

Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare and Company

Sylvia Beach’s original shop at 12 rue de l’Odéon, separate from today’s bookshop.