I dreamed of Paris A Literary Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  ia. In the first stop, the Galeries Jouffroy, Vivianne and Panorama represent the bohemian atmosphere where Latin American modernists sought connection with the European avant-garde

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Palais-Royal

  At the Palais Royal, decadent poets experienced the contrast between glamour and tedium.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Fontaine Saint-Michel

  Place Saint Michel and the Quartier Latin reflect Darius’ encounter with the 1889 Exposition, where the Eiffel Tower symbolized a modern utopia.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Gallimard and Garnier publishers were the forerunners in integrating Latin American writers. Quite a few writers arrived in Paris at that time—Darius, Nervo, Carrillo—had to pass through the gallows of Garnier. And those who escaped to Garnier fell like Vargas Vila and Luis Urbina, under the splint of the Bouret house, more surly, less picturesque and with smaller radius of action. The Garnier brothers glimpsed an industry: Latin Americans were interested in reading the French: translations, exchanges and editions in both languages was part of the new world. Even one of the four brothers in charge of the publishing house settled in Rio de Janeiro to make bridges.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Shakespeare and Company

  Glued to Shakespeare & Co’s famous bookstore was the Hotel Esmeralda, where Cortazar wrote his famous play Rayuela. Vargas Llosa: “The Latin American boom broke out in France”

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Montparnasse

  In this neighborhood we will sit down for a break and have a coffee in the famous Café de la Rotonde, a place where anto the precursors Juan Rulfo and Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Cortázar himself and, later -, Carlos Fuentes Dream, discuss and gestate their works many of them, between tobacco smoke and the effluvia of alcohol.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 7

  Visit the graves of Carlos Fuentes, César Vallejo and Julio Cortázar. The three writers lived, wrote, married and formed their families in Paris. Vallejo is the leading representative of the avant-garde and surrealism in Latin America. His remains were transferred in 1970 from Montrouge to Montparnasse after 30 years by the decision of his widow, Georgette, who wrote his epitaph: “I have snowed so much for you to sleep” Fuentes died in Mexico but decided to be buried in France, with his two children. Cortázar died in France and is buried with the two women of his life, Carol Dunlop and Aurora Bernárdez (first wife and executor of his work). This is the end of our visit.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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