We were a party of two couples to stay at Anne’s place and unfortunately because both Anne and Richard were working away we did not get to meet them. However, Anne’s excellent email communication skills showed that she was genuinely concerned that we enjoyed the best stay that she could possibly provide and those emails allowed us a completely hassle free stay.
The positioning of the apartment we found to be superb (just so long as you know that Montmartre is all built on a steep hill) with all the amenities that you could want within easy walking distance. Within just 50 paces were 5 restaurants and a bakery and if you continued up Rue des Abbesses you could find dozens more where you could sit outside and order a wine or a pastis and just soak up the Parisienne ambience.
Be aware that the apartment is below Abbesses street level but above ground at the rear as the whole apartment block has been built into the hillside and that you have to go down a flight of steps to reach the living areas which can be a little bit daunting if you have a suitcase weighing 30 kg, but.............once down those stairs, WOW! What a great place. Spacious, spotlessly clean, everything you could possibly need or want on hand and the hosts had told us to help ourselves to the food and wine that was put out for us. The place is a mini museum thanks to Anne’s eclectic tastes with all sorts of amazing things around you. These range from an upright piano to a fairly high end sound system to play any of the hundreds of vinyl albums, a couple of standard lamps that were possibly for lighting stage or movie sets to a small fake book that when opened became a table lamp. If you want a 1940’s valve radio or a full sized carousel horse in your bedroom then this is the place for you.
Thank you Anne and Richard for a providing us with a place for an enchanting stay in Paris.