This unique ground floor courtyard-centric apartment is safely fortressed behind a steel gate with several easy metro options in a relatively calm section uncongested by tourists. The architecture has a New Orleans aesthetic, complete with neighborly reverie, depending on guest flux....something to be expected in a large city mired in the nouveau Bohemian Air BnB sublet hustle game. The kitchen belongs to someone who really cooks. It is well appointed and has all the tools one would need to make and enjoy great meals in a warm, social space. The single room has a bunkbed/loft bed with a ladder, most suitable for children or agile adults. The pictures need some updating, but Air BnB sent a robo-message the morning of arrival clarifying the discrepancies (raised bed with child’s desk area underneath, different paint color -no problem, standard livingroom couch to replace the attractive Balinese style canopy bed). This is not a touristic apartment-hotel, but someone’s lived-in home, understandably compacted by the domestic trappings of daily life. Expect to be flexible, enjoy solving the landlord’s massive Freudian riddle sculptures in the courtyard, and take optimism in Gino’s faith in humanity (welcoming virtual strangers into such a highly personal space). The home is acceptably clean and bright, has good creative energy, is suitable for families with small children, and Gino is an accessible and convivial communicator.