Staying at Fabrice's place is like having a super cool artist friend living in Paris who lends you his apartment for your stay. The area of Paris is cool, hip, artistic and was so much fun to hang out in we did not even make it to Champs-Élysées. There are tons of restaurants and shops, it is a 15 minute walk to Notre Dame and there are no less than three Metro stops within a five minute walking distance. We were Metro pros by day two of our stay. Staying in Fabrice's apartment is what you imagine living in Paris would be. Floor to ceiling windows, wood floors and decorated with the owners finds from Paris flea markets and travels around the world. When we visited the more touristy area it was great to come back to our cool corner of Paris. Fabrice is a terrific communicator, he is very responsive, had tons of restaurant recommendations on small places we would have been hard pressed to find ourselves. Traveling with tweens, teens and twenty somethings can make it hard to find the right spot, but this place had something for everyone including easy access to bakeries with the best macaron's in Paris.