The apartment is beautiful, elegant, and spacious--just as you see in the photos, if not better! There's even a view of the Eiffel Tower over the rooftops. It has every modern convenience combined with old-world charm, and it's completely comfortable and homey; in fact, sometimes it was hard for us to leave the apartment, even though Paris lay just outside our door! The location is very convenient to the metro and to food shopping and an abundance of great ethnic restaurants one street over. It's also about a 15- to 20-minute walk to major sites such as the Pompidou and the Louvre. You should be aware that the street on which the apartment is located is not the most charming, however--it's loud and littered and not really what you dream of when you go to Paris. Once you know and accept that, you'll find the apartment itself is well worth it. The hosts, Christophe and Philippe, could not be more gracious and welcoming.