We had a great time staying in Carole's apartment and exploring Lyon. The location is great. There is a metro station within 5 minutes walk. The river is less than 5 minutes walk away. There is a children's playground just at the end of the street. There are a few small food shops and lots of bread shops all within 5 minutes walk.
The apartment is very spacious and well equipped and had everything that we needed. The double bed is very comfortable and the towels provided were lovely. There is a gas heater in the main space which heats the whole apartment so it was very cosy.
A few things that are worth pointing out to other travellers:
- the elevator is very small and will only fit 3 people (without luggage). Not really a problem, we just had to do numerous trips when we checked in and out
-the timber floor is very slippery (too slippery to wear socks)
-because this is Carole's house there is nowhere to unpack clothes and there wasn't much room in the fridge
None of these things are really problems though and we would definitely recommend this place to others and would stay here again if we went back to Lyon.