Alain’s apartment was absolutely wonderful!!! This was the perfect location for my mom and me (ages 74 & 56), though it would be perfect for a couple (I plan to bring my husband back as soon as COVID complications relax). Alain was the perfect host with speedy communication and caring hospitality. He supplied us with a delicious welcome pack with fruit, cheese, butter, a baguette and bottled water) and took the time to come over on our first day to help us log on to the internet (sometimes it’s a little difficult for those older and less computer savy people 🤪 to log on). There is a cute little two person elevator for those that aren’t able to trapes up four flights of stairs to reach the apartment. The apartment had the exact amount of space needed for two people and everything one needs. It was very comfortable, tastefully decorated (not hoytie-toytie so one couldn’t relax), enough cooking supplies/utensils and dishes needed to be able to prepare meals at home (if one doesn’t feel like eating out every night at the many restaurants close by), the Mono Prix (grocery store) was just a few blocks away, it had a washer, drying rack, iron & ironing board for any laundry you may have, was close to a metro station (the Opera House), which made it so you were not more than 15 minutes away from the highlight areas of Paris such as: the Louvre, Tully’s Garden, Tower de Eiffel, Musee de Orsay, Norte Dame, Sacre-Coeur, Mulin Rouge, Chat Noir, Champs-Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, several train stations for easy transport to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Versailles and Disneyland Paris, and many other places of interest! You could see the Tower de Effile from the living room & bedroom windows, truly awe inspiring/romantic- especially when it was lit up at night and the lights sparkled on the hour every hour starting around 21:00 (I believe the sparkle lights stopped around 3:00, give or take an hour- we were stuck on California time). The apartment was across the street from the Canal St Martin, so there really were no neighbors directly across from you. However I should note, there is an outdoor restaurant along the bank of the canal directly across the street from the apartment, that had a little bit of happy noice during the evening- this did not bother us, as it added to the Parisian atmosphere for our vacation! All in all “Bastille Le Maris With View on Eiffel Tower” apartment is the perfect home base for those wanting to get a more “Local Parisian Feel” for their vacation! Thank you Alain, for sharing your beautiful apartment with us!!! 🥰