Thursday, March 29, 2012

Nightlife in the Latin Quarter/St. Germain areas

What kinds of activities are there after dark in these areas, i.e. dance clubs, etc.?? We will be staying on Rue des Ecoles at the Hotel Claude Bernard.




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Well Monk, the are plenty of churches around so after dark that would be...Vespers?




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Thanks for the chuckle Jack but these monks are looking for real nightlife that%26#39;s not so holy.




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Any suggestions?




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I seem to remember that on the Blvd. Saint Germain there are a couple or more bars that are open late. I can%26#39;t recall the names but one was very close to and on the same side of the street as the Deux Magots. You may want to check a travel guide book. This may sound funny but %26quot;Paris for Dummies%26quot; has a section on nightlife.




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I%26#39;m not sure that monks should have any interest in such things, but...





Actually the Latin Q/St. Germain area is not particularly noted for its dance clubs. I think you%26#39;ll find more happening places on the other side of the river, particularly in the 11th and 13th arrondissements.





There is a great joint - kind of a combination piano bar upstairs and jazz club/cabaret in the cellar on the rue Galande just a few steps from the river near Notre Dame called Aux Trois Mailletz. I%26#39;ve been knwn to walk home from there with the dawn chorus...





And there is the perennial Caveau de la Huchette on the rue de la Huchette - again a jazz club rather than a dance club. And there are a few other places in the rue St-Benoit very close to the Eglise St. Germain whose exact names are now lost in a fog somewhere but they are all more jazz clubs than dance clubs. If you want me to I%26#39;ll go scour around the unused parts of my brain and see if I can dredge any of them up.





I think there are a couple of big dance club type places near the Montparnasse station which is not far away but others may be able to tell you more about those. One I think is called Amnesia - which seems somehow appropriate...

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