Excellent base to explore central Paris with our teenage sons. The flat is in a vibrant area, but just away from the main road so it is pretty quiet at night. "On the Bab" Korean streetfood place downstairs is well worth a visit (staff speak English). Fairly large Monoprix Supermarket about 4 minutes walk away and open until 8pm most nights (also open Sunday) which was extremely useful. 6 minute walk to Rue de Rivoli which appears on many bus routes, one minute more to the Metro. Cleaning crew had done a really good job and the flat was spotless. The only drawbacks I can think of are the fact there were only 3 coffee mugs between four of us, and that the kitchen has a microwave only (not an oven). If the microwave did have an oven function, I couldn't figure how it turned on. This did not stop us from enjoying our short break. Would definitely book this flat again.