LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!
Having stayed for a few days at Marie's place in Montmartre, we had a wonderful time and really loved the location.
From start to finish Marie's communication and English were fantastic and she is super helpful.
The place is on a quiet street by Paris standards with an Aldi small Supermarket at the end of the street. We never heard any noise from outside or from neighbors and felt safe at all times.
The street itself is nothing fancy but within a few minutes walk you are in the gardens of Sacre Coeur with AMAZING views over Paris and one of Paris's best tourist locations to base yourself from. There are lot's of beautiful cafes and restaurants in little cobbled streets, galleries, artists painting your portraits, lot's of outside seating and all the things that are just, very Paris :-).
This is definitely the best area to stay in in our opinion and you are close to a number of tourist attractions by taxi or scooter.
The place is just like the pictures, and as commented and advertised before it is small and compact but cleverly laid out and extremely clean and tidy.
Whilst you don't have a courtyard or windows, there are multiple fans which work really well and there was an Air Con unit there also. You also have a TV with Netflix and a sofa bed couch.
The Value for Money I have to say is very good. We looked at 30+ Airbnb's around Paris, and nothing came close to this price, quality and location and importantly anything we found in this price range did not have 3 separate sleeping areas. Sure the Mezzanine level has a very low ceiling but it was great for the kids and fine to sleep in. Everything else we looked at you were sleeping in the lounge on a sofa bed where as here you have two separate double bed sleeping areas.
You have to try :-
- Amorina - Rose Flow shaped Ice creams a short walk away
- Pink Mamma - Cool trendy (try to book or be ready to queue) Italian with awesome Pizza either a medium distance walk or short Uber away
Marie recommended parking in the Anvers Car Park, which is a short walk away, but I'd suggest you drop your luggage off at the place 1st (you can pull up outside). If you book online (go to Parclick or download their app) for multiple days you can get an ok rate, but it is Paris remember so not cheap (but VERY secure and you can enter and exit as many times as you like if you book in advance!). If you do drive in Paris you are supposed to buy a Clean Air certificate but lots of cars didn't seem to have one (it is cheap and you can by online and after a couple of days are sent an invoice which you can print out and put in your window so don't have to wait for the sticker to arrive).
- You are only 45 mins drive from Disney if you fancy a day out of the city ;-)
- Definitely recommend going up the Arc Du Triumph, views are great you can book your ticket online so you don't have to queue (under 18's are free and you don't need to book them a ticket, just show your adult tickets and walk up)
- Eiffel Tower at night was a really winner for us, watching it sparkle on the hour was a memory we will treasure. BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW THOUGH (kids are again free but have to have a ticket) as to go up by lift sells out in advance and going to the top sells out weeks/months in advance
- We ate at 6 New York a 10 mins walk from the Eiffel Tower and it was a great meal. It's a fairly expensive fancy restaurant but not to posh and some tables have a partial view of the tower and it's a beautiful walk at night to the tower. Great waiter/chef, best meal we had for sure.
So in summary, if you want a small, clean place to stay in a really great location for a very affordable price then this is the place for you! Thanks Marie, we will be back!