Paris
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- Area:
- The Latin Quarter
- Category:
- Literary leanings
- Info:
- Along the quais,
especially quai de
Montebello &
quai St-Michel, 5th.
Mº St Michel.
Open times vary from stall to stall, generally Tue-Sun. No credit cards.
Bouquinistes
The green, open-air boxes along the quais are one of the city’s best-known institutions. Most, as the name suggests, sell books (second-hand) – ignore those specialising in nasty postcards and rummage through those packed with ancient paperbacks for something existential. You’re allowed to haggle.
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