Wow! My wife and I just returned from a wonderful week in Paris, Anne-Marie's flat was the perfect location and, more importantly, a lovely place to stay. Where do I start...well as they say in real estate location, location, location. Stops for two metro lines are at your doorstep, Mabillon is literally right across the street, you can see the stop from the front windows, the escalator out of the subway feels like it brings you up into your living room. The St Germain des-Pres stop is just around the corner, a 3 minute walk. From these two stops you can get anywhere in Paris. The Louvre, Orsay, Eiffel Tower, Montmartre. Easy walk to Notre Dame and St Chapelle. The St Germain neighborhood cannot be beat, plenty of quaint cafes, pastry shops, supermarket w/i one block. We were able to walk from the flat (10 minutes) to the St Michel/Notre Dame RER stop to get out to Versailles (easy, 30 minute ride 6 euro vs 60 for a taxi). Coming in from CDG airport we took the blue line RER and got off at the Luxembourg stop, the gardens make quite a first impression, two block walk to Anne-Marie's (you decide if you want to haul your luggage on the city streets, did not bother us). The flat itself (secure, requires code and key just to enter the building, you are very safe), JP (friend) met us, he was great, did not speak a lot of english, but certainly enough. He gave us a tour of the flat and showed us where everything was. The flat is on the sixth floor, big windows in the living room, kitchen and bedroom that open right up and allow the city to enter the flat ( don't worry, they are soundproof so if you want quiet you can have that too) we left them open the entire time, I love the sounds of the city and you will get them here. There is an elevator, works great, if you do not want to take the stairs you can use this, know this about elevators in Paris, they are small, 3 (really 2) people max, but it will take you to the sixth floor. High end appliances, but we did not cook. Great handheld or rain shower heads, comfortable bed, hairdryer, washer and dryer and cable tv (did not really watch). You are not lacking for anything in this flat as the kitchen is entirely stocked with all you need. The host, I can not praise Anne-Marie enough. Constant contact throughout the process, from confirming the rental to arranging the check-in (she allowed us to store our bags earlier than the check-in time) and then following up with us during our visit to see if we had any questions. Truly wonderful If you are reading this review it means you have done your homework, as I did. Now do yourself a favor and rent the flat I know I will when I return to...