We loved the neighborhood and the local cafes and had no trouble getting anywhere we wanted in Paris. The stairs to the apartment are curving and a little difficult to manage but I am 71 and my husband is 80. The same for the stairs to the loft bedroom. They were curving and narrow and the bathroom was downstairs so we slept on the pull out couch which was pretty comfortable. I felt like the apartment had a real Parisian feel to it.