Location: Paris Arrondissement 18, Paris, Ile-de-France (Paris Area), France, Europe
Accommodations: Apartment, 1 Bedroom + Convertible bed(s), 1 Bath (Sleeps 3)
This bright sunny apartment is located on a quiet residential street 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.
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.
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 the dryer (these are 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.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Washer: In apartment
- Dryer: In apartment
- Linens Provided
- Garage: We don't have a garage, but there is a commercial garage a few blocks away where paid parking can be arranged on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
- Elevator
- Beds
- Queen Bed
- Convertible Bed
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV: Access to Bloomberg, BBC, etc. as well as French programs.
- DVD
- Video Library: About 25 English-language and French DVDs.
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Music Library: 100+ cds -- a mixture of classical, opera, jazz, rock and pop. (We have a Yamaha component system rather than the usual boom box.)
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen: All brand new, with complete cookware and china service. Gas cooktop with vent hood and five burners.
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator: In addition to being a full-height model, the freezer compartment is below, so that the food compartment is at eye level. Better than the one we have at home!
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Communications
- Telephone: A regular France Telecom landline, so calls can be received without surcharge. (Local outbound calling is free.)
- Free Long Distance: There is an internet voip line that offers free long distance calling to the United States and other countries.
- Broadband Internet: Connection via ethernet cable or wifi
- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
- Other Amenities
- Answering Machine, DSL, Widescreen TV with cable connection (CNN, BBC, etc, ), Component Stereo, CD Player and ~100 CDs, library of ~200 books on Paris, art and history, full complement of kitchen equipment, Filter Coffee Pot, Espresso Pot, Towels and linens are provided
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed
- Smoking Not Allowed
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Museums
- Other Activities
- In addition to the attractive parks, gardens, and squares nearby you'll also find a selection of excellent family-owned restaurants in the immediate area, plus an array of fine food shops ranged along the nearby rue Caulaincourt, less than 100 yards away, A five minute walk takes you to the rue du Poteau and a lively outdoor market open six days a week, plus a similar array of fine shops. In addition there is a superb outdoor organic market -- one of two in Paris -- that sets up in our part of town every Saturday morning is easily reached from the apartment. (You'll find full details in the apartment information folder.) At point we probably should mention that a public swimming pool and a fitness club are also located nearby!) The Musee d'Orsay is one of several popular destinations that are a direct ride on the number 12 Metro line from our stop.
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
First Week ........ $1200/week
Additional Weeks .. $ 700/week ($100/night)
First Month .............. $3500/month (30 days)
Additional Months ........ $3000/month (30 days)
Note that prices are in US dollars rather than in Euros! ($1200 ~ €825)
References are available upon request. We ask for a reservation/security deposit.
There is no smoking and pets are not allowed in the apartment.
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Owner's Profile
Owner Description
Year Purchased: 2007
I first came to Paris on a one-year work agreement in 1974 (I was a little younger then than I am in the photo!) and immediately fell in love with the city. By various subterfuges I managed to extend that one year to four years, and then after returning to the United States continued to come back to Paris for part-time work one month a year for the next thirty years! During that time our dream was to have our own place in Paris; as you can see we eventually managed to make that happen!
Why the Owner Chose Paris Arrondissement 18
During those thirty-some years of one month visits to Paris we rented apartments all over town, so when we started to look for our own apartment we had a pretty good idea of what we did and didn't want. Two things we particularly wanted were, first, to be in a real Paris neighborhood, rather than in a commercial area, or one inundated with tourists, and second, that wherever we settled, we wanted to have good transportation to other areas of the city. What we like to call the "Back of the Butte" quarter meets those, and our other desires, 100%!
Property Photos
- Looking into one half of the double living room. - Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Montmartre Apartment Rental - Ideal Location!
- Other half of living room, seen from the apartment's entry door. - Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Montmartre Apartment Rental - Ideal Location!
- Bedroom (A corner of the desk is visible at the bottom left.) - Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Montmartre Apartment Rental - Ideal Location!
- New tub and shower.
- State-of-the-art kitchen. (Somehow the window looks crooked, but it's not!)
- An afternoon scene in one of the nearby parks.
Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #10577
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