Café Tortoni, a coffeehouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina located at Avenida de Mayo 825. It was opened in 1858 by a French immigrant and named Tortoni after a Parisian cafe with the same name. Its decor was inspired by fin de siecle cafes and has been named one of the most beautiful cafes in the world. It was a popular haunt for Jorge Luis Borges and has been visited by Frederico Garcia Lorca as well.
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Wilde’s House, Chelsea by avrenim_acceber on Flickr.
34 Tite Street, Oscar Wilde’s family home in Chelsea, London from 1884 until his arrest in 1895. When Wilde lived here, it was No. 16- the houses have since been renumbered.
Hungry for a literary snack? Why not stroll down to the Bourgeois Pig Cafe in Chicago? Easily accessibly by both car and public transportation from the Fullerton El Stop, the Bourgeois Pig Cafe offers delicious sandwiches named after great works of literature ranging from Shakespeare to Walt Whitman. Signature sandwiches include The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, which was named one of the “Top 104 Dishes in the City” by Chicago Magazine in Nov. 2007.
Photos courtesy of the Bourgeois Pig.
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UK - London - Bloomsbury: Charles Dickens blue plaque by wallyg on Flickr.
A day late ,but here are some Dickens destinations! First up: a sign outside 48 Doughty St, WC 1 in Bloomsbury, London. Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickeby, and Pickwick Papers were written here!
Love in Verona, Italy by kellymayphoto on Flickr.
Lover’s graffiti on the walls of the Casa di Giulietta in Verona, Italy.
Maienfeld, Switzerland, home to Johanna Spyri’s Heidi.
Photo from Wikipedia.
