Excellent — I found this room to be a perfect base for a thorough exploration of Paris. When lying down to repose you can see the trees of Père Lachaise aflutter and feel that you are sleeping in the esteemed company of Wilde, Chopin, Morrison, Apollinaire & co.! I found that the immediate area of Gambetta, Belleville and Menilmontant immersed me in a very authentic experience of Parisian life and of course it only takes a short trot to the metro for central excursions.
The room itself is spacious, elegant, & bright and bares an accurate semblance to the Airbnb photos. I also loved the lobby and staircase that leads up to the apartment.
Lise is a very generous and attentive host who was in the apartment to meet me personally on arrival to set me up. I was somewhat nervous about embarking on a month long trip around Europe and had not researched Paris as throughly as I would have liked; but this did not matter — Lise suggested several ideas and routes and was very articulate in expressing to me the feel and flavour of each arrondissement and shared some of her favourite lesser known spots.
The bed is very comfortable and the windows are double glazed making it very quiet at night. Both the environment and Lise's excellent hosting and intuition in when to offer assistance left me feeling much more assured about my trip and I can't wait to visit Paris again.