Nice size 2 bedroom apartment located close to Luxembourg park and restaurants in the Latin Quarter.
Gay Lussac is a small but busy street so you get significant traffic noise from buses and trucks all day. This is expected when you’re in the middle of a busy city, and you might get used to it by the 2nd night, but if you need to sleep with the windows open, you might need to bring ear plugs.
The walk up to the apartment, which is on the 4th floor of a beautiful building, is challenging at first partly because of the gorgeous spiral staircase. We quickly got used to it and incorporated it into our daily exercise routine.
The biggest draw of this apartment is the neighborhood which is easy to navigate and quintessentially French. We went out walking multiple times a day for hours, discovering great little restaurants for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and shopping spots along the way. The Louvre and Museum d’Orsay are also short walks. The area is bustling with families, Sorbonne students, and couples.
We marveled at the architecture of the buildings and parks in the neighborhood - everything fits so well together - a symphony of a neighborhood designed around people