We spent 4 nights here and were very happy with our stay. I was traveling with my mother, who is almost 80, my brother and his SO.

The apartment is atttractive, and well laid out. The terrace is fabulous. The kitchen is well appointed, and had almost everything we needed. (We never found a broom.) The bedrooms were comfortable. We had the windows open at night, and were awakened a few times by late-night activity in the street, but it never went on for long, so was a minor inconvenience.

It was rainy, so we couldn’t use the terrace much, but we enjoyed it. The glass dining room is almost like being outside, light and airy even on a rainy day.

The neighborhood is residential, not touristy, which we liked. Lots of bakeries and food shops, a Monoprix around the corner--all services were handy. The Dausmenil metro stop is a block away, and allows easy access to all the major sites.

But 4 stars instead of 5 because we did have a significant glitch when we arrived. Nadia told me that she would be on holiday, but she made arrangements for Alba (the woman who prepares the apartment between guests) to let us in, and she gave me Alba’s phone number, although Nadia suggested I communicate through her as Alba does not speak English. I didn’t think that would be a big problem, as we are functional in French, but it turns out that Alba only speaks Spanish.

When we arrived, no one was there to let us in. After half an hour, I called Alba, but the call was not productive, so I called Nadia. She answered promptly, was clearly unhappy with the situation, and sincerely apologetic. She immediately proceeded to do everything that she could to correct the problem, given that she was out of town. She answered my initial call quickly, she followed up repeatedly, she kept us informed, to the extent she could, as to when someone would arrive, and it eventually worked out. Nadia could not have done more under the circumstances. But we sat in the lobby for two and a half hours, and when we finally got in, around 8pm, we found that the apartment had not been touched after the previous tenants departed.

But, we were in, we could drop off our bags, and we went out for a long dinner. When we returned, all was well, and the rest of our stay went well, although we did not have anyone to introduce us to the apartment, so there was a certain amount of trial and error as we figured thngs out.

Despite the problem, we recommend it highly, and would happily stay there again. Given the time and effort Nadia put into correcting our problem, while being on vacation herself, I believe that she really cares that people have a pleasant stay here, and that there would not have been a problem if she had been in town.