This is a beautiful apartment in a great neighbourhood - excellent shopping and dining right on your doorstep (you must try the organic cafe next door!) But at the same time, inside the apartment it seems quiet, as the windows face into a little courtyard back from the street. If you like walking, you can easily walk to many major tourist destinations within about half an hour or so. Otherwise take the subway, there are two very close to the apartment. The apartment is just as it appears from the pictures - new, clean, etc. The kitchen is small - no oven, but you can use the stove or microwave, so it's great to be able to cook some meals and have simple breakfast etc. I definitely recommend the local Bastille Sunday markets for the best fresh food (amazing ravioli!) The shower is great. The main problems we had were due to being only the second lot of guests in the apartment; and most of these were ironed out during our stay. E.g. Apartment was originally listed as having a washer/dryer (this has since been changed, but as we had planned to have one this was a bit of a problem), stove and TV were at first not connected (after TV was connected, channels still hadn't been installed etc), no remote for air-con, hairdryer, iron etc from listing were originally missing. The host was quite good in responding to most of the problems, but could have been a bit more prepared for guests initially. Despite these problems, I still loved the apartment, so if everything is fixed now, it should be excellent. Potential 5 stars. Host provides clear instructions for finding and accessing the apartment (keep in mind that you need to enter different codes for 5 doors every time you enter the apartment). Overall, I would stay here again for sure.