2nd flr: Mirrors reflect windows overlooking courtyard. Red window joins kitchen
Location: Paris Arrondissement 5, Paris, Ile-de-France (Paris Area), France, Europe (Metro St. Michel: Direct 45 minutes train to Airport CDG) View Map
Accommodations: 17th Century Building, 1 Bedroom + Convertible bed(s), 1 Bath (Sleeps 5-6)
This fun and homey apartment is just one block from Place St Michel, romantic meeting spot, geographic and historic center of Paris. Here you are in walking proximity or very short metro rides to most Paris highlights. Walk to Notre Dame, St Germain de Pres, Les Jardins du Luxembourg, the Ile Saint Louis, the River Seine, the green bookstalls, a miriad of shops, atleast 6 cinemas very close by. The metro 4 and RER B and C and a taxi stand are all at Place Michel.
This spacious (64 square meter/645 square foot) duplex is a serene place to relax after enjoying dinner in one of the numerous restaurants in the lively neighborhood of the Latin Quarter. Portuguese kitchen tile and seventeenth century doors, wooden beams and 19th century ironwork blend to create a unique and memorable place for your stay. Four of the apartment's windows overlook a courtyard.
You enter the apartment into the main bedroom on the second floor of the building. The bathroom and shower are on this floor as well. The apartment is a duplex so you go up a small flight of stairs to reach the 2nd bedroom, dining and living room areas and kitchen. Baby furniture and equipment can be provided upon request.
I am an American artist who has been living in France for 14 years. My apartment is decorated with my work and other artist's works too. I can offer you a "Walk and Draw" tour if you like drawing and if your interested in exploring Paris in a fun way I am also pleased to offer information and tips that will help to make your visit enjoyable. Finally I give specialized tours of Contemporary Art Galleries in Paris, countryside tours in Chantilly and Champagne.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning: one unit for each floor, both are brand new and quite powerful
- Washer
- Dryer: Small dryer can only dry about a 1/4 of a load at once, I also supply a clothes line. Great Artsy Laundry Matt very near by for better dryer!
- Linens Provided: Bath robes provided too
- Covered Parking: about 85 euros/week underground Vinci Parking entrance behind Place St Andre des Arts: Rue Hautefeuille
- Off Street Parking: about 85 euros/week underground Vinci Parking entrance behind Place St Andre des Arts: Rue Hautefeuille
- Beds
- King Bed: 2 New Mattresses (pushed together to make king or separate as 2 singles)
- Queen Bed: Fold out sofa bed
- Double Bed: fold out futon couch which can sleep 2
- Child Bed
- Crib: play pen/crib type bed, booster seat in flat as well
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV: New Flat Screen TV TNT: CNN and 3 other English language channels as well as 35 French Channels
- DVD
- CD Player
- Music Library (9) : a bit of jazz, classical music. Frank Sinatra...
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen: I provide a microwave oven with a grill option. There is also a small toaster oven
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Catering Available: In this part of Paris you need never cook a meal. Even if you want to eat in you can find all you need at the local "traiteur" already prepared!
- Outdoor Features
- Balcony: This balcony is not private. It overlooks the courtyard from the stairwell and allows you step out if you'd like to have a cigarette!
- Communications
- Telephone: Rental price includes calls within France and to the USA and 39 other countries. Only calls towards French cellphone (06 numbers) are not included .
- Free Long Distance
- Cell Phone: You need to request this and there is an additional charge and a deposit that needs to be left.
- Broadband Internet: YOu must bring your own computor but I can help upi set up.
- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
- Other Amenities
- Cooking Utensils, cotton bed sheets, curling iron, hairdryer, iron, library including guide books, baby booster chair, toys, vacum cleaner, cleaning supplies, lots of towels and comforters.
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed: Except seeing eye dogs!
- Kid Friendly: Great neighborhood for kids. Walking distance to Luxembourgh gardens, small parks just around the corner and quiet for nap time!
- Smoking Not Allowed: It's quite easy to step out to smoke. There is a balconly just outside the door.
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Golf
- Theme Park (Amusement Park)
- Zoo/Wildlife Park
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Boating
- Swimming
- Biking
- Fitness Center/Gym
- Health/Beauty Spa
- Antiquing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Live Theatre
- Museums
- Other Activities
- Concert Halls, Jazz Clubs, Cafes, Bars, Street Performances, Parks, Historical Monuments, Opera, Bars,Yoga Classes
Rate Details (In Euros)
Last Minutes Rental: 750/Week November or December 2009
From 750 Euros per week from 1750 euros per month
prices vary according to number in party and season
dollar prices vary according to current value of dollar
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
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Map & Owner's Profile
Last Minutes Prices for End of February/Beginning of March
Year Purchased: 2004
Why the Owner Chose Paris Arrondissement 5
I bought my flat because I fell in love with it at first sight! It's also perfectly located. It's very near the Sorbonne and other great French Universities as well so I've always thought that later on my children could live there. For the moment though they are too young so I've decided to let you enjoy it in the meantime. I live in Chantilly, about 25 minutes by train from Paris. So if you have any questions once you arrive you can always contact me. You might also consider visiting Chantilly and Senlis and taking one of my creative tours around here.
