Clean and modern chain hotel with excellent transport links great for transport links in a modern building adjoining gare de lyon mercure paris gare de lyon could not be better placed for transport links providing 2 metro lines 2 rer suburban lines and mainline trains to southeast france you are close to the bastille and about 300 meters from the seine flora and fauna the beautiful jardin des plantes across the river combines botanical garden zoo and natural history museum around 1 km