Vavin: history and sights
Served by: metro line 4.
Did you know?
In the heart of Montparnasse, a district that drew Hemingway, Picasso and Man Ray in the 20th century to legendary cafés like La Coupole and Le Dôme. The station kept its original Guimard entrances, rare survivors from the 1900 metro, now listed historic monuments.
Anecdote
The station kept its original Guimard entrances, rare survivors from the 1900 metro.
Around Vavin
- La Closerie des Lilas, 550 m away — A historic brasserie frequented by Hemingway and Montparnasse's artists during the Roaring Twenties.
- Le Dôme et La Rotonde, 150 m away — Legendary cafés of early 20th-century artistic Montparnasse, where painters and writers used to gather.
- Jardin du Luxembourg, 750 m away — A vast 17th-century formal garden surrounding the Luxembourg Palace, home to the Senate.