Aurelie’s place was a great find. Our party of 4 adults stayed for 5 days in June and felt very at home. Due to the train strikes, Aurelie had to leave Paris before we arrived, but arranged for the keys to be left in the Pizza restaurant across the road, so check in was very smooth. She was very responsive via email before and during our stay. The apartment is gorgeous - creaky wooden floors, tall ceilings, lots of little doors and hallways which are all part of it’s historic French charm. The photo’s accurately show how roomy the apartment feels especially with those large french windows opened up to get a good cross breeze on a very hot Paris weekend (the stand up fans in the bedrooms were particularly useful to sleep at night) The apartment is just one flight of stairs up above the pharmacie, which was a blessing with our too large suitcases. There are 2 generous double bedrooms and a single bedroom. The lounge room has 2 huge sofas which were great to crash out on to escape the afternoon heat, before heading out for dinner at one of the many great restaurants close by. We barely used the kitchen or dining room, but both are good sized and have everything you could need. There are 2 bathrooms both with showers over a bath (and a washing machine in one as well) and just the one toilet but it is separate from the bathrooms.
The location of the apartment is great. Montmatre is just a 10 minute walk away (uphill!) And you can also take in the streets of Paris with a pleasant 25 min stroll down to the Louvre/d’Orsay/Seine area for sightseeing. Once your feet are too tired, the apartment is close to both Pigalle and St Georges metro stops, so we found it very easy to get around to all the places we wanted to visit. The neighbourhood around the apartment was a bit quieter on the weekend which was nice. Felt like we had the best of both worlds where we were close by enough to enjoy the hustle and bustle of Montmatre, and it was then easy to get back to enjoy the space and relative quiet of the apartment. Both the Rue des Martyrs and Rue Henry Monnier are just around the corner with a plentiful supply of restaurants. if you like duck, I would recommend booking at le Petit Canard. And the macarons at Christophe Roussel (rue Tardieu, Montmatre) are very hard to beat.