Central Paris holiday apartment rental with walking, log fire, air con, internet access, telephone, TV, DVD

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***MARAIS-BASTILLE*** (apartment)

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TO RESPOND TO THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN PRICES ARE BACK AT THEIR 2006 LEVEL

Breathtaking, lovely, romantic and peaceful are just some of the adjectives you might want to use to describe the apartment. A lot of time and energy went into decorating the apartment and the result is a beautiful luxuriously inviting hotel-like room with just a little something special to make it feel more like home.
A superb view is one of the advantages of this fine very functional and entirely refurbished 85sqm two-bedroom apartment located on the 6th floor of a 19th century building (elevator) and equipped with all possible modern amenities. The flat allows you to watch the boats as they pass the lock below. At night you will enjoy the unforgettable view on sparkling Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame and the City of Lights. It is the perfect place for visiting
Paris or working.
The two bedrooms have extra long twin beds which can zip together to make kingsize beds if needed. The Italian sofa converts into a Kingsize bed.

The Twin Room Overlooking the Garden	The Double Room Overlooking the Garden
Gift Bathrobes	The Bathroom with rigid Shower Curtain

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The Paris/Ile de France region

You can stroll along the Port de Plaisance de Paris or the Open Air Sculpture museum, get in no time into the Jardin des Plantes and the Latin Quarter. Our neighbour, the latest modern art museum and private foundation in Paris, la Maison Rouge, was inaugurated on the 5th of June 2004 at number 10 of the Boulevard de la Bastille. Within walking distance (10 minutes) are Ile saint-Louis, Ile de la Cité (with Notre-Dame), the Place des Vosges with French novelist Victor Hugo's house in which he wrote his novels, especially Les Misérables, and Musée Picasso. Within walking distance (15 minutes) there is also Marché d'Aligre, the typical and cheapest daily open-air food market of the capital.

Paris Ile-de-France : A cultural gold mine !
The Louvre Museum, Versailles Château, Orsay Museum, Saint-Denis Basilica and the Fontainebleau Château are all just a small part of what makes Paris Ile-de-France the most beautiful museum in the world. Between cultural visits and entertainment possibilities, there are ample opportunities to take advantage of your stay and discover the very