Julie’s chic Parisian hotel is small, but quaint. DON’T however bring heavy or large suitcases. It is a boutique hotel, with NO LIFT!! We made this mistake after having travelled the south of France for 2 weeks and acquired an additional suitcase, with our larger original ones already becoming quite heavy. We were in the beautiful 2 bedroom Family Suite on the 5th floor, which in theory was AWESOME for a semi view of the neighbourhood, but not so awesome lugging 2 heavy suitcases each up a spiral, narrow staircase. There is luggage storage on the basement level once you check in, so if you are smart and read these reviews, check the essentials you need in your smaller carry on luggage to take up to your room, with a few outfits you will need for your stay. Makes life easier in this small space. Carrying up my small carry on was the easiest part. Lol
Super cute place though, Julie is very helpful with bags and any questions. The neighbourhood is a quick walk to amazing vintage shops, a Michelin star restaurant you would never even know was one, and lots of other happening bistros and restaurants.
A bit noisy in the alley during the weekdays and there is a very busy school next door, but if you are up early and out and about anyway, it’s no biggie. Quiet at night. Had great rest on their super comfy beds!
Be sure to. Heck your email after confirmation from Airbnb though, because this is a separate hotel, you receive an email with check in instructions and door access codes that could be missed if you didn’t know to check that like us. I booked through Airbnb so expected al of my instructions to be ON Airbnb. Always a good idea to check your email before leaving to your next destination, which we usually do, but because we were traveling from Canada with high price international roaming fees, we took our our SIM cards so only had access to email when on wifi. Once we left our last destination to travel to Julie’s and thought I had screen grabbed the right Airbnb pages with address and info, I didn’t think to check my email as there wasn’t a prompt to do so, not that I recall anyhow.
Coffee machine and pastries are available in the am, along with apples and fresh fruit. Also a hot/cold water cooler for your use to fill water bottles for day journeys in the city. Very cute touch.
You will love this place. It is very cool! Owners know it’s new and need a few bits of feedback and are open to it!