This is a tough review to write. So much was perfect yet it was also disappointing.
The location is exceptional. It is both central as well as on a quiet side street on a beautiful quiet courtyard.
The apartment was a good size for our family, especially by Parisian standards. It’s in an historic older building that has been well maintained. Everything worked well and the pictures give an accurate sense of what the apartment is like. It was great to be able to have someone in the dining area and others in the living room so as not to feel like you’re always on top of each other.
The one thing to be aware of is that the day bed is quite narrow and it’s in the living room which you must walk through to get to the bathroom. The floor makes a lot of creaking and so inevitably woke people up.
Antoine was always available though he wasn’t there in person. Checkin was easy and he was quick to answer any questions we had.
Now to the what was the fatal flaw. We knew there was no air conditioning and we just expected to keep the windows open. But when we did we all got a lot of mosquito bites. Many many bites from many many mosquitoes.
So we kept the windows closed but it then was incredibly hot. Even with the shutters closed it was hot. So we had to choose being really uncomfortably hot or being very bitten. It’s a shame because the evening air was cool and quite nice when the windows were open.
If the mosquito problem was solved this would be a five star review. But we ended up having a pretty poor time in Paris because we slept so poorly every night.