my fiancee and i stayed here last june (sorry benoit et al for writing such a late review). we loved the spot, close to the trains, across from a little park, down the street from that huge shopping store (le bon marche i think?). we'd wake up in the morning, i'd walk a couple blocks to the little bakery, grab some croissants and coffee and head back to our little parisian home to plan for the day. some of the little stores, bars and coffee shops in the immediate vicinity are a bit pricy so you may want to hop on the train or walk a bit further for dinner and/or groceries. for groceries, we walked a bit further to fran prix to pick up all of our goodies. not that we stayed in and watched tv a whole lot, but has loads of channels to watch for those rainy nights if you don't want to walk the wet city streets. we really loved this little spot and would stay again. benoit was very easy to deal with.