This charming Airbnb is in the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis, a 10-minute walk from the Gare du Nord, making it an easy weekend location via Eurostar from London. The area is gentrifying but the street retains a mix of residents, shops, restaurants and street life which makes it a very attractive Paris experience.
The apartment is in a private mews off the street, which means that one minute you can be in the midst of Paris at its most cosmopolitan and the next entering the doorway to a flower-filled and secure row of Parisian homes. Inside a lot of thought and design has gone into the conversion of a compact ground floor two-roomed sanctuary - where all is peace and quiet.
Laetitia has provided all that one could need for a stay in terms of comfort and facilities and the fridge and cupboards are kindly filled with the basics for breakfast and refreshment. The boulangerie is next door for excellent croissants in the morning. If you want to cook for yourselves, the apartment is well equipped and the friendly supermarkets in the street are open late and on Sundays (not universal in Paris). For eating out, the restaurant opposite at No 52 http://www.faubourgstdenis.com/ has seriously good food (not too expensive) and there are many other choices in the street and its immediate surroundings. The Metro is a few minutes away but also walking to the Marais, the Seine, Louvre, Beaubourg and further afield to the Left Bank are easy. .
Laetitia is organised and helpful. We recommend her apartment, and look forward to visiting again.