We (our 2 teenage sons, my husband & I, 2 dogs, 2 turtles & a bunny) live in a rather large & modern home (6k sq feet) in Los Angeles...so small hotel rooms, especially by European standards, sometimes make us feel like we're on top of each other (even without the pets). We tend to pay more for larger suites just so we can feel like it's really a vacation. This was our first Airbnb experience so we really did not know what to expect. And we were apprehensive, to say the least. Our first apartment booking for Paris cancelled our reservation 3 days before I had to leave for Rome. (So that sucked big time) Our 2nd attempt at booking turned out to be a complete scam! It all looked legit-until that host asked me to do a wire transfer to his account in the Netherlands-- unbelievable!! I turned all his info in to the FBI. When I was just about to give up on Airbnbs for good....Well... third time's the charm! Airbnb helped me find Marie Agnes' Parisienne apartment and I'm so glad that we still decided to go ahead. It was fabulous! It's a beautifully renovated apartment in an upscale and quiet neighborhood of Paris. It felt safe to walk everywhere, had a 2 door entry & the host left a detailed notebook with places to buy groceries, eat, catch the train, uber pricing, etc. We loved the open lay-out, the art on the walls & the coolest feature was this glass floor in the hallway that exposed the modern bathroom below. (No worries--There's a rug to unroll for privacy when you're ready to take a shower.) Our host left some treats in the refrigerator just to get us started, lovely bathrobes, nice linen (& I'm VERY picky), toileteies, espresso maker, washer/dryer, pretty much everything to make you feel at home. We had stayed at this over the top modern hotel in Rome, an upscale eco hotel in Florence, and a souped up modern hotel in Venice... but for Paris-- I wanted our family to really have a Parisenne experience! The apartment sits on top of the tube. (I didn't know that when we booked it.) My kids thought that was cool! Oddly enough- it didn't bother me at all and maybe felt the rumbling just a couple of times (we were out and about for most of the day anyhow). When we made breakfast (cereal, eggs & toast) or pasta dinner a couple of nights--we barely even noticed. And even though I'm such a light sleeper, it never woke me up. Best of all, it has AC which we never needed to use, the apartment always felt cool, and most important- we slept in a VERY comfortable bed & again- nice linens were great ( & our 2 teen sons never complained about their sofa bed upstairs). We loved the privacy of having a separate floor from the boys as they stayed up late to play...