Great location, and a tiny, perfect, and safe apartment! Thank you very much!
This was my first visit to Paris, and I am very pleased that I chose to stay at Erwan & Estelle’s.
Please note that the studio is very, very small, and that the shower is the one thing that a larger or taller person (like me) will find a challenge. However, I would like to endorse this apartment, because it is well-situated, well-equipped, comfortable, impeccably clean, and safe. It is on the ground floor, and in a quiet, secure courtyard.
Note that Erwan and Tina both were very kind to meet me earlier than the check-in time, so that I could store my bags. I speak some French, they each speak some English, and I felt very welcome and cared for. Tina gave instructions for the apartment appliances, and I loved the small washer/dryer. It was very hot the first week of September, and there is only a fan, but one of the windows is designed to be left open at night. I had two windows and the door onto the courtyard open a bit in the early evenings. Other residents are quiet and very respectful. The sofa bed is comfortable. The curtains keep the studio private and nice and dark for sleeping.
Pay attention to the way to use the apartment key!! It took me a while to get used to.
Some details:
I would suggest the studio is best for one person.
The neighbourhood is an excellent place to stay. Google Maps will show boulangeries, grocery stores, restaurants, shops, and cafes, and it also works with the public transit system to show transit choices from wherever you are. (Take the buses to see more of Paris). You can walk to the Louvre with ease (but I think you should take the Metro or bus, to save your feet for the distances you’ll walk when you get where you’re going!). Metro stations and bus stops are very close.
It is easy to take the RER-B train from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Chatelet les Halles station. I walked from there in less than 10 minutes.
This apartment would be too hot for me in the summer.
Boulangerie Des Belles Manieres, at 5 Rue de Turbigo is a lovely place for petit dejeuner, and Happy Nouilles at 95 Rue Beaubourg has fabulous Chinese food. I had take out.
Walk down to the Place des Vosges gardens via a detour to Boulangerie St. Antoine, near the Place de la Bastille.
I hope you enjoy Paris as much as I did from this apartment home base.
Bon Voyage!