Location, location, location: this apartment has it. Two blocks to the Musee D'Orsay, a ten-minute walk to either the Tuilleries or the Louvre, a great bakery on the corner and a cafe/bar also at the corner. Eight minutes walk takes you to the Solferino Metro stop and the Blvd. St. Germain with all the shops, restaurants, bars and bakeries you want, and a Monoprix grocery store, too.
The apartment is on an upper floor of an old residential building on a quiet street two blocks away from the Seine. A small elevator was added in the stairwell area, but it is a little cranky and did not always stop at the requested floor. The apartment and street are very quiet; remarkably so for being so close to such major attractions. The apartment is furnished with many antiques, decorative items and thousands of books - it is like stepping back in time. The pictures very accurately show the apartment. Our hostess lives in the apartment when guests are not there, so there are many personal belongings which we were careful to not touch. Kitchen facilities are minimalist, but we weren't in Paris to cook.