Sylvie's apartment in Montparnasse worked great for us last week as a base to explore Paris. This is a 2 bedroom apartment in a high rise building right next to the Montparnasse train station. Here are the things that we really liked. First of all, we felt secure in this building. You have to go through a locked lobby door to get to the elevator and then the door lock on the apartment. It is high up in the building which also gives the feeling of being well away from the noise on the street at night. The apartment has outside walls on both sides of the building that are all big glass windows. These let in tons of light and make the place seem bigger than it is. The views of Paris on one side and the internal park on the other are very nice. All the appliances worked just fine - dish washer, washing machine, stove, plumbing etc. No problems at all with anything. The WIFI worked fine. There was always plenty of hot water for the shower. The apartment was clean. It's easy to get into the Montparnasse railroad station where there are restaurants, stores, ATM's and multiple metro lines that let you get around Paris pretty easily. The neighborhood is fine and it's not hard to walk to a lot of attractions. There are many grocery stores and restaurants within easy walking distance. We thought the location was great and we visited pretty much all parts of Paris on this trip. The beds were fine for us and it was quiet at night. Sylvie was a great host. We had some flight delays on our inbound flight and she was very patient as she accommodated our schedule. She has been responsive in all of our communications. I would stay here again and would recommend it to other people.