The location is right in the heart of Paris...being able to walk to all major museums to distant sites such as MontMartre (18th) as well as markets and holiday festivities abound. Though in the middle of Rue de Rivoli the studio is situated in a courtyard with auto-blinds that can shut out the daylight and neighbors heading out into their day/night for privacy. The kitchen is compact yet has all the amenities to cook up gourmet food as we made a wide range of dishes when not nibbling out in our travels and the bed was super comfortable not to mention the nourishing tub for a salt bath to soak the muscles!