The Unique Benefits at this 17th Century Building
14 Rue Xavier Privas is truly the center of historic Paris. It's also quiet so you get the fun of Paris but still can sleep at night. You turn into our courtyard and you can really have a place to rest between busy visits to all of the nearby museums and cafés. Another highlight of 14 rue Xavier Privas is the old time feel. Once inside the apartment, surrounded by all those beautiful beams you really feel like you are stepping back in time.
at : http://www.lynn-schwartz.com/Lynn-Schwartz/Paris_Vacation_Rental.html
Owner's Map of Paris Arrondissement 5
My name is Lynn Schwartz and I've been in Picardie north of Paris for over 15 years now. I'm an artist and an English teacher and I also do Walking and Drawing Tours out here in the countryside. My flat is decorated with my photography, paintings and drawings as well as work by other artist friends. My goal is too make you feel at home while you are away. Several people have found my place so perfect that they have returned to stay.
To the left you can see my children and I at Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Whyte. We travel as much as we can to English speaking countries in the winter and then in the summer we go visit family at the Jersey Shore in the USA. We stay in vacation homes too so I pride myself on keeping my place clean and equipped the way I like our rentals to be. I offer an comfortable place at a reasonable price to see the best of Paris because that's what I look for when I'm traveling. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about my flat or about living in France I'm happy to help you find the right place for your stay.
Property Photos
- 2nd flr: Mirrors reflect windows overlooking courtyard. Red window joins kitchen - 5 Latin Quarter, Paris, Ile-de-France (Paris Area), France Quiet Holiday Apartment, 5 Minutes Walk to Notre Dame!
- 30 meters up the street : Notre Dame, the Seine, the Bookstalls at your door! - 5 Latin Quarter, Paris, Ile-de-France (Paris Area), France Quiet Holiday Apartment, 5 Minutes Walk to Notre Dame!
- 2nd flr: View of kitchen from landing : Red bar looks onto living room. - 5 Latin Quarter, Paris, Ile-de-France (Paris Area), France Quiet Holiday Apartment, 5 Minutes Walk to Notre Dame!
- Dining Area: Many empty shelves for your belongings + New Air Conditioning Unit
- Table opens up to seat 4, plus you have a bar to seat 2 more
- Nice lighting in a warm and colorful setting. Good for gray Parisian days!
- Birdseye view of the living room where ceilings are from 1.70 to 4 meters high!
- Recently remodeled showerstall and sink.
- Double bed can be split into 2 singles
- Original Pencil Sketch of near by view. Other original works in apartment.
- The famous green bookstalls on the Seine are 100 meters from your door
- View of Notre Dame from your neighborhood park, 2 minute walk!
- Flat decorated with original artwork by local artists
- Notre Dame Postcard painted near apartment
- View of your Street when coming from the Seine
- The green door to your building, another 30m along and you're at the Seine
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I was at Lynn Schwarz's apartment on Xavier Privas in Paris during December, 2009, together with my wife, and three of my children (two of them in their twenties, and one 11 year old). We were very pleased with the apartment, and how it complemented our stay in Paris. Although modestly sized, its rooms on two stories, with futons and hide-a-beds, were large enough to accomodate all 5 of us for several days. The apartment is very well situated for persons (such as we were) coming to Paris for the first time, as many of the best known tourist destinations are within easy walking distance. Some of the sights we walked to included Notre Dame Cathedral (barely two blocks away), the Sainte Chapelle (only a little farther), the Cluny Museum for medieval tapestries and other artefacts (virtually next door), the Pantheon (three blocks south) and the Louvre (about five blocks north and west). The Seine river, with its famous bridges and walkways, is only a block away. The neighborhood where the apartment is located is very alive and interesting, with lots of places to eat at affordable prices, yet, because Xavier Privas is a pedestrian street, nestled in an area with several such streets, the apartment was extremely quiet and peaceful at night, with little if any of the normal city noise reaching us in the off-street courtyard where the apartment is located. The apartment was also well set up for cooking at home, with groceries available nearby. Over and above its coziness and convenience for sightseeing, I found the apartment surprisingly interesting in its own right. The apartment is in a very old building (according to the owner, several centuries old) and has a great deal of character and ambiance, especially in the exposed ancient beams and pillars, which we grew more and more fond of as the stay progressed. I would also like to specially mention the owner's own artwork, which contributed a lot to the ambiance as well. The many pieces on display were placed strategically throughout the apartment (many of them developing the same theme), in a manner which I found both charming and well conceived. In its own intimate, "artist's loft" sort of way, it gave me a feeling of connection to Paris's ongoing artistic tradition. Finally, I also want to thank Lynn, the owner, for being very helpful in dealing with inquiries both before and during our stay. Mark Kolt, Manitoba, Canada
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Ivor Shapiro , Toronto, Ontario
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"The apartment was just great ,it really is in the heart of Paris and at the same time so quite!the owner was fantastic,so precise with indication and helpful! On the shelf is full of guide books wine and chocolate on the table....I wish I could go back today!"
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Lynn, We really enjoyed our month in Paris in your apartment. It was a great experience...We made sure that everything was in order before we left... we had a great time and your apartment was great. Regards, J.
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Chris Wilkes ,
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Lynn, We are so happy and feel lucky that we were able to find your apartment available last minute. Paris was the fourth stop on our Summer European vacation. Thanks in part to your apartment it was the best! Our location here couldn't be better and my family of six were quite comfortable. Thank you so much for the A/C unit; it was nice to have. We got to know our restaurant "greeters" outside and tried the Italian across the street. My favorite is the "Pizza al Pesto". We hope to come back and stay again. Thank you. Garrett, Jenifer, Austin, Andrew, Hunter and Hannah
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Karine and Colin , Victoria, BC Canada
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Kevin and Sissy Keillor , Bend, Oregon USA