Set on a cool neighbourhood, there are a variety of local ethnic and French restaurants. Several small grocery stores and a few fresh ingredients markets.
The apartment is a very short walk to the metro and you can be at most tourist designations within less than 20 minutes. By day 3 we had the Metro routes pretty much sorted.
The apartment is ‘cool’ and the host is clearly an art lover and very chic, the apartment feels genuine and homely but not pretentious. It had everything we needed for our stay and as part of my daughter’s 21st birthday I made eggs benedict and chocolate covered strawberries which I couldn’t have pulled off in a hotel.
Fabienne our host was out of the city when we arrived but her daughter met us and showed us around the apartment and made us feel comfortable.
We were supposed to be a party of 4, one couple and two singles but sadly my friend had a family emergency and couldn’t come BUT.... if she had come there was ample room for us to have two singles and a double with an extra single in the living room.
I’d you are a FUSSY traveller then stay somewhere else, that is not because there is anything wrong with this apartment at all, the apartment is ideal for tourists who want a genuine feel of the city they are in not those who are looking to complain about anything that isn’t the same as ‘back home’
We had 5 nights 6 days ( 2 of them sick with cold which also was a plus not to be in a hotel) and the experience was great. I felt like I had a window on French life and my daughter the art student studied all the pieces in the house.
Fabienne is one cool lady and we got to meet her for 5 minutes as we were leaving and thank her for our stay. I hope to return with my friend who missed the trip due to family issues and would definitely stay here again.
Merci Beaucoup Fabienne