Great neighbourhood with lots of shops, bistros and bakeries, fromageries, supermarkets, etc. Apartment block was safe and in a nice area. A lovely breeze comes in through the open doors and there’s a good amount of room for 2-3 people.
Use the Jourdain metro stop and you’re on a great metro line straight to M1 and only 5mins stroll from the apartment.
I’m sorry to say that Check in was awful and for future travellers, you need to be aware that if you cannot make the specific time to meet someone at the apartment block, then you are stuck!
We were delayed arriving into Paris due to transport issues and just couldn’t get to the apartment when we had arranged. We had tried to stay in touch regarding our intended arrival time but much of it was out of our control as we relied on trains and the metro to get there. We thought it would be all
OK though as were told that the apartment keys had been left under the mat. However…What we didn’t get told is that if we don’t meet the guy at the apartment - it doesn’t matter where he leaves the keys because you can’t actually get IN to the apartment block until someone / a neighbour might kindly let us in.
So, after 6 hours of travelling with a kid and loads of luggage, this is not great news.
We buzzed every apartment and finally a very nice old lady let us in. But not before my daughter was crying to her through the intercom for about 5mins (rightly so, the lady was wary of these English speaking tourists!). And if you don’t speak French (like me!) then you’re in all sorts of bother.
But once in - the keys were under the mat (as had been promised) and we had no further issues other than not ever being able to work out how to use the TV (technophobe!) and had to reboot the router to get the internet working.
Some of the dishes left In the cupboards were dirty - but there is a dishwasher so we easily fixed that. And future travellers should bring mosquito repellent if you plan on sleeping with the windows open. It would be good if this got supplied perhaps.
We also had to message the owner to ask how to use the keys we were given.
Fortunately though, communication is super quick and the owner is super nice. And we were especially grateful for the slightly later check out and being able to leave our suitcases. This in itself made up for everything!!