Small for sure, and you have to be OK climbing stairs and ladders, but it is charming and cozy and had everything we needed to enjoy Paris. You are close to cafes, patisseries, many interesting neighborhoods, two metro stations, and you can see the canal from the window. You can walk anywhere - ok, maybe not Montmartre - but Marais, Seine, Left Bank, Ile-St-Louis, Bastille, Picasso Museum, Saturday market, etc. The shower was large with lots of hot water.