Hortense's apartment was very comfortable, clean and nicely decorated with art pieces. There is a living room, a kitchenette, and a spacious living room with room for cloths in the closet. Hortense met me when I arrived and was very welcoming.

The apartment is in a lively neighborhood (a couple of streets off Rue Paquis are kind of a red light district, but it is easy to avoid) with many restaurants and at least two good gelato places. It is no more than 5 minutes walk to the the Bains de Paquis, where it was really nice to take a swim in the lake and have dinner.

The one drawback for some may be noise at night from the square - there is a restaurant (nice Lebanese food) at the ground floor. When you close the windows it is completely quiet, but in the summer it was too hot to sleep with windows shut with no airconditioning.