Marjorie’s flat is amazing, and it has been developed with such outstanding style that leaves you feeling in utter awe’ of what was the ‘60’s, ‘70’s and ‘80’s.
But in that, there is a need to be somewhat respectful of her ‘stuff’, given that this is her home, but it’s worth it.
Her homage to ‘haute couture is amazing (our interpretation), and the poster, art and pieces just simply incredible. She’s clearly worked hard on this over the years, and has achieved extremely well.
Our 10 yo was inquisitively asking questions about the various icons of interest which, not only led to much google activity from the parents, but educated the both of us in a few areas.
Massive nod to the ‘pocket Bowie wisdom’ book!
Where we were caught out a little is the bathrooms, etc. there is a family bathroom which as an excellent shower, and an en-suite bathroom for the ‘round bed’, that has a bath with handset shower; neither has a toilet though.
The third bath is an en-suite in the ‘white bedroom, but is actually in the bedroom, separated only by a gauze curtain. This does have a toilet, again in the bedroom itself and only separated by the gauze curtain. Our daughters made a pact together ‘not to use it’.
Which leaves a single toilet accessed from the hallway. Again, not a deal breaker by any stretch, and the pro’s definitely out way this minor issue.
The bedrooms themselves were comfortable, and given two look out directly onto Boulevard de Clichy, pleasingly quiet with very little street noise at all! Led to a great nights sleep.
Being the section immediately adjacent to Moulin Rouge, however, the view from these rooms was a very picturesque tree-lined boulevard, but a significant number of shops led themselves to a slightly more exotic and niche market, resulting in one or two challenging enquiries from our 15yo son; my favourite was ‘that goes where??’
When walking, we generally avoided that section of the boulevard, but that allows exploring the side streets away from this which is far more interesting and family friendly.
Access to what Paris has to offer is outstanding, with Sacré Cœre being a 15 -20 minute walk away, and the Blanche metro station being a couple minutes saunter.
The Moulin Rouge is literally on your doorstep, but we stupidly didn’t book tickets in advance, so it was all sold out; take note.
The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, all of this is only twenty minutes or so by the metro but do plan ahead and pre-book major attractions to avoid disappointment.
Outside of the ‘major attractions’, there is a load of stuff to do and see, with plenty of side streets filled with cafes and shops around the immediate area, and for this Marjorie is invaluable. We found the district up toward Montmartre most pleasing, but Pigalle has a lot of potential.
For families open to a little creativity, this apartment is wonderful, and Marjorie and excellent host.
A definite recommend !