Great area and fun environment. My friend and I were able to walk to most everything. Eiffel Tower and Arc du Triomph were lengthy walks. The louvre, notre dame and other things were 10-25 minute walks in scenic areas. A Paris local we met mentioned that the place was very roomy for the area and nicely put together. The place has a coded locked door and then a key gate to get into it, felt safe and was quiet The only issue was the wifi, it was extremely unreliable and needed rebooting numerous times. When you are from out of town and have no means of communication except through the Internet then the wifi can be a very important thing. Other than the wifi, I would highly suggest the place.