Short biography and timeline
Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1921 he moved to Paris as a correspondent, refining his style and joining the “lost generation.” The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926, inspired by his 1923, 1924, and 1925 trips to Pamplona. In 1931 he settled in Key West, Florida, living there until 1939. In 1939 he moved to Finca Vigía outside Havana and remained on Cuba until 1960. He reported on the Spanish Civil War in 1937–1938. For Whom the Bell Tolls appeared in 1940, The Old Man and the Sea in 1952; Pulitzer Prize 1953, Nobel Prize 1954. In 1954, during an African safari, he survived two plane crashes near Murchison Falls in Uganda. He spent his final years in Idaho and died in Ketchum in 1961.

Cafés and bars: habits and legends
Paris, France. In the 1920s Hemingway wrote and met friends at Les Deux Magots and Café de Flore on Boulevard Saint‑Germain, and at Closerie des Lilas in Montparnasse, where he liked a table with a view of the boulevard. Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare and Company became his literary home base for books and community. At the Ritz on Place Vendôme he appeared before the war and in 1944, according to legend, “liberated” the bar with Allied troops — the story lives on at Bar Hemingway. Havana, Cuba. La Floridita is home to his daiquiri: the “Papa Doble,” a dry, double version without sugar, with rum, lime, grapefruit, and a touch of maraschino. At La Bodeguita del Medio he enjoyed mojitos; “My mojito in La Bodeguita, My daiquiri in El Floridita” has become Havana’s tourist motto. Pamplona and Madrid, Spain. During San Fermín in Pamplona he stopped at Café Iruña on Plaza del Castillo and stayed at Hotel La Perla; the city owes much of its global fame to The Sun Also Rises. In Madrid in 1937–1938 he frequented Cervecería Alemana on Plaza de Santa Ana and Museo Chicote on Gran Vía, meeting journalists and soldiers. Key West, USA. His local bar was Sloppy Joe’s. In 1937 it moved to Duval Street, and the original location became Captain Tony’s Saloon; both venues celebrate their Hemingway ties. Venice, Italy. In the late 1940s and early 1950s he appeared at Harry’s Bar, working on Across the River and Into the Trees and watching Venetian life from the counter.

Hotels, houses, and museums
Havana, Cuba. Hotel Ambos Mundos preserves room 511, where Hemingway often stayed in the 1930s and wrote by the window over the old town. Finca Vigía in San Francisco de Paula is now the Ernest Hemingway Museum, with his boat Pilar on the grounds and his library, typewriters, and hunting trophies inside. Key West, USA. The Hemingway Home at 907 Whitehead Street is a museum with a garden and the descendants of his polydactyl cats. You can see the second‑floor writing studio and the pool around which many legends grew. Paris, France. Today’s Shakespeare and Company by Notre‑Dame is a bookstore and cultural venue honoring Hemingway and the city’s anglophone literary scene. Madrid, Spain. The Hotel Florida where war correspondents worked no longer exists, but its location near Plaza del Callao remains a landmark for history buffs. Ketchum, Idaho, USA. The Hemingway Memorial at Trail Creek and the Sun Valley Lodge recall his last mountain refuge.

Festivals and events
Pamplona, Spain. San Fermín runs every July; bullfights and morning encierros became part of the Hemingway legend after 1926. Key West, USA. Hemingway Days each July brings look‑alike contests, readings, and a tongue‑in‑cheek celebration of his myth. Havana, Cuba. Cocktail tastings at La Floridita and La Bodeguita keep his “signatures” alive.

Places by country and city
France, Paris — Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore, Closerie des Lilas, Shakespeare and Company; 1921–1928. France, Paris — Ritz Paris, Bar Hemingway; 1920s and 1944. Spain, Pamplona — Café Iruña, Hotel La Perla, Plaza del Castillo; 1923, 1924, 1925, 1953. Spain, Madrid — Cervecería Alemana, Museo Chicote, Plaza de Santa Ana and Gran Vía; 1937–1938. Cuba, Havana — La Floridita, La Bodeguita del Medio, Hotel Ambos Mundos; 1932–1939. Cuba, San Francisco de Paula (Havana) — Finca Vigía house museum; 1939–1960. USA, Key West — Hemingway Home at 907 Whitehead Street, Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Key West Bight; 1931–1939. Italy, Venice — Harry’s Bar; late 1940s to early 1950s. Kenya and Uganda, Nairobi and Murchison Falls — Nairobi hotels, safari routes, Nile; 1933–1934 and 1953–1954. USA, Idaho, Ketchum — Sun Valley Lodge, Trail Creek memorial; 1959–1961.

Quotes and details
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you.” The Havana inscription attributed to him reads: “My mojito in La Bodeguita, My daiquiri in El Floridita.” From The Sun Also Rises: “Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bull-fighters.”

Practical tips
Aim for mornings or weekdays to avoid crowds at iconic cafés and bars. House museums often have fixed tour times and limits on indoor photography. For San Fermín in Pamplona, book rooms and restaurants well ahead. In Havana and Key West, expect lines at the famous bars. In Paris, split a “Hemingway day” between the Left Bank (Flore, Deux Magots) and Montparnasse (Closerie), finishing near Place Vendôme.