12th arrondissement

Landmarks

landmarks
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
8 boulevard de Bercy

Is an indoor sports arena designed by architects, seats around 17,000.

landmarks
Bercy Village

For a taste of the French countryside, a visit to Bercy Village brings to life the spirit of market shopping inside Paris.

landmarks
Jardin Yitzhak Rabin
38 rue Paul Belmondo

Nestled in the centre of the Parc Bercy below is a lovely, and truly peaceful, garden with several waterworks and other high-quality landscape-art pieces. If you are one of the many people visiting the 12th on business it would be well worth an hour of your time between meetings and dinner to explore the mound, the fountain, and the bridges, and to watch children play in complete peace, much like the peace to which the garden's namesake dedicated his life.

museums and galleries
Palais de la Porte Dorée
293 avenue Daumesnil
Métro: Porte Dorée

Housed in an amazing Art Deco building, purpose-built for the 1931 Colonial Exhibition, featuring an elaborate frieze across the front facade that depicts the achievement of French overseas territories. It houses an Aquarium (http://www.aquarium-porte...) and an Immigration Museum (http://www.histoire-immig...). The Aquarium can be seen in about an hour and is popular with families with small children.