The station and its approaches have notable views, as it is built on a viaduct that abuts the slope of the 25 meter high Chaillot hill just below its crest.

The metro and the stairways bisect the Square Alboni, a chic residential subdivision on the hillside whose properties were assembled and developed between 1894 and 1930.

Named, like the Rue, after a famous opera contralto of the day, the Square has several buildings designed by Louis Dauvergne, with the others intended to harmonize.

Dauvergne also designed Les Grands Hotels du Trocadéro, the now-iconic turreted buildings on both sides of the Rue Marietta-Alboni above and below the hillside.

On 24 April 1906, Line 2 Sud was extended across the Seine and the southern districts of Paris to Place d'Italie.

The advertising frames are made of white ceramic and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plaques, projecting on the elevated side.

The Parc de Passy, a public park opened in 2004 on the site of a cleared neighborhood, is 200 meters to the southwest.

The Palais de Chaillot and the Jardins du Trocadéro, opposite the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, are about 550 meters to the northeast.