My mom and I were traveling to Paris for 10 days and it was super important to us to rent an apartment in a French speaking neighborhood and to live like a local. This apartment was fantastic. We could hardly go a day without telling each other how much we loved the location and the apartment itself. It took us 10 minutes to get to the Saint Lazare train station in Paris by taking the train located directly behind our apartment. Make sure to buy a book of tickets for the train, as it will make it a little bit cheaper to travel. Everything inside the apartment was in pristine condition - the furniture, floors, kitchen appliances, shower, kitchen utensils, windows, washer/dryer, etc.
We only have a few concerns to share regarding our stay. We had a window of two hours to meet Madame (who lives next door) so she could give us the keys. When we arrived it was only a coincidence that she was waiting in the lobby of her building and came out to find us because I could not find her name on the building to ring her. As we had read another review regarding this same concern, we were grateful she found us. Also, we chose to take the metro and the bus to the apartment from Gare du Nord station. Take line 3 to Anatole France station and then the bus to the Clichy Levallois station and you can walk from there. The cost for the metro and bus is 3.60 Euros per person. The taxi wanted to charge us 120 Euros to get to the apartment. Finally, the description says the apartment has air conditioning and ceiling fans and in fact it has neither. The temperature was getting into the 90's when we traveled in June and Madame brought over two portable fans for us.
Overall we would love to return to the apartment in a heartbeat. We absolutely loved eating at the kitchen counter, and buying food from the local markets. We found English television stations that we barely watched, so instead reclined on the beautiful leather chairs and read our books. The kitchen was so well stocked we could have prepared any sort of gourmet meal and then enjoyed it on the balcony overlooking the park. The sound of the train behind the apartment did not bother us a bit, and in fact we loved the convenience of getting into the city. The locals were friendly and helpful and we were happy to use our very limited French in the shops and restaurants. The apartment is definitely a place the owner is extremely proud of and takes great pride in taking care of it to the highest of standards.
