This was a perfect place for us to spend our 2 week Paris vacation! I chose this flat because it looked like it would be comfortable and home-like and it was, I felt at home immediately. It looks just as shown in the photos. The tiny lift goes up to the 5th floor then you walk up a short flight of stairs to the flat on the 6th. Linda left us a nice bottle of red wine to get our visit off to a good start. We could see the top of the Eiffel Tower above the rooftops from the kitchen and living room windows, Sacre Coeur from the bedroom windows, and interesting street scenes from every window. The kitchen was nice & efficient with gas oven & cooktop, good sized refrigerator/freezer, washer & dryer, table w/3 chairs, cookware & tableware, pantry items; I easily cooked dinner several times with meats & vegies purchased at nearby markets. The good-sized living room had comfortable chairs & sofa, sound system, TV & piano. The bed was extremely comfortable – we slept well every night. The location was great – easy access to the metro/buses. Many good restaurants, boulangeries, boucheries & shops of all kinds & many points of interest are in walking distance. The entire length of Rue de la Roquette is full of a wide variety of places. A cabinet in the foyer had many maps & guidebooks. Especially helpful was a box of 50 cards of Paris walking tours, each card showed the route of a 30 minute or so walk through an interesting neighborhood, with descriptions, directions, & highlights on the back. We enjoyed using them for walks in the Bastille, Marais, & Canal St. Martin areas. My husband and I are both over 70, but we had no problem walking to these places from the flat: Pere La Chaise Cimetiere, Picasso Musee, Carnavalet Musee, Bastille (huge open air market on Sunday & Thursday till 14:30), Promenade Plantee Park (aka Viaduc des Arts), Place des Vosges, Canal St. Martin. We recommend these excellent restaurants in easy walking distance: Yomato, Le Square Guardette, Le Servan, Café Anges, Ble Sucre, Creperie Bretonne Fleurie de l’Espouse du Marin. Chameleon was also excellent but take the metro to Strasbourg-St. Denis instead of walking.
We had a wonderful time in Paris, largely due to the great location and comfort of this flat. The only thing we could think of that we didn’t have was an extra set of keys, but we managed OK with just one set. Although she and Enrique were out of town while we were there, Linda was easy to contact, responded promptly, answered questions, and offered suggestions both before and during our stay. Constance met us at the flat to give us the keys and was available if we needed her, but we didn’t have any reason to contact her, everything was fine with the flat. We highly recommend this lovely apartment.