This Airbnb spot worked out perfectly for my husband’s and my 5 day stay in Paris. It is a fantastic and super safe location - it is on a quiet street, in a quiet building, but just minutes from so many top Paris sight.
First, Michel sent us photos taken from the window. This made me feel good as I could see we had a view of a nice building across the street. Then Michel sent clear instructions on how to get entry to the building and the apartment. It went perfectly – always a good sign. The apartment is clean and the decorating makes it feel Parisian cozy.
Michel is on top of the super host game being very responsive. His warm welcome note and a bottle of champaign was a nice touch as was, thankfully, coffee for the morning. Michel’s email also included several restaurant recommendations, sadly the great bakery that had been next door is now gone. Michel also recommended a way to store bags through bagbnb – now Radical Storage. We used the service and chose the shop location right off Fountain Saint-Michel (a 3-minute walk) and it worked great. I highly recommend it.
Finally, Michel helped locate a pharmacy (BADER pharmacy) for Covid testing required to reenter the US. He highly recommended making reservations, and I am so glad we took his advice. This saved us serval hours of standing online, and the pharmacy service was super quick with results sent within 20 minutes.
I do have to caution that to get to the apartment door requires a 4 floor walk up a narrow winding staircase. This was not a surprise as other reviewers mentioned it. Carrying luggage up and down is workout so be careful, and take it slow as one of the automatic light fixtures in the stairwell is a tad slow to recognize motion.
We had an issue with the TV. Michel came quickly to check it out but it turned out the remote needed further repair so we weren’t able to use the TV. It was not a big issue but my husband and I both like to watch news while in other countries to break away from US-centric reporting.
Overall, I am so glad we stayed here. We now have many wonderful Paris memories.