This apartment is in Butte aux Cailles, which is a less touristy but lively area in the 13th. It is quite convenient to the 5th, where I had to be for work, and other parts of Paris via several metro lines and buses that connect here and in nearby Place d'Italie. The 13th can be sleepy and boring, but not Butte aux Caille, which features many interesting bars and restaurants that attract a young crowd. The apartment itself is large for a Parisian apartment, particularly the living room. The kitchen is serviceable and had a wide complement of dishware, cutlery, pots, pans, and a few comestibles like salt, pepper, sugar and oil. The bedroom is big enough for the bed, and not much else, and the bed was comfortable. The bathroom is compact but very serviceable with a wonderful shower. Eating space is very limited to a small fold-down table in the kitchen. Besides this the only downside of the apartment is that the bedroom faces the street and is on the ground floor. Usually this was not a problem, as the street is small and not terribly noisy, but we had a few loud conversations going on just outside our window at 2am and 6am, which made sleeping difficult. If it weren't summer, when sleeping with the windows open was necessary to have ventilation, this would not have been an issue. Overall, we were very please with our stay both because of the apartment's amenities and because of the close proximity of a delightful neighborhood and easy public transit.