After our first night I was expecting to write a bad review as, after a 15 hour journey there, we arrived to loud music, voices and people smoking in the hallway next door to us! Not a good start but thankfully we hardly heard from the neighbours again on the other three nights, so hopefully it was just a Saturday night "thing". As a heads-up, you do need a phone that can call French numbers, as this is the only way in to the apartment, so need to bear that in mind when booking the apartment. Apartment itself had all the amenities you needed and even though it has no washing machine/dryer, theres a laundrette next door to the building. Heaps of supermarkets, bars and restaurants close by or go for a little bit more of a walk to find even more. Two metro stations are in close proximity and riding the Metro is easy peasy, so its less than a dozen stops for the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur etc. We had a great time in Paris - thanks Catherine for the use of your comfortable apartment.