Hemingway in Paris - Small Group Walking Tour
Recommended by 98% of travelers
Paris, France
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
You could read *A Moveable Feast*, Ernest Hemingway’s 1964 memoir about Paris. But there’s nothing like experiencing the famous writer's Parisian haunts yourself. Ideal for literary aficionados, this small-group walking tour delves deep into the Lost generation. Explore the Left Bank on foot, discovering places where Hemingway (and other luminaries like James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and F. Scott Fitzgerald) once lived and worked, with archival photos to bring lost literary histories to life.
- This small-group tour offers an intimate experience capped at eight people
- Learn all about Hemingway’s time in Paris, and the Lost Generation
- Discover the Paris landmarks and destinations that Hemingway frequented
- Your guide will bring the history to life with photos and other visuals
What's Included
- Local guide
- Tablet is used by the guide to present photo & video documentation
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Transportation costs not included - there is a bus ride during the tour which costs €2/person
- Food & beverages not included
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 57 Rue Lacépède, 75005 Paris, France
The meeting point is in front of the Café la Contrescarpe, on the Place Contrescarpe
End point
- Le Select (Paris)99 Bd du Montparnasse, 75006 Paris, France
We have several options for finishing the tour, guests are free to choose : - Harry's NY Bar - Hemingway Bar at the Ritz Hotel (requires proper dress attire & 48 hours advance notice) - Select Bar, La Rotonde, Closerie de Lilas or any of the famed 1920s Montparnasse cafés
Operating hours.4:00 pm
Itinerary
1
Latin Quarter
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Place de la Contrescarpe
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Odeon / Saint-Michel
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Eglise Saint-Sulpice
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Le Select (Paris)
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Please note that I am entirely vaccinated
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.9
based on 44 reviews
Justin_W, Mar 2026
A wonderful tour! Ellen is so very knowledgeable on not onlyHemingway, but also the entirety of the Lost Generation and Paris in general.
Set up in presentation style, with a walking tour to accompany, you really are able to picture Hemingways life, as well as the vibrancy and pace of the quarter in the time. I’m an avid Hemingway fan and reader and was enthralled from start to finish, my wife has a passive interest but Ellen made it so interesting even she was absorbed by the story and the sites.
Ellen is a wonderful guide, and her more than thirty years in Paris really shine on a walking tour. She is knowledgeable on just about everything of note, moves through Paris with ease that helps a new traveler to Paris adjust, and is friendly and pleasant to spend a day with. I recommend this tour thoroughly!
Response from Host, Mar 2026
It was my pleasure !!
Mark_F, Mar 2026
A very informative history of Hemingway and his Lost Generation cohorts. Nice to see the places they hung out and lived!
Response from Host, Mar 2026
It was my pleasure !
Maryann_R, Apr 2025
I had an amazing time! Ellen is an expert on Hemingway. Her storytelling is rich, detailed and inspiring. Her tour is well organized. I especially enjoyed the iPad photo video portions. It gave the tour another dimension. I would have liked to hear more about Ellen connection to Hemingway and what made her do this tour. Thank you again!
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your kind words. To answer your question - what made me do it ?? I find Hemingway a fascinating man - an incredibly talented author who could be very charming when he chose, and yet he was frequently unpleasant to those close to him. It was this dichotomy of the individual that I wanted to explore; and I hope I was able to convey some of my passion for the man & his work.
DANIELLE_K, Feb 2025
I was the only person signed up for two tours. Ellen, guide, condensed the tour into a 4 hour tour. I didn't expect to watch a video in a cafe and then 2 more videos. However, in light that it rained the entire afternoon it worked out well. Ellen knows her stuff. I wish she could have given me an overview of how the tour would proceed for the duration of the literary journey. She did a great job explaining the writers and the era that they lived in. She did an incredible job creating her videos on the subject matter. I was impressed at her skill set. I would take the tour again, hopefully on a sunny day. Merci, Ellen.
John_G, Jan 2025
Ellen is knowledgeable, organized, prepared, and thoughtful. The tour is well-designed and includes a couple of short public bus trips in order to see different neighborhoods where Hemingway lived, wrote and loved. Ellen provides a terrific summary of Hemingway's life in Paris as part of the Lost Generation of the 20's.
Response from Host, Jan 2025
It was my pleasure to be your host !
Mila_M, Jan 2025
Highly recommend this tour! Ellen was very knowledgeable, interesting and accommodating. Thank you Ellen for the wonderful experience!
Response from Host, Jan 2025
I am so pleased you came ! Thank you for joining & for the kind review ! See you on your next trip to Paris, I hope.
David_M, Sep 2024
Our guide ellen was the nicest most knowledgeable person on hemingway i have ever known. Excellent tour presentation!
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Thank you ! Coming from a Hemingway "expert" I am grateful !!
Paola_D, Sep 2024
Amazing experience! Learned a lot and got to experience Paris from a different perspective... Ellen is extremely knowledgable.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
I am so pleased to hear that you enjoyed the tour....many thanks !
Tania_F, Sep 2024
The most memorable part of this tour was Ellen - we felt that she brought Hemingway to life and sitting at one of his favourite restaurants , having a drink and some food was an experience we will never forget. It was like having lunch with a wonderful friend.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
It was equally pleasurable for me ! Many thanks for making the day so enjoyable.
Ron_C, Jun 2024
Like many kids of my age, I was forced to read Hemingway in high school. However, he was one of the few authors. I actually enjoyed and would read on my own as well.
What my teachers never got into, was the complicated and fascinating man behind those works.
I knew some of the basics. The African Safari, the fishing, the womanizing, the drinking….. But this tour really brought the history of the man and the reasons and motives that drove him to life.
The tour was well researched with tons of video clips and fascinating stories around his life.
If, like me, you appreciate Hemingway as an author, or we’re just forced to read him, I highly recommend this tour.
And my guide, Ellen made the whole event, fascinating and enjoyable
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Thank you ever so much for the kind words !
Alex_Y, May 2024
Our guide was fantastic! My wife and I both enjoyed the tour. I'm a bit of a Hemingway fan and have read most of his works and a biography. My wife didn't know Hemingway's history in Paris. Great for Hemingway fans who may already know a lot of his story and for Hemingway "rookies." The tour included great information that set the context for the lost generation in Paris. The pace of the walking tour was easy. We saw cafés that Hemingway frequented and two of his apartments (from the outside) where he lived. We both enjoyed that the tour included more than Hemingway, including where F. Scott Fitzgerald lived, the location of the original Shakespeare and Co bookstore, and where James Joyce lived for a while. Time well spent during our visit to Paris!
Response from Host, Sep 2024
It was my pleasure to be your host !
Matthias_C, Apr 2024
We could not have been more pleased with our tour and wonderful tour guide, Ellen. I knew a lot about Hemingway from reading his books, but not so much about his biography, and Ellen was able to fill in many gaps for me about his life. The information was so comprehensive and covered his entire life-the depth and breath of the information was truly staggering. We also visited many sites that were on my list-for example, Ellen showed us the steps where Owen Wilson waited to be driven back in time in the hit movie, "Midnight in Paris." We ended at the select, and the neighborhood of avant garde bars was so well preserved it felt like stepping back in time to the 1920's! We HIGHLY recommend this tour. Very informative and FUN!
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Thank you ever so much for your kind review !
Regan_S, Feb 2024
Ellen knows her stuff! As a Hemingway fan, we enjoyed the tour and Ellen’s extensive knowledge. It was wonderful to bring all the biographies to life on the tour! We also enjoyed the visit to the Montparnasse bars!
Response from Host, Feb 2024
It was my pleasure ! Many thanks for coming on my tour.
Joel_R, Feb 2024
Ellen was an absolutely wonderful guide; incredibly knowledgeable and thorough, this tour of Hemingway’s life is singular if you’re coming to Paris and want to dive into the Lost Generation.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
It was my pleasure to be your host ! Thank you for the kind words !!
Carlos_C, Dec 2023
Great tour for Hemingway fans, with some Fitzgerald and Faulkner info thrown into the mix. Ellen is a knowledgeable and fun tour guide. A big highlight of my Paris trip.
Response from Host, Jan 2024
It was my pleasure!
Jon_W, Oct 2023
This was a great tour, very well researched and containing interesting media & facts. A must for anyone who is a fan of Hemingway or just enjoys a great historical tour experience.
Kristin_C, Sep 2023
Ellen was a great guide. She was knowledgeable, funny, and kind. She gave the true Hemingway flavor of Paris. Highly recommend.
Regina_W, Aug 2023
Enjoying a drink and listening to Ellen share stories about Hemingway.
A different experience from Art Museums and Food Tours.
Sally_M, Jun 2023
TOur guide Ellen was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable and made the experience very fun as well.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you for the lovely review ! It was my pleasure to be your host.
victoriaip, May 2023
Ellen is a clear and informed guide, she preps her material very well and gave us a very good recap of Hemingways life and interesting places that he spent during his time in Paris.
Response from Host, May 2023
I am so pleased that you enjoyed the tour !
Angela_L, Mar 2023
Ellen was knowledgeable and well organized. We enjoyed learning more about Hemingway and the lost generation as well as the cozy cafe where we enjoyed coffee and the walking tour. Ellen also brought us to a delicious chocolate shop to have the best chocolate mousse we have ever tasted. Great experience!
Response from Host, Mar 2023
It was my pleasure !
Elizabeth_Q, Nov 2022
Excellent tour about Hemingway and his circle of friends who were living in Paris after World War I. The tour guide provided a lot of visuals through the use of ipads to enhance the walking tour. She was very knowledgable and answered all our questions.
pghirsch, Nov 2022
Looking do so some new things in Paris away from all the usual museums, we thought it would be fun to learn more about both Hemingway and the 'Lost Generation' in Paris between the Wars. Ellen was our guide, she did great job. We learned where Hemingway lived, where he 'worked', all his contemporaries, etc. Very informative, very interesting. What a life this guy lived!
Response from Host, Nov 2022
It was my pleasure !
Heather_J, Aug 2022
We had an amazing time during our Hemingway Tour with Ellen. She is very friendly and knowledgable. It was a great experience and we would definitely recommend this tour!
Response from Host, Aug 2022
It was my pleasure !
Kyle_B, Jul 2022
Can not say enough good things about the tour. Ellen was an extremely informed, helpful tour guide that went above and beyond in bringing to life Hemingway’s time in Paris. Furthermore, Ellen was extremely kind and made sure I knew how to navigate Paris as a solo traveller just getting comfortable in the city. Can not recommend enough!!
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thank you Kyle ! It was my pleasure, and I hope you will return soon !!
eller1, Jul 2022
Seeing his second home, the one
uncle Pffifer rent for Pauline and him.
The neighborhood
What a difference from the cold water flat, his first home here
Aldo the hotel D Inglaterra,
first hotel he stayed in Paris.
After that I went to the Crillon and had a martini, the place he stayed
Later on in life
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thanks !
Alex_A, Jul 2022
A bit of confusion meeting Hemingway Haunts guide Ellen as we arrived early yet still didn’t connect until after designated time. She was also there on time but without signage, it was a little challenge meeting up. Some interesting spots on walking tour but in our opinion, it is a better use of time for the guide to only focus on Hemingway’s time in Paris to coincide with tour title. Tourists on this particular tour most likely already know his life biography.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Hello,
I am very sorry that you had trouble finding me, but it is really quite unfair of you to give me a bad review because of it. I provided extremely precise instructions indicating that we would meet on the steps of the church, but you chose to wait for me somewhere else. I even called and texted you, but received no reply. The other party on the tour found me with no difficulty whatsoever.
I apologize if I provided information that you already knew, and if I disappointed.... but the majority of my guests are happy to hear about the author's time both here in Paris & elsewhere - I have done extensive research & have helped numerous clients extend their knowledge of Hemingway.
AmyJane_L, Jun 2022
Ellen has done lots of Hemingway research, and she is extremely pleasant. She really cares about everyone’s experience of the tour. Terrific and informative, she reveals Hemingway’s complex personality.
Response from Host, Jun 2022
Many thanks ! It was my pleasure !
Molly_W, Jun 2022
Loved getting info about Hemingway’s favorite places in Paris. The tour guide, Ellen, is extremely knowledgeable!
Response from Host, Jun 2022
I thank you for your kind words, and had hoped to rate 5-stars !!! I'll have to try harder I guess....
Jared_B, Jun 2022
When there was an error in the time I booked, Ellen bent over backwards to find a time that would work for us both. The tour was incredible. She is so knowledgeable about not only Hemingway’s haunts in Paris but the entire Lost Generation.
In fact, she also booked a private tour for myself and friend to Père-Lachaise. Whatever you want to see in Paris, you only need one tour guide, Ellen.
Thanks again for everything. When I return to Paris, I will certainly be looking to book with you again!
Jared
Response from Host, Jun 2022
Many thanks ! It was my pleasure.
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