I spent three nights with a couple of friends in this lovely flat. Romain and Ben had left it very clean, with lots of thoughtful, generous little touches like mini-toiletries, some tea and coffee for the morning, plus a bottle of wine and some delicious chocolates. On arrival they showed us around the apartment to get us acclimatised, and were extremely likeable and charming. Romain was available via SMS and Whatsapp through the weekend as well, which was very helpful when I had a question about working the shutters.

The place was only a few minutes from a handy metro line for tourists (ligne 7). My friends used this to tour the city. Sadly I arrived with some sort of food poisoning so was unable to explore the interesting locale, canal, parks etc as I'd planned. However, I was delighted that the flat was very comfortable and warm for someone stricken with illness for three somewhat gruelling days.

My friends who explored more said the area was very safe and seemed a more interesting, multi-culturally varied neighbourhood than some in Paris.

Overall it was an excellent place to stay and I would not hesitate to recommend a vacation here!