Odéon is named for the 18th-century theatre but today it is best known for its cinemas and cafés.
To the south of the Seine river to the east of the Boulevard Saint-Michel: Sorbonne university, centre of student activity since the early 12th century, bookstores, stationery stores and game shops.
To the north of the boulevard Saint-Germain to the east of the Boulevard Saint-Michel:  charming medieval narrow streets but filled with souvenir shops and restaurants fot tourists.

Home to a number of famous cafés, such as Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore, the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area was the center of the existentialist movement, associated with Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernest Hemingway, and Simone de Beauvoir.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an area of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

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