This apartment is **perfect** for families traveling to Paris — it's ideally located, very close to the Metro line connecting for most of the historic sites in the city (#1), and furnished for comfort and relaxation. The neighborhood is very safe and quiet, with super-close access to boulangeries, drugstores, grocery stores, fruit/vegetable markets, wine shops, chocolatiers, bistros/restaurants, and anything else you could want. The apartment itself is on an inner courtyard, so there isn't even any passing-car noise at all, and it's peaceful and relaxing.
Everything was *sparkling clean* and tidy, and communication and check-in/-out were phenomenally easy. The bedrooms are a good size and the beds (linens, pillows, and mattresses) perfect...for recovering from LONG days of walking all over Paris (we have a 16yo son and 10yo daughter who shared the room with 2 twin beds, which was perfect). The living room, dining room, and kitchen are all open and spacious and well furnished for comfort and family togetherness — or alone time for everyone if we wanted it! Each bedroom has a built-in wardrobe/closet with plenty of room for hanging clothes and for stacking items on shelves. Having an extra half-bath was invaluable for a family of 4 getting ready every day — and bonus, the full bathroom is large, very up-to-date, and has a separate bathtub & shower, a setup not necessarily all that common in Europe. The kitchen is stocked with all the equipment, tableware, and tools you could want, and all the settings on the microwave, stove, and dishwasher were labelled so we could use them easily. August can be very warm (especially this year!), but there were large windows to open in every room and two large fans thoughtfully placed in the bedrooms to keep us cool.
This was our first time using Airbnb, and now we're convinced that Martine's apartment was a crucial factor in our family's enjoyment of our trip to Paris — a tremendous value and an A+ experience all around. I can't recommend it highly enough!! :)