Sunny TERRACE in St Germain des Pres

As in the title, the apartment is fabulous, clean, spacious for one, comfortable for 2, good kitchen, hot shower with pressure, and a lovely balcony. I stayed for 6 nights and could have stayed much longer. The 84 stairs are a bit of an issue, but tolerable. The location is in a buzzy neighbourhood, lots of restaurants, and easy to walk to everything. Odeon metro stop is a stone's throw for everything you don't want to walk to.

Very good location.

Theirry was/is a wonderful host. He met us at the apartment when we arrived to answer any questions and to show us the features available to us. The apartment was the perfect size for the 2 of us. We were very close to the Metro, the grocery store, the Seine, the Louvre and several other museums. (I highly recommend the museum and Metro pass if you are going to be visiting the city for several days).

I live in a small town so appreciate the location of this place with the quiet of the side street, but the variety of cafes below and little shops with the grocery right around the corner. The river is only three blocks away, the balcony had sunshine by 10 in the morning, the big St. Germain Boulevard was two blocks opposite direction from the river and the Orsay Museum three blocks west of us with the Louvre directly across the river! The biggest advantage of the fifth floor location in spite of the absence of elevator is the quiet you gain from being above the street, also being in between other buildings kept the unit nice and warm, opening windows for fresh air. We were surrounded by the type of furnishings we were used to, with handsome antique furniture and most comfortable bed and linens. I had room for my yoga, or sitting at the table journalling. Dish soap, laundry soap, toilet paper and tissues were provided, even coffee and filters. Lots of reference books about Paris and France, easy internet connection and TV stations available. Thierry was readily available virtually every day and arranged for a cleaning in the middle of our three week stay. He communicated with me from the time I made my reservation through WhatsApp and even called my by phone. We made direct arrangements for payments and the process of getting to the location and in the building, very conveniently met us there and even recommended a taxi driver to us.

Pros: location, space, BED, balcony, price, charm, service, safety.

We LOVED the location of this apartment. So charming, great restaurants, gelato, bakery, close shop for basics. But it doesn't feel like a tourist area. Very easy access to the Metro and easily walkable distance to the islands and many big stops. We sat on the balcony listening to beautiful music from the street most nights.

The host was quick to reply, very flexible with our arrival time, the apartment was clean and had the necessities. It was very charming and Parisian. He met us, explained the washer and dryer, brought us new supplies and a bag of coffee. We felt very safe the whole time and in the area surrounding.

The bed was sooooo comfortable. We were worried about sleeping in a Queen (my husband is 6,5") but we had plenty of space and slept amazingly well.

Cons: stairs, mirrors, outlets, heat

It's serious. We counted 84 steps to the apartment, six flights up. It's a serious workout and on a couple occasions kept us in at night because we were so tired from all the walking we just really didn't want to battle the stairs.

There aren't outlets in the bathroom so doing your hair out in the bedroom works but was awkward. The lifting of the apartment with placement of the mirrors make make up a challenge. We were there beginning of May, it was rainy and surprisingly chilly so heat wasn't much of an issue but on the day it did get warmer we were running the fan and it was noticeably warm in the apartment. Warm enough I opted not to shower and blow dry my hair. So I imagine the summer may get uncomfortable.

Sidenote: we were nervous about splitting our payment. The host requested half be through VRBO and half in cash, which made us feel nervous going in to it but ended up not being an issue. I felt like he was very nice and trustworthy and we had no problems with our stay.

All in all, we really