Around the hotel

Hôtel Ambre is located in Paris, a 10-minute walk from Place d’Italie and 1.3 km from Parc Montsouris.

Hotel Ambre is 200 metres from Tolbiac Metro Station, which provides direct access to the Royal Palace, the Louvre Museum and the Opéra Garnier. The AccorHotels Arena is 2.6 km away.

The Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame Church are 20 minutes away by metro.

A 5 minutes walk:

Chinatown.
Quartier de la Butte aux Cailles: Montmartre du sud de Paris with its “street art”.
Shopping Centre Italy II
The bucolic districts of the Cité Florale and the Cité des Peuliers

Les Docks - Cité de la Mode et du Design

The bold renovation of this industrial building classified as an attractive and modern architecture is worth a visit. With its green glass superstructure overlooking the Seine above the Austerlitz station, Les Docks – Cité de la Mode et du Design now features exhibition spaces, a fashion and design school, shops, cafés, bars, restaurants, nightlife venues, as well as a rooftop terrace.

The reinforced concrete building was built in 1907 as a department store and was the symbol of the industrial architecture of its time. Today, it has remained virtually intact thanks to its classification as a historic building. A century later, New Zealand architects Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane gave a new impetus to this building, which thus established itself as the centre of a new dynamic culture in the urban landscape of eastern Paris, on the banks of the Seine.

National Library of France François Mitterrand

Following the Seine a little further east of the Docks, after the floating pool Josephine Baker, named after the American artist, you will arrive at the imposing National Library. With its 14 million books and publications, this library was wanted by former president François Mitterrand and represents his cultural heritage. `

Its four towers represent four open books facing each other and housing a lush private garden. Guided tours are offered and there are two permanent exhibitions: the globes that belonged to the Sun King, Louis XIV; and a guide on the different species of plants in the library garden. There are also temporary exhibitions.

Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins

Behind the elegant façade of the Manufacture des Gobelins, still known today thanks to its tapestries and high-quality carpets, hides a remarkable history. It begins with a modest workshop on the banks of the Bièvre, a tributary of the Seine, founded by a certain Jean Gobelin in the 15th century.

In 1662, the site was bought by Louis XIV and transformed by Colbert, the famous finance minister of the Sun King, into a royal manufacture of tapestries and furniture. Since then, it has been renovated – the façade dates back to 1914 – with the support of the French Republic. Guided tours are organized on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.