As long-time travel apartment dwellers, we booked this apartment many months in advance for thirty days. Its main attraction is its Location: the Odeon metro station with two lines and five bus lines close by to connect you everywhere. It retains its charming Parisian flavor with corner cafes in spite of the many tourists. The Apartment: Photos shown on airbnb are mostly accurate. Large clean apartment, reached by 20 narrow steps on a wooden staircase with thick cord railings, awkward but safe. As a 17thc building, street and apartment doors occasionally get stuck a bit. Another door opens from staircase to bedroom. The kitchen is fully equipped with everything you might need. Lighting is inadequate and badly located. The bedroom has a double-sized bed, about 8 inches off the floor, with hard to reach sidelights, but plenty of closet space. There are four steep stairs from the bedroom to the toilet. The shower has a fixed lowest heat setting: it’s very warm and cannot be changed. The bathroom’s lights are not helpful. There is a 2-hour cycle washer; count on 24 hours minimum for your clothes to dry on the rack. Living room windows have double-glazed panes, keeping street noise off. Wi-Fi network is strong. A new flat screen TV has 7 English news and financial channels. The Food: If your main meal will be a fixed menu at lunchtime, check out the Paris-by-Mouth and The Fork (discounts) websites for good suggestions. Have a drink at a local café, but skip their ordinary meals. Check out Carrefour and Monoprix supermarkets and the covered Saint-Germain Market for prepared meals and charcuterie. For baguettes, ask for au moins cuite for softer rather than crispy baguettes at Eric Kayser or Carton. Lots of patisseries - don’t miss the heavenly macarons at Pierre Herme! The Hosts: Isabelle and Etienne speak fluent English, live above the apartment and respond to initial inquiries immediately. Like most hosts we have stayed with they are charming and initially try to be helpful. They explain the operation of the TV, stove and washing machine verbally – written instructions for operating all French-language equipment are unavailable. Keep in Mind: see previous apartment reviews by Lee, Larry, Peter and others: a) Climate warming in Europe increase need for air conditioning in Summer. b) The TV is not set up with memorized “favorites”. The hosts fiddled with two remotes for several days but it was still “touch and go” daily. If watching latest news in English is not important, ignore this. c) If a light sleeper, climbing stairs to bathroom frequently from a low-lying bed may hinder your sleep. d) Mentioned by others: thin mattress bed does not induce restfulness after full days of sightseeing and metro step climbing. Living room sofabed and chair: low and uncomfortable. The Bottom Line: For someone staying a few days, if the mentioned minuses are not important, this may be an attractive choice. For a stay of a week or more, keep your options open.