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This bright sunny apartment is located in a residential area on the north (non-touristic) side of Montmartre, with superb local shopping and excellent bus and metro connections to other parts of the city.
The apartment, which was completely renovated in the fall of 2007, is on the third floor (3 eme etage) of a clean, well-maintained building with a modern elevator. All of the rooms face south and overlook a quiet garden courtyard, with a glimpse of the Montmartre Vineyard beyond.
The apartment has a surface area of 66 square meters (~700 square feet), a very comfortable size for one or two persons, or for a couple and a third person, and consists of a double living room, a good-sized bedroom with a new queen-size bed, a spacious modern bathroom with a full-sized tub (with shower), and a hallway that doubles as an art gallery. (We apologize for the fact that one of the photos was taken in the final stages of the renovation, before all of the light fixtures had been installed or the pictures hung!)
There is ample closet and storage space. You'll find the original hardwood floors in the living room, bedroom and hallway, along with several oriental rugs. There's also a modern (and quiet) central air conditioner, with independent cooling units in the living room and bedroom.
In the double living room there is a dining table that seats six, a sofa and two armchairs, a wide-screen color TV with cable and a multi-zone DVD player, a Yamaha hifi system with FM tuner, CD player and ~100 CDs, plus a bunch of novels and ~200 books on Art, Paris, and French and European History.
The kitchen is fully equipped and includes a microwave, a full size built-in oven, a full-height refrigerator, a five burner gas stovetop, filter and espresso coffee pots, and a serious "batterie de cusine."
The washing machine and dryer (separate new units) are in the bathroom. There are two W.C.s -- one in the bathroom, and a second in a small "powder room" that opens off the hallway.
In addition to the free internet "voip" line that offers free long distance calling there's also a France TeleCom telephone line, with an answering machine. (The advantage of having a regular telephone line in the apartment is that it makes it possible for others to easily and quickly reach you, without paying the usual surcharge for calls made to portable phones or voip numbers.)
Because we are in a residential area most of the people you will see on the streets or in the nearby shops are not tourists, but rather those who live or work in the area. This has a profound effect on the local merchants, since they know that their survival depends on giving good value and service to a repeat clientele. Yet all the charming byways of Old Montmartre; e.g., the Montmartre Vineyard and the Lapin Agile cabaret, are literally only a few steps away. Over the years we have vacationed or lived in many different quarters of the city, and have fallen in love with the charm, beauty, convenience and true village-like atmosphere of this very special part of Paris - and hope you will too.
Local transportation is excellent. The Lamarck-Caulaincourt metro station (on the number 12 line) is close at hand, and five bus lines (31, 60, 80, 85 and the Montmartrobus) pass nearby.
There is no smoking in the apartment and, because some of our guests have allergies, no pets are allowed. References are available upon request. |
