Mario’s place gave us a taste of living in Paris. The small apartment was perfect for our needs, with a comfortable bed, dedicated work area, kitchen and a shower with great water pressure.
It’s located on the top floor of a complex that’s 100+ years old, complete with a communal garden area that we got to walk through to exit. There’s a small elevator (room for two with luggage) so you don’t have to take the stairs, but we enjoyed the daily workout on the spiral staircase (at least going down).
It’s centrally located, just a ten minute walk from the Arc de Triomphe, and it’s surrounded by a wide variety of restaurants and shopping. We loved leaving the building and sharing the sidewalk with the parents walking their children to school!
Mario met us at the apartment to walk us up, and he was gracious, even though our flight was delayed six hours from what we had originally told him.
We highly recommend Mario’s place and plan to stay there again if we make our way back to Paris.