If you are lucky enough to find this apartment available for your stay, book it right away. You don’t want to pass this up!!!
The hosts were amazing from the start. We booked the apartment 3 months before the trip and they were engaged and communicative from the start. They really wanted us to feel comfortable and supported about our trip to Paris.
The pictures tell it all and are very accurate. The studio is small, so it is great for a single traveller or couple, as we were. The location was amazing!!! Obviously access to the Eiffel Tower and the many bateaux mouche companies was excellent. We chose to walk almost everywhere, so it is a 1 hr walk along the seine to get to Notre Dame cathedral, which would be the furthest that we walked to a tourist attraction. Most things are within a 30 min walk.
We arrived by train at Gare du Nord and found public transit (RER and Metro) very easy… 20 mins. The stop on the metro line 6 was a 1 minute walk to the apartment. So close! You don’t even need to cross a street to catch the Metro. Lauriane met us at the Metro stop and walked us to the apartment and showed us everything as part of the check in. She is really sweet and friendly.
The apartment had everything we needed for our stay. We travelled from Amsterdam and Brussels, so had our own converter for North American plugs, but the one they had was much better. There were umbrellas in case of rain and I loved that there was a hair dryer and an iron! We used the iron for our nice shirts and suit pants for our dinner at le Ciel de Paris. They even had a small box of local chocolates as a welcome gift…. Which were delicious!
Find delicious croissants and terraces just a short walk up the hill, past the metro (Benjamin Franklin area). During our 4 days in Paris, we ate at the same café and encourage everyone to check it out. L’abreuvoir is across the bir hakim bridge, a short walk into a more residential area, away from the attractions and busier tourist area. Tell them Mathieu et Colin from Canada sent you.
We used the metro to get to Montmartre and to the Montparnasse tower, which is on the 6 line too. So easy.
We are definitely planning to go back to Paris next year as part of our Honeymoon. Staying at the apartment really enhanced our stay and we wouldn’t hesitate to go back.
Colin et Mathieu #mathieuetcolin