We had a great stay at Fabienne's apartment. The apartment is very spacious for a Paris studio apartment, modern, nicely decorated and immaculately clean and tidy. The apartment had everything we needed, with a really nice bathroom and a very well equipped kitchen. The sofa bed was also extremely comfortable.

We really liked the area of Canal St Martin; an area of Paris we hadn't visited before. The area wasn't too touristy and seemed to be an area popular with young professionals and young families. There was lots going on locally and plenty of really nice cafés, bakeries, shops and parks within a few minutes walk of the apartment and it was only a short metro ride to the museums etc in central Paris, yet the apartment is on a pleasant and quiet street - it was the best of both worlds. We also hired velib bikes to get around on occasion as the local area is very well served by separate bike lanes on the main roads and some of the area is also designated traffic free on Sundays.

Finally, Fabienne was an excellent host. She was friendly, helpful and very accommodating in allowing us to arrive and leave at times convenient to us. We really appreciated the little personal touches and extra care taken - with wine, water, fresh fruit, juice and delicious homemade jam left for our arrival and lots of information about the local area - Fabienne even left us a programme for a music festival happening whilst we were there! Fabienne was also very good at keeping in touch and emailing to check we were ok and had everything we needed, without being intrusive .

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this apartment to family and friends and we hope to stay again next time we visit Paris!