Location: Paris Arrondissement 11, Paris, Ile-de-France (Paris Area), France, Europe
Accommodations: Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths (Sleeps 4)
The apartment is located in an old secluded mews. The “Passage” is fully enclosed, locked at night and weekends. There is no through traffic at all and no parking after business hours. It is therefore private and very quiet, and much like a small village, it has a romantic charm, with its profusion of vines and flowers. Many of the buildings date back to the 1700s when this area around the Bastille was the center of cabinetry and wood working for the city of Paris. And some of those trades have survived to this day among our neighbors. But much has also changed, especially quite recently. The new Opera Bastille has come with an infusion of modernity that makes the neighborhood quite trendy. We now have lots of fashionable shops, bars, cafes, and restaurants. Yet there remains, as in much of Paris, a genuine sense of neighborhood that is built around its local parks and markets.
The apartment is a duplex occupying the first and second (French) floors. The entry and stairwell may surprise; they have been left as is on purpose; this is Paris as it was a long time ago. What are now private residences were originally workshops of which certain vestiges still remain. The apartment was fully renovated in 2007; the appliances are brand new, as are the beds and almost all the furnishings. Modern conveniences include: television and DVD player, telephone, high-speed internet and Wi-Fi.
On the first floor is a large “sejour” (living-dining room) with four windows looking out onto the “passage”. There is a full though open kitchen with a four burner induction stove and electric oven, built-in washer and dryer, sink and under counter refrigerator. The woodwork was custom built and hand finished. The furnishings are an eclectic yet coherent mix of old and new, indoor and outdoor. The French call it “recup”; we prefer “industrial chic”. It certainly goes with the territory. The large dining table and kitchen consoles are the work of a fairly well known design studio “Tramp”. Six refurbished chairs come from a Paris “lycee” (high school). The room has two seating as well as two dining areas. The downstairs bedroom and its en suite bathroom are large by local standards.
The upstairs is effectively a second apartment, with its own “sejour”, and its large bedroom and bathroom. It even has a private entrance. Though there is naturally more light upstairs, the whole apartment is generally bright yet never hot because of its northern exposure. Finally it is surprisingly and so wonderfully quiet. You fall asleep with no street noise and wake to the songs of birds.
The nearby metro stations are Bastille and Ledru-Rollin. The Gare de Lyon and the AirFrance bus stop is a short walk. As is the Seine, Isle Saint-Louis, and the Marais. Parks include the Square Trousseau, the Basin de l’Arsenal and the Canal Saint Martin, the Daumesnil Viaduct with its “Coulee Verte”, then further afield the Parc de Bercy and the Bois de Vincennes.
There is shopping of all sorts nearby, with a large Monoprix around the corner and the great Bazaar de l’Hotel de Ville only two metro stops away. The local markets are among the best in Paris, rue d’Aligre and the covered Beauvau six days a week and Richard Lenoir two days. Bakeries and cafes galore. Wine bars and restaurants of all kinds. We have our favorites listed in a little guide to the neighborhood.
Our charming host will greet you and provide a tour of the apartment with all the necessary explanations and directions.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Washer
- Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Beds
- Queen Bed
- Twin/Single Bed (2) : Can be made up as one queen sized bed.
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- DVD
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Communications
- Telephone
- Free Long Distance
- Broadband Internet
- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed
- Not Suitable for Children
- Smoking Not Allowed
Rate Details (In Euros)
€250/night (4 night minimum) .. €1600/week.
$500 or Euro equivalent.
50% due at time of booking; remainder due 2 weeks prior to arrival.
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Property Photos
- Le Passage - Paris Vacation Rental
- L'entree - Paris Vacation Rental
- Upstairs bedroom - Paris Vacation Rental
- Sejour
- Kitchen
- Sejour
- Downstairs bedroom
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