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Bistro des Augustins, 39 quai des Grands Augustins, 75006, T 01 43 54 45 75. Mon-Sun 1200-2400. M St Michel. A small and inviting wine bar with marble counter and chalkboard wine list. Deservedly popular with local students and literary types.

Café Mabillon, 164 blvd St Germain, 75006, T 01 43 26 62 93. Mon-Sun 0800-0600. M Mabillon. You can’t miss the Café Mabillon with its huge illuminated sign. This is one of the area’s old-fashioned café-bars that chose to opt for a glitzy refit a few years back. The new interior has bold, snazzy colours and warm lighting. The facelift ushered out the old clientele and brought in a brasher, younger, more international crew.

Chez Georges, 11 rue des Canettes, 75006, T 01 43 54 45 75. Tue-Sat 1200-0200. M Mabillon. One of a handful of typical, rustic bar à vins to have escaped modernization. This is a wonderful place to get sozzled on the Fête du Beaujolais Nouveau , when police have been known to close the narrow street due to the wine-fuelled high jinx.

Le 10, 10 rue de l’Odéon, 75006, T 01 43 54 45 75. Mon-Sun 1830-0200. M Odéon. Another favourite with students thanks to its proximity to the Sorbonne, its rock-bottom prices and the potency of its sangria. When it’s particularly crowded, the atmospheric vaulted cellar is opened up. Be ready to be swept along by old French songs from the jukebox.

Le Comptoir du Relais 5-7 carrefour de l’Odéon, 75006, T 01 43 29 12 05. Mon-Sun 1200-2400. M Odéon. The sort of wine bar where regulars leisurely enjoy a simple meal washed down with plenty of the good stuff. Enticing choice of homemade fruit tart or clafoutis to follow.

Café Thoumieux, 4 rue de la Comete, 75007, T 01 45 51 50 40. Mon-Sat 1700-0200, M La Tour-Maubourg. Coolly intimate tapas-style bar with red velvet seating, orangey rag-painted walls and snooty bar staff. Drinks and eats are suitably expensive, so sip slowly as you soak up the salsa. Absolut Vodka a snip at four shots for €16 or €77 for a bottle.

Andy Wahloo, 69 rue des Gravilliers, 75003, T 01 42 71 20 38. Mon-Sat 1200-0200. M Arts et Métiers. A modern Moroccan-style bar decorated with lurid Moroccan Pop Art advertising powdered milk and tinned tomatoes, stools made from paint pots, a chandelier with a dozen coloured hanging lanterns and a glowing orange bar. The tapas – Moroccan salad, tabouleh, marinated olives and so on – make a welcome change.

L’Apparement Café, 18 rue des Coutures Saint-Gervais, 75003, T 01 48 87 12 22. Mon-Fri 1200-0200, Sat 1600-0200, Sun 1230-2400. M St Sébastien-Froissart. A bar-restaurant where a young, hip, vaguely pretentious crowd come to play French Trivial Pursuit over a few drinks.

Bar des Ferailleurs, 18 rue de Lappe, 75011, T 01 48 07 89 12. Mon-Fri 1700-0200, Sat-Sun 1500-0200. M Bastille. On a street of themed bar-restaurants reminiscent of the tourist strip in a holiday resort, this is about the only authentic Parisian bar. It is done up with bits of old junk. You might even see locals in here.

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