We had a wonderful 9 day stay in Paris at Laurent's apartment. Large, bright, airy and fully equipped with huge windows, it is in a great and lively neighborhood. The building and courtyard are lovely. The location is probably the best thing about it but most other units we looked at in Le Marais in this price range were not as large, so this was top of our list when we were searching. We were able to get around just about everywhere by metro in the city, and also took three day trips by train and tour bus. Le Marais is full of great restaurants--one we especially liked was Le Barav, where we could buy our own bottle of wine at their store before dinner.

Laurent was very communicative ahead of our arrival and we were clear about what to expect: his friend was available to help us settle in since he and his family were away, and he also thoughtfully left us a welcoming bottle of wine. We had a few questions and issues during our stay which Laurent addressed very promptly, including one mini-crisis at 11:45 PM. Highly recommend this for a Paris vacation: we are frequent users of AirBnB and this was among our most enjoyable experiences so far.