A hotel in Bercy: relaxation in southeastern Paris

Taking time out in nature in the Bercy district

Because it’s at the gateway to Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, the Mercure Paris Bercy Bibliothèque hotel offers immediate access to Bercy’s parks and gardens.Here are our team’s recommendations for getting the best of what this south-eastern district on the banks of the Seine has to offer.

All kinds of outings around your hotel in Bercy

Fancy leaving the buzz of the capital city behind you for a while? From your Bercy hotel, you’re just two minutes on foot from Port de la Gare. Explore its shaded pathways along the banks of the Seine, far away from the traffic. While you’re there, we recommend a little dip in the Piscine Joséphine-Baker, a swimming pool that floats on the river like a boat! The nearby Simone-de-Beauvoir bridge will lead you on to the Parc de Bercy with its three gardens stretching out over the far bank of the Seine. What would you say to a picnic on one of the park’s lawns while admiring the waterfalls and contemporary sculptures which decorate this little green paradise?

If you’d like to do some shopping, go to a concert, take in some culture or dance till you drop, the Bercy district has everything you need. Discover the little boutiques in “Bercy Village”: its cobbled streets and buildings with wide rounded doorways once used as storage depots are built around an ancient wine market.Book your tickets for one of Bercy Arena’s big events and go visit the rare books exhibits in the hall of the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand. Come nightfall, what could be nicer than visiting the barges moored along the Quai François-Mauriac? You can get a bite to eat, go out for cocktails and dance the night away. Of all these floating clubs, the Batofar is always a good bet and comes highly recommended by us.