This was our first stay at an Airbnb that was actually someone’s home. It felt like there was a greater degree of trust and intimacy than with other Airbnb’s we have stayed at.
The flat is a really good size for central Paris, and fitted our family of 4 adults (our kids are 19 and 20) really well. We were very comfortable sitting around on our phones in the evening!
Dounia kindly set up the sofa in the kitchen/dining area as a bed for our son, so that our daughter had her own bedroom in the living room, our son snores... He said the sofa was very comfortable.
Dounia has a really good eye for art and home decoration, it really is a beautiful apartment. There are many plants!
The main sleeping area is a mezzanine above the living room. It’s a great way of freeing up more space and a very comfortable bed, but the nervous sleeper might like to know there is no edge on one side of the bed, just a drop down to the floor below. This made me nervous about falling off so my husband slept on the side! He didn’t fall off.
Check in and check out were a breeze, one of Dounia’s friends met us for both, exactly on time, and was pleasant and polite.
The metro is very close, and with Dounia’s advice on apps we were able to use this to get everywhere we wanted to go in Paris. The area around the apartment feels very safe, and the apartment itself is behind 2 sets of security doors. There are also lots of bars and cafes nearby, and a great supermarket and patisserie.
We loved this apartment!