Location, location, location! A few steps from the les Gobelins Metro station and walking distance to the supermarket (just outside our door), everal restaurants, brasseries, boulangeries, fruit market, and only a short walk to the Rue Mouffetard market! plus the maisonette amenities are perfect. And Dominique suggested all kinds of activities, providing website info which we made good use of (the Louvre, Palais de Versailles, Seine river dinner cruise, etc). This was a wonderful visit for us!