Julian’s place is ideally located from metro station Jaurès and station Gare du Nord. The area slightly outside the tourism hot spots is close to bassin de la Villette and quai d’ourcq where you can enjoy awesome foods, restaurants, beers, music and beach feeling around the water. The place will allow you to feel more like a Parisian and definitely less like a tourist. Julien lives in the flat but is really discreet and also really nice to talk to if you want to. He travelled himself a lot and have nice stories to share. I would definitely go back.