The apartment is compact, clean and comfortable with everything you need, and also charming. Axel was very helpful and gave very accurate and concise directions etc. The location is fantastic! The little lane is right in the heart of the bustling Bastille area with restaurants and bars of every nation within just a few minutes walk but - and it's a big but - the metal gates at each end of the mews are closed at 8pm and it is wonderfully quiet! When we arrived we wandered down to the Seine and along to Notre Dame Cathedral. It took about 20 minutes. If you don't want to walk the Bastille metro station is about 50 metres away from the apartment and the metro will take you anywhere and everywhere. (Day ticket for Paris is 7 Euros. April'16) All in all we loved our stay in Studio place de la Bastille.