Bercy luggage storage

Convenient Bercy luggage storage

While you’ve doubtless planned your trip around the Jardin du Luxembourg or Louvre, you shouldn’t ignore Paris’s more locally-oriented districts. Trendy travelers will want to look into neighborhoods on the periphery while leveraging the efficient Paris metro for getting around. The 12th arrondissement’s Bercy neighborhood is an ideal candidate for grabbing an Airbnb or boutique hotel and setting up for a more authentic experience. 

You’ll find cafés and restaurants in Bercy where actual Parisians eat and drink, without the painfully obvious tourist traps you’ll find in more central locales. For shopping, Bercy Village offers both high-street brands and quirky vintage stores in an accessible destination. There are plenty of options for artsy travelers, including the iconic Musée des Arts Forains and there’s a new gallery popping up every week.  

The neighborhood is easy to reach from both major train stations and the airport, so you’ll have an easy time incorporating a stop at Bercy into your itinerary. You can always book luggage storage in Bercy with Bounce if you want to explore or shop bag-free. 

How to get around Bercy 

Bercy is located in the 12th Arrondissement on the North banks of the Seine. Gare de Bercy train station is a major transit hub serving the neighborhood that connects Bercy with the rest of the city via Metro lines as well as long-distance trains at Gare du Nord. Gare de Lyon, another major hub, is walkable from most parts of Bercy.

Getting to Bercy by train

Gare de Bercy (really just called ‘Bercy’) is the primary transit hub with M14 or M6 connections to major train stations along the mainline. Gare de Lyon is the best option for train connections, and you can take the RER D line to Gare du Nord if you’re planning on a long-distance trip. The walk between Paris Bercy Station and Gare de Lyon takes less than 15 minutes. If you need to find luggage storage near Paris Bercy Station, Bounce can simplify your logistics.  

Taking the Paris Metro from Bercy 

Multiple metro stations are serving the neighborhood, and you'll want to base which one you travel through on where you're heading or staying within the neighborhood. 

• Line 1 (Gare de Lyon, Château de Vincennes): Louvre (15 minutes) 
• Line 6 (Bercy, Daumesnil): Montparnasse (10 minutes), Eiffel Tower (15 minutes) 
• Line 8 (Daumesnil): Place de la Bastille (15 minutes) 
• Line 14 (Gare de Lyon, Bercy, Cour St-Émilion): Paris Orly Airport (35 minutes) 

Bus services in Bercy

There's a bus station for local commuters, but there's only one or two lines that are useful for tourists. Instead, visitors are better served by the metro. 

• #72 Bus: Louvre (25 minutes) 

 Getting to Bercy from the airport 

It takes about 55 minutes to get from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Bercy Train Station. You board the RER B at the Aéroport Charles de Gaulle terminal. You’ll transfer at Denfert-Rochereau to Metro Line 6 and take that to Bercy Station. Paris Orly Airport, although less frequently used by international travelers, is only a 35-minute ride via Metro Line 14. 

 With so many cultural gems and nooks and crannies to explore, even a week in Paris will never be enough to fully take in the City of Light. So do yourself a favor and make the most of every minute of your trip by storing your bags at a secure Bounce location when you visit Paris. It only takes a minute to book and it's even quicker to drop the bags off or pick them up, so you can get back to enjoying your trip!