Around Le Choupinet
The Luxembourg Gardens across the street, the Sorbonne and the Panthéon five minutes away.
Le Choupinet stands on the corner of boulevard Saint-Michel and place Edmond-Rostand, directly opposite the entrance to the Luxembourg Gardens. Here is what to do before or after your meal with us.
The Luxembourg Gardens, across the street
The garden gate is under two minutes away on foot: the green chairs, the pond and its toy sailboats, the Luxembourg Palace and the tennis courts. Breakfast at Le Choupinet before your walk, or an ice cream after.
Five minutes on foot
- The Sorbonne and place de la Sorbonne, down boulevard Saint-Michel.
- The Panthéon, at the top of rue Soufflot.
- The Cluny Museum (Middle Ages) and the Roman baths.
- The Odéon theatre and carrefour de l’Odéon, via rue de Vaugirard.
Ten to twenty minutes
- Saint-Sulpice and the shops of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
- Notre-Dame and the Île de la Cité, via place Saint-Michel and its fountain.
- Rue Mouffetard and the Arènes de Lutèce.
- The Louvre and the Pont des Arts, across the Seine (20 minutes).
In the footsteps of Emily in Paris
Le Choupinet is in the heart of the neighbourhood where Emily in Paris is filmed. The Luxembourg Gardens, where Emily goes for her morning run, are right across the street. Walk up rue Soufflot past the Panthéon, where she breaks up with her Chicago boyfriend over the phone, and you reach place de l’Estrapade and her building: under 10 minutes on foot. A coffee on the terrace before your walk, or dinner afterwards.
The neighbourhood on screen
- Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011): Owen Wilson waits for midnight on the steps of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church, just behind the Panthéon, before being whisked off to 1920s Paris. A 10-minute walk.
- The Killer (David Fincher, 2023): Michael Fassbender’s hitman watches his target from place de l’Estrapade, facing the Panthéon. Under 10 minutes on foot.
- The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006): in this thriller based on Dan Brown’s novel, the monk Silas, played by Paul Bettany, comes looking for the keystone at Saint-Sulpice, whose façade was used as a set. About a 10-minute walk, via rue de Vaugirard.
Getting to Le Choupinet
- RER B: Luxembourg station, Luxembourg Gardens exit, 100 m away.
- Metro: Cluny–La Sorbonne (line 10), Saint-Michel (line 4), Odéon (lines 4 and 10).
- Bus: lines 21, 27, 38, 82, 84 and 89, Luxembourg stop.
- Vélib': several stations around place Edmond-Rostand and rue Soufflot.
- Car: Soufflot-Panthéon car park, rue Soufflot.
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A neighbourhood brasserie
Sorbonne students, families from the 6th, lawyers from the courts, visitors passing through and Thursday-night regulars at the piano: Le Choupinet is open every day of the year from 8 am to 1 am, and welcomes walk-ins outside peak times.