Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bercy Village - Cour St. Émilion



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Cour Saint-Émilion


Bercy Village consists largely of small wine warehouses from the late 19th century.  The tracks seen in the paved courtyard above were originally used to transport barrels of wine in and out of the warehouses.  For more than a century and up until 1960, the Bercy neighborhood was a vast wine market.


Although some may complain that this has become a tourist attraction with its shops, bars, and restaurants, the architecture has been preserved (along with the rail tracks), and it has the feel of a historic village.  It is at the southeast end of Le Parc de Bercy and is easily accessed by Line 14, Métro Cour St. Émilion.


Cour Saint-Émilion
Bercy Village
75012, Paris

14 comments:

  1. Great captures as always and interesting to see another corner of your French world! Love it! Hope your week is going well, Genie!
    Hugs
    Sylvia

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  2. Shhhh!!! Don't tell anyone, Genie. Bercy Village is still not as widely visited by the "international clientèle" as other areas in Paris... :-) I love it there, especially the park behind the boutiques. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)

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  3. We loved Cour St. Émilion. We had a great lunch there and always meant to return but somehow never got around to it. This is a great photo!

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  4. Sympa pour aller au resto avec des enfants. On peut aussi se balader dans le parc qui borde la Seine. Quand j'étais à Paris, on y voyait un héron, je ne sais pas s'il est toujours là.

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  5. Sometimes it is the tourists that allow a beautiful spot like this to thrive. Great depth to this shot Genie.

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  6. Would love to stroll under the canvas shade and admire the quaint warehouse buildings (after a lovely repast at one of the restaurants, of course)! Lovely photo,

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  7. oh, i wish we'd visited this ... maybe next time

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  8. My good friend Barbara took me to Bercy a few years ago,, loved it , even the shops and then you have Bercy parc ,, after this we walked all the way back to Saint Michel ,along the river when we could.

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  9. Okay, this goes on the list of what to see the next time we're in Paris.

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  10. Is that ice cream on the lower right?

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  11. I have never been and will make it a point to go asap. I know i will like
    my cup of wine

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  12. I would think that not too many tourists venture this far afield. You, of course, are not a tourist, and so . . . (Loved your shots from the past couple of days. When I'm slammed with work, I do always go back to see what you've been up to.)

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  13. Bercy Village is on my list for quite some while. I hope to finally make it there in July.

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Merci for your comments!