I've just spent with my wife and baby-daughter 6 wonderful weeks at Christoph's apartment (Thank you, Christoph and Philippe, it was great to be your guests!).

The appartment has a really good central location. If you like to walk, many interesting sights (P. Vosges, Centre Pompidou, Grands Boulevards, Musée Grevin, Musée Picasso, Louvre and Notre Dame) are within a few to 40 minutes walk. At the same time, Strasbourg-Saint Denis metro station gives good access to more distant parts of Paris (especially thanks to line 4). In the neibourghood there are planty of specialised food shops (butcher's, groceries, bakeries, wine shops and so on), as well as supermarkets. As I was commuting to work, the proximity of Gare de l'Est (10 minutes walk) was also a huge advantage.

While centrally located, the appartment is very quite - the windows are on the court side and we have never heard any noise from neibourghs. It is spacious (at least for Paris standards) with nice view on Paris roofs and top part of Eiffel Tower. It is also very well equipped with everything you need to have a nice time (comfy sofa, TV & Internet, set of wine glasses, stylish interior and atmospheric lighting), cook (fully equiped kitchen) and wash & keep your clothes (washing machine, dryer, iron and a lot of space in waredrobes).

The elevator is there and works fine, however you still need to walk half floor to get to the elevator and another half floor from evelator to the appartment. Thus, we were quite happy to be able to use a trolley & bike room on the ground floor on the building (we've kept our baby trolley there).

Christoph and Philippe are great hosts - they were very helpful on arrival and departure and very reactive to our questions during our stay.

Dominik