We really enjoyed our time at Marc’s home. The apartment was really suited to our family of 5 (3 children 8,11 and 13) and provided a great location for our week in Paris.
The apartment is located in Marais, 5 minutes walk to the Place De Vognes. It’s a great location with a range of great cafes, super markets and bakeries nearby and 3 stations within 5-10 min walk. It’s was also only 1 stop to Gare de Lyon, which is main station for Europe trains and Disneyland. The apartment is right in the heart of things so we were also pleased that it’s also fairly quiet, even with windows open. We could only hear the slight hum of the city and the occasional siren, which you hear everywhere in Paris.
The apartment itself is really eclectic. Marc presented it immaculately clean and its been furnished really comfortably and with a unique style. It’s open and airy with beautiful views over the rooftops. We found it fitted our family of 5 well. We used the lounge room sofa bed, plus the 2 bedrooms. This worked fine as the kitchen areas quite big and so plenty of room. The kitchen is functional, with coffee making, dishwasher, oven, stove etc. self catering was easy combined with the local shops. It also has a laundry and single bathroom which works fine.
Things to be aware of. It’s up several flights of stairs, which provide great views over the rooftops of Paris, but no good if you don’t like stairs. That said I think most in Paris are like this.
The shower is a bath shower, with handheld head. Again, fine for most people.
It’s an old building, so it’s creaks a little, but this just adds to the charm.
So overall we’d happily go back one day when we return to Paris.