First, Andrea is a great host. He responded immediately to any questions we had and was very helpful. Second, the space is very nice and quiet and well located for any visit to Paris. It’s on a quiet street and the apartment front door is off a courtyard, which itself is behind locked doors to the street. The space itself was the perfect size for three of us, me, my wife, and our 7-year old daughter. We had a comfortable bed and our daughter happily slept on the sofa bed. There’s a small table and chairs for three to eat and the kitchen has everything you need to make small meals, including a stove and oven. Once outside, the metro is around the corner (the Strasbourg- Saint-Denis stop), as well as a grocery store, bakery, and many other shops and small restaurants. Though, we didn’t really spend time in the surrounding neighborhood. While
listed as being in the Marais neighborhood, it’s really on the edge of it and you will need to walk a bit to be in the heart of the Marais. The surrounding neighborhood is convenient, but nothing special. You likely will not you spend time there, but it’s great to walk a block to the metro to get to the places you do want to see and spend time in. Lastly, just realize the apartment doesn’t have air conditioning, which I think is not unusual for Paris. But, if you are used to it, this may not be the place for you in hot weather. It does have many windows you can open for circulation, but being that it was on the ground floor, we didn’t feel comfortable leaving them open while we were out during the day. With that caveat, Andrea’s space is really nice and so well located for a great Parisian vacation.