The Marais district is an exciting one. Different from where we have stayed before, it is diverse in all ways and yields a great many places to walk to including the Picasso Museum, Les Halles, Pompidieu Center, Hotel de Ville and Notre Dame. Two metro stations very near by that will take you to all parts of Paris if you can't reach where you want to go by walking. Marc's apt is well appointed, charming and was the perfect amount of space for my husband to work on his photos and me to relax with a book. We found a new district to explore and Marc's apt was a great home base for us to rest our weary feet!