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This recently converted apartment is one short block from the place des Vosges. In the 18th century it was a coach house and stable.
The building constructed in the mid 1700's and listed by the French Monuments Historiques is located one short block from the Place des Vosges. In the 18th century it was a coach house and stable.
The private entrance opens directly onto a beautiful planted cobblestoned courtyard. The access from the street is restricted by electronic code. The neighborhood is quiet and residential.
The apartment measures 37 sq m (400 sq feet), and retains the original ceiling beams; it has a recently renovated designer kitchen and bathroom, and a separate wc.
The front two rooms have been opened up to make a light and pleasant double studio. All amenities are new as of February 2007: queen size bed; sunken bathtub with a shower ; fully-equipped separate kitchen; central heat; double glazed windows; telephone with answering machine, high speed internet connection and wifi, cable television, dvd player and cd player / radio, washer / dryer, safe. Excellent lighting.
The apartment is ideal for two people, although it has a sofabed for a child or the occasional visitor.
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LOCATION:
The apartment is situated one block from the place des Vosges. It is in the heart of the oldest, and most historic part of the Marais, which has some of the most beautiful surviving 17th and 18th century buildings in Paris. These include the Hôtel de Soubise, the Hôtel de Sens, the Hôtel de Rohan, the Hôtel de Sully, the Hôtel de St. Aignan and the Hôtel Salé.
TRANSPORTATION: Extremely convenient & well served for bus & metro
** The nearest METRO stops are St. Paul (#1 line), Bastille (#1,5, and 8), and Chemin Vert (#8 line. All are within 5 minutes' walk.
** The nearest BUS stops (at the corner) are the #96 (to the Left Bank and Montparnasse) and the #29 (to the Gare St. Lazare, and the major department stores; and the Gare de Lyon) ##20,65,69, and 76 have stops within three blocks of the apartment. The Bastille is a major bus hub.
** There is a busy and reliable taxi rank at the St. Paul metro station
ATTRACTIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD include:
** the place des Vosges, universally considered one of the most beautiful squares in Paris, and its art galleries and arcades
** high fashion boutiques throughout the area, including the rue des Francs Bourgeois, rue des Rosiers, etc.
** the former royal palace of the Jardins St. Paul and its complex of antique shops
** the rue des Rosiers and the nearby Hector Guimard synagogue
** the Opéra de la Bastille
** the Richard Lenoir street market
** outdoor restaurants on the place du Marché St. Catherine
** the last standing section of the Enceinte Charles V (one of the earliest city walls of Paris)
** the imaginatively planted Promenade des Arts, a pedestrian-only park created from 3 kilometers of a former elevated railway line. The brick arches underneath the park have been turned into fine arts boutiques
** canal trips up the Canal de l'Ourcq (from the Bastille through the locks to the Cité des Sciences.)
The Seine is a leisurely 15 minute stroll from the front door, and Notre Dame and the Ile de la Cite a further 5 minutes away.
MUSEUMS WITHIN A FIVE MINUTE STROLL include:
** the Picasso (the Hôtel Salé),
** the Victor Hugo
** the Cognacq Jay (XVIII century paintings and furniture)
** the Carnavalet (History of Paris)
** the Museum of the History of France (Hôtel de Soubise)
** the Musée de la Chasse (Hunting)
** the Memorial to the Shoah
** the Museum of Jewish Art & History
** the Cultural Centers for Mexico, Switzerland and Sweden. |
