This lovely apartment is very much like the pictures suggest, luminous, airy, and rather spacious (by regular Paris standards). The wooden beams, skylights, slanted ceiling give it undeniable charm. It is also well appointed. Why only a 4-star general rating (4 1/2, say)? Mainly because it overlooks a small but at times *very* noisy street (earplugs highly recommended) — though when closed the double-pane windows do insulate fairly well. That may be the price to pay for its location in the Marais. Access (6/7th floor) may be problematic for some; it wasn't for us — but we basically never used the minuscule claustrophobic elevator, except to put in luggage on our first and final days.