I have nothing but praise for the welcome, the communication and the friendliness of our hosts, but must reserve my superlatives for the apartment which was magnificent. Paris apartments are notoriously small, but Camille's place was really spacious, with two beautifully decorated, large bedrooms, a really efficient and practical bathroom (shower) together with a kitchen fitted out with everything you might need. The piece de resistance, however, was the sitting room, which was sumptuously decorated with one wall completely covered by a beautiful mural giving an increased sense of space and light, sitting below a ceiling of ancient beams which gave the room real character.. Two very comfortable sofas and a dining table which would easily seat six/eight people, lovely pictures and antiques throughout the apartment - all in all we could not have wanted for more.
The apartment is ideally situated to enjoy everything Paris has to offer - right by the Seine within 5 minutes walk of Ile de France and the RER/metro in an area full of restaurants, shops and people of all ages and nationalities. Yet the Rue Seguier is small (one-way) and therefore not heavily used, so the apartment is surprisingly quiet.
Our hosts were very friendly and very accommodating with very good communication. I had forgotten to tell Camille that my second daughter had been able to join us for two days and they could not have been nicer about making up another bed etc. despite my rudeness in not warning them. Equally, Camille was very helpful in allowing us to keep our bags at the apartment after check out, which was greatly appreciated. Wi-fi and TV was also very high quality.
It may sound as though I am being overly positive about this place, but it is entirely genuine because we all had a great time and none of us could think of anything even vaguely negative to say. We all said that we would come back to stay here at the first opportunity.