We had a fantastic stay in Michel's amazing apartment! It was the perfect place for our stay in Paris. We spent 3 fabulous nights here ahead of a train trip to Cannes. The Latin Quarter location has everything right out your front door and how can you beat a view of Notre Dame for a Paris experience. Michel's communication and recommendations were excellent and he even let us check in 3 hours early!
We love to walk everywhere in Paris and this location was so close and central to all the spots we enjoy. We had an excellent meal at Le Petit Chatelet right around the corner and also made several trips to a great little healthy food market called Bien l'épicerie St Germain just 2 blocks away.
We loved our quiet mornings and evenings in the apartment, opening all the windows for a nice cross-breeze. Street noise is minimal as the apartment is tucked down a small cobblestone street, just the sounds of people talking, a musician playing a guitar and singing at a nearby cafe, church bells, the occasional hum of traffic on a nearby street. I'm a light sleeper so we would close the windows and put on the AC (which works great) to sleep at night and it was as quiet as can be. Others have noted the narrow circular staircase so it was not a surprise. We love staying a walkup as part of our city trips and the only real difficulty was getting our "too big" suitcases up the stairs, but we managed and embraced the challenge! It's all part of the adventure.
And just to cap it all off, we walked 30 minutes with our bags to the Gare de Lyon on the morning of our departure. We can't wait to come back and stay in Michel's wonderful apartment soon!