The apartment is five minutes’ walk from Sentier Metro station, and is accessed through a shopping arcade with several entries, although only one is accessible at night. It was up several flights of stairs with no lift, but we knew that in advance so not a problem. Everything worked apart from the toaster and was clean. The apartment is spacious. The only downside was a strong smell of cigarette smoke in certain areas, which I assume came from a downstairs apartment. I would stay there again but would buy air fresheners!

Very nice apartment. Comfortable and very quiet. Good communication with owner. Amenities, linens, bedding very good. One word of caution - the apartment is in an area that is secured after 7:30 pm, and only one of the 5 entries to the area is available, and it seems to change each night. Check with owner on details.

Take notice that there are no external photos of the apartment or views from the windows. I found it a little daunting that the entrance was located within an almost totally vacant shopping centre. The entrance and the stairwell were also not the most inviting. The views are straight into the windows of some adjacent vacant apartments and the roof of the shopping centre. The location is ok, not too far from the metro, but not the most upmarket area. The main tourist attractions are a good walk away, but doable, otherwise the Metro or an Uber are super convenient. The apartment itself is sufficient, a bit of a tired version of the photos and could do with some tlc but otherwise it’s fine. The beds are comfy, but if you have room in your luggage for a pillow I would take your own. There were four of us and that was plenty. I wouldn’t say it was big enough or equipped enough for 6 people (not enough crockery or glassware). I wouldn’t expect to use it for self catering, there is no oven and the microwave is a small traditional one rather than a combi oven. It’s convenient to make drinks and have breakfast. There is a lovely Boulangerie across the way that was very welcome. The bedrooms are a decent size but there is no storage at all in bed two. The check in/out was really easy and it’s nice that the lettings office is just around the corner so if there was a problem you can actually speak to someone who’s there. Saying that, we didn’t have any problems at all.

Property was a tired version of online pictures but clean. No d/w tablet and a watered down w up liquid and uaed sponge. No hand soap, no chop board. Requested sofa bed be made up 3 x not done until midnight