We enjoyed our stay at Carole's apartment in the Le Marais area of Paris. We arrived by taxi from Orly airport easily. The apartment is situated on a quiet, interesting street, with little restaurants and a very close Carrefour to get necessary supplies at reasonabe prices. The entrance to the apartment is through 2 gates which need security codes. Having received easy correspondance from Carole we had everything we needed to enter. After the 2nd code, we entered a beautiful, private courtyard, from which we took steps to this third floor apartment. Note there is no elevator. We are 2 senior couples, with luggage, so we managed. We knew in advance about the stairs(listing), also about the stairs within the apartment, as the 2 bedrooms are on the top floor.
The apartment itself is spacious and quiet. It had everything we needed to make our stay comfortable, nicely decorated... good beds. Carole and her husband were easy to contact through email, and phone. They gave us lots of great tips .. how to get to the subway, and bus(very easy and close). We had a very early flight and they arranged taxi for us. It was wonderful that they spoke very good english and were so easy to communicate with. Thank you Carole and Stephane.