Staying at Alice’s apartment was perfect! It’s literally close to everything. First let’s talk about the passages of Paris, Alice’s apartment is in the passage Verdeau, super quaint and cool area of Paris. The passages close at night and there’s a private entrance, which adds a lot of security to the apartment. In the passages you will find antique stores, restaurants, a pastry store and a grocery store. Staying here we were able to go grocery shopping for breakfast items/ snacks etc. it’s also walking distance to many other restaurants and the franprix and monop. There’s also a pharmacie literally across the street as well. Alice’s apartment has a kitchen with refrigerator,sink, microwave, and stove. Her apartment is literally walking distance to a few metro stations and it made navigating the city super convenient. It was also easy for us to order through Uber eats.
Now for her actual apartment which is probably one of the best looking we saw here on air bnb. It’s super chic, cute and comfortable. She gave us a lot of suggestions for food, and also if you need to do laundry she provides the info for a laundry service which was great considering a lot of people like to travel light. The bathroom is a great size. She provided towels and toiletries even though we brought our own. The best thing about the bathroom is the towel warmer! It’s great when it’s cold outside. There are heaters in the apartment for when it gets cold but I have to say that keeping them off the apartment stays at a perfect temperature. The bed is comfortable for sure, we definitely enjoyed some mornings sleeping in. The TV has Netflix, the internet is fast and reliable. The neighborhood is pretty quiet and calm. Definitely a safe area. While we were there we never ran into anyone in the stairs or coming in and out of the other apartments, so it’s definitely private.
Alice provided some fruit and wine for our arrival and she met us at the apartment which was great because she pointed a lot of things out for us. Anytime I messaged her she was always available. Overall it was a great experience and staying at her place made it that much better because we didn’t know what to expect coming to France for the first time. Also there are plug converters available in the apartment in case you forget to bring one. We will definitely be back to Paris and we will be staying at her apartment again. I recommend this place 100%!