Great location with some shortcomings. Can't say enough about the location, it is central to so many things. Rue Montorgueil 2 mins, many restaurants just past St. Eustache church (more beautiful than Notre Dame), Louvre 15 mins, Bastille 30 mins, Seine 10 mins. The shopping center across in Les Halles has a MonoPrix supermarket that is great, also lots of other shopping opps. RER is inside Les Halles-Chatelet and Metro is 2 mins from apartment. We took Metro to Tour Eiffel, Montmarte, and Versailles, it is very easy to use once you realize the final destination tells you which direction it is running. The apartment is spacious and the 2 front rooms have lots of light, the bathroom is roomy, bed is comfortable. That said, it no longer looks like the photos: the furniture is a bit tired and worn, and there is lots of clutter around. The noise from the restaurants in the plaza below goes on until 2:00am at times. Close the windows, it stops most of the noise. The balcony is quite small, not large enough for 2 people. The host handled a problem that was her responsibility with innovative thinking and an acceptable--though not completely satisfactory--solution.