Shared shuttle transfer to the Parc de Bercy in Paris

History and visit the Parc de Bercy in Paris

Bercy Park is one of the largest parks of Paris . It is located along the Seine , at 41 rue Paul Belmondo, the site of the old wine warehouses of Bercy, between the shopping center and Bercy Village restoration and Palais Omnisports Paris -Bercy in the neighborhood Gare de Lyon – Bercy in the 12th arrondissement. It was built in 1993 by four and two landscape architects including Bernard Leroy, Bernard Huet , Jean -Pierre Feugas , Madeleine Ferrand Philippe Raguin and Ian Le Caisne . It covers an area of ​​14 hectares. The time of opening and closing the park depends on the season . It is open to either 8 or 9 am and closed at 17 h 45 19 h 30 20 h 30 to 21 h 30. Visitors can get there by bus lines 24, 87 , and line 14 of the metro station Cour Saint- Emilion.

In the twelfth century , the location of the Parc de Bercy is found the head of a lordship . A few years later , the estate became the property of a wealthy family . In the nineteenth century, It laid great wine warehouses . The wine trade grew dramatically because merchants were not required to pay taxes for the delivery of wine to the capital. They arrived by tank car at the station of Rapee and boat on the banks of the Seine. The banks of the Seine drew many Parisians because of ginguettes formed therein and the various events organized on Sundays and feast days . In the twentieth century , some warehouses disappeared because of the destruction of the fortifications of Thiers. The activity of warehouses deteriorated gradually . During the 1970s, the Bercy warehouses were abandoned . The area was redeveloped in all its entirety. In the early 1990s, it was decided to develop the former site of warehouses for the new image of the area. It appealed to some architects and landscapers to build a large park. Work began in 1993. Bercy Park was completed in 1997. Since 2006, Simone de Beauvoir footbridge connects directly to the National Library of France .

The park is divided into three main parts. The central part is called ” The Lawn .” They are accessible by two bridges and consisting of nine areas crops such as scented garden , garden bulbs, the labyrinth , the garden , the rose garden, the flag of the wind , the orchard , the vines , home gardening and its emissions. “The vast prairie ” is the nearest part of the palace Omnisports . Composed of large areas of lawns and tall trees, this part of the park is appropriate for a walk and play from its playgrounds . It is adorned by a fountain sculpture signed by Gérard Singer and water games . The last part of the park is called ” The romantic garden.” It contains reconstructions of dunes, and some basins with one of them at its center a sculpture called House X which is surrounded by water lilies . We can also see the Lake House, a place where visitors can enjoy nature exhibits and gardens in Paris it organizes according to the season .