Adélaïde is a lovely and friendly host and made us feel very welcome in her apartment. The apartment itself is in a great location, close to the Rue St. Honoré for great shopping, as well as the Jardin des Tuileries and the Louvre. There are also great restaurants and cafés downstairs, so you don't have to go far for a good meal. There is also a twice-weekly farmers' markets on the doorstep which is excellent.

Unfortunately, we found the location to be quite noisy. There is a lot of noise in the evening before the opening of the farmers' markets as they start to set up the stalls, and again in the morning. We mention this because we travelled with two small children (1 year & 3 years) and they had difficulties sleeping because of the noise.

And despite having the great farmers' markets on the doorstep where we could buy fresh produce to cook back at the apartment, we found the kitchen to be very poorly equiped, i.e. only one saucepan for cooking, the oven wasn't working, no knives for cutting.

We were disappointed to find that the main bed had not been made with clean sheets, but at least there were clean sheets available to use.

Overall, it was nice to have a spacious apartment for our family for the few days which we were there.