I've just come home from 8 blissful nights in Driss's brilliant studio apartment and it could not have been more perfect for me. As a woman travelling alone, I felt completely immersed in authentic central Parisian life and totally safe, inside a beautiful period studio with glorious high ceilings and French windows, overlooking the most picturesque little town square with spring blossom, church bells and children playing. The apartment is quiet yet perfectly located, just footsteps from two excellent metro stations, which are just 10 mins from Gare du Nord, Chatelet, and other key interchanges. But Paris is a perfect walking city and this brilliant apartment is just 15 mins stroll to the Marais, Place des Vosges, Montmartre, Louvre, the Seine, Ile de la Cite and Canal St Martin. There's an idyllic cafe selling fresh herbs and plants right opposite the apartment, and the nearby Montorgueil market district throngs with delicious fresh food, cafes and patisserie. Driss and Maxime are kind and responsive hosts and their lovely apartment is a treasure. I hope I can return one day.