Despite a few quarks (more on this in a minute), we really enjoyed our stay at this Paris apartment. Among the positives: it was very clean; it was bright and cheerful; the location was great (see exception below); the owners communicated effectively and made sure we were happy with the place; by Euro standards, the shower was quite nice; and it had just about everything we could want (except a microwave) in the kitchen. Now, those quarks: 1) the apartment’s location a block from the canal, a 10-minute walk to the Metro station and close proximity to grocery stores and restaurants is terrific. However, at street level right below the apartment is a popular bar. People tend to gather outside this bar at night if the weather’s good, so there’s a constant audible murmur of voices and laughter. Our solution to this was to close the bedroom windows at night and only leave the living room windows open so we got air into the apartment. This worked just fine, though if the weather had been hot it might have been uncomfortable keeping those bedroom windows closed. 2) speaking of windows, they lack screens (though there was a noticeable lack of bugs in the air so it wasn’t a problem for us) and you can’t really set them to be partially open…they’re either open or closed. This was especially “interesting” in the bathroom, where a strong puff of wind would blow the windows completely open…which is great for exhibitionists but perhaps not for others. 3) this is a three-flight walk-up. That’s very common in old Euro cities, of course, but if climbing stairs is a problem for you this may be a deal breaker. Now, having cited those quarks, we regarded them as relatively minor annoyances and overall we were very happy here and would definitely book it again!