What a special apartment! It is unheard of to find a place with 5 bedrooms in the center of Paris. This apartment is huge, comfortably fitting the 9 of us with room to spare. As this is a primary residence and not just a rental property, the furnishings and decor are of the highest quality, with a fully equipped kitchen, comfortable beds, and unique artwork throughout. The 11th is our favorite arrondissement - there were restaurants and boulangeries close by and we were a 5-minute walk from a few metro lines. There are 4 flights of stairs to the apartment door, then another flight once inside to reach the main living area, and one more flight to get to the second level bedrooms within the apartment. While it wasn't a fun climb the first day with suitcases, we got used to it pretty quickly. The stairwell is wide and the steps are shallow, unlike some of the harrowing staircases we have encountered in Europe. We would stay here again in a hearbeat!