Alberto was an excellent host,he helped us out and answered every question we had,even though we arrived before check in time he was gracious to help us out & open his apartment for us. Location of the apartment is just perfect - 3 Metro stations within a walking distance,Temple Metro is 2 minutes from apartment,Republique station is less than 5 minutes & Arts et Metiers about 5 minutes, the 4th Metro Reaumur-Sebastopol station is about 10 minutes - so with the walking distance access to these 4 stations one can visit any where in Paris, Metro is very easy to use,If you are in Paris for more than a day & visiting all the Tourist Spots-I would recommend buying a T10 Metro Pass-much cheaper than buying individual tickets-T10 gives you 10 individual Metro tickets - We are a family of 5, so each day we used 5 to go & 5 for return - One metro ticket can get you to your destination station as long as you stay within the Metro & do not exit the Station until your reach your destination station- If you plan it properly & study the Metro Map - you can reach your destination with several transfers using one metro ticket per person. There is also a supermarket & Pharmacy within 3 minutes of walking where you can buy some groceries & daily needs.

The 3.5 rating is not available as one of the Air BNB rating option, I would rate the overall experience as 3.5/5. There are few reasons I did not give a 5/5 for Over All Experience & also for the Value of Listing.
1 - Overall the Apartment is small - especially the Bedrooms. This apartment is for 4 Adults - More than 4 Adults & it becomes crowded - it is certainly not a 6 Person Apartment as the listing suggests
2 The bathroom is very small
3 It does not have an Air conditioning in the apartment. Alberto only provided us with one Portable fan for the entire apartment - the portable fan was small & not enough for one room. With the Summer heat & with only one set of windows the room gets very stuffy - having an Air conditioning in all rooms would be ideal - and if AC cannot be provided than it at least needs 3 fans for 3 rooms - & the fan should be big enough for the room - If Alberto can provide AC - it would increase the value of his apartment tremendously.

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