You can't get much better than this in terms of location -- right in the Marais, but sheltered from the noise on a side street and overlooking a quiet courtyard/garden. Alexandra is a great communicator. While she's not locally based, I always got responses back right away. The gardienne on site cleans the apartment once a week, which was a nice perk of my month-long stay. The place was pretty much as I expected from photos. It's actually located at ground level, but a staircase (which you can't access) descends along the window side into the sunken courtyard, so it feels like you're on an upper floor. One thing to note is that there are no curtains, just wooden shutters to secure the windows at night. This may not bother others, but I think my threshold for visual privacy is higher than for most people (I also wasn't in Paris for a holiday, so occasionally had to do some work in the apartment). There was occasional use of the garden on the side closest to the apartment (a big celebration or party one evening, with a canopy set up for a few days), and the balcony of the unit to the left is in close proximity (often used by the neighbor for some morning reading). I ended up buying sheer curtains for my stay (the kind that let you see out but prevents viewing in during the day), although I doubt I would have done so if I didn't also need them for my new apartment back home. Again, this probably won't be an issue for people on a short visit who spend most of their day out exploring the city. Overall, great value, great host, great location.