Cheap and functional flat in the heart of Paris! Some French people warned me that Strasbourg St Denis was a bad area but I found it great and I loved the atmosphere each time I left the apartment. Sure the area is not upper class and there is the very interesting local homeless drunk guy with the habit of sleeping face down on peoples car bonnets (but I think he is no danger to anyone but himself). The area is home to a culturally diverse population of normal Parisians getting on with their lives in the expensive city. It has some good Indian, Kurdish/Turkish, African restaurants, more kebab shops than you can poke a stick at and at least 2 great foreign friendly bars (Chez Jeannette & Le Mauri7). The flat is basic but quite comfortable with one room and a bathroom and I would certainly recommend it. Oh the apartment is very quiet at night and also in the day which can be handy for those hangover sleep in's.