Landmarks
Jardin Yitzhak Rabin
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.
Palais de la 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.