Location for this property is perfect, close walking distance to so much of Paris and easy access to the RER metro line.
Unfortunately the listing didn’t disclose it’s a ground floor apartment on a street with a ton of street traffic.
I definitely wouldn’t recommend leaving the window open other than cracking it, because we had a bum try to force his way in one afternoon and luckily my husband was home with me at the time.
While the apartment pictures look very bright, you have to keep the curtains drawn because the windows are clear and can be looked through easily especially at night.
Only one window opens of the 2, so there isn’t much airflow in the place, which in the summer in Paris can be quite hot. In the fall and spring I imagine it’s a much more comfortable stay.
Also the door for the building is right outside the apartment and it’s quite noisy when it slams shut so it’s basically impossible to sleep past 7:30am.
The apartment itself is a dream, well laid out, beautifully styled and well stocked with everything you could need.
The bed is memory foam, which is super comfortable to sleep on but in the Summer it sleeps super hot. Also for some reason there are no sleeping pillows, all large square pillows which weren’t great for sleep.
The area felt plenty safe outside of the random incident with the bum, and I didn’t find it noisy at night like another review had mentioned with the bars that were down the street.
The food options around the apartment were fantastic and a express supermarket + pharmacy are right around the corner.
For bag drop, I wouldn’t go with the Nanny bag place that’s close, it’s not a dedicated luggage drop, use the city-locked location on St Germaine has dedicated lockers with their own digital codes that seemed much more secure. About a 15 min walk from the apartment and a short distance from Notre Dame.