Fantastic location, clean, needs some updating.
The good: You can’t beat the location; it was clean; it’s in a central walkable area filled with tiny historic streets that allow you to get pleasantly lost while strolling into the shops of dressmakers, leather artisans and restauranteurs. In addition: the largest bedroom faces the street and has a lovely view of the ancient buildings opposite; the street below the apartment is closed to traffic most of the day; the Picasso museum is a few blocks away and the metro is less than 1/2 block away. Kitchen soap, napkins et al were well supplied, which shows the owner is paying attention. The owner showed us how to work the appliances. If you have allergies this is a good location because it is pet free.
Needs improvement: The orange bedspreads and brown fabric couch look sad and I was somewhat afraid they were chosen to hide dirt; when I first walked into the unit my heart sunk because of the dreary upholstery. The beds are all twin size. We got over this for the most part and the unit grew on us because of all the good qualities and it did seem clean. Although the street is closed to traffic there is a lot of street noise from young tourists partying late into the night. We kept the windows closed because of noise so it was somewhat stuffy. The worst problem was that the internet didn’t work 90 percent of the time. There are several channels for the internet for all guests in the building and occasionally one of them worked better than the others, but it never worked well. We had to go to local cafe’s to get reliable internet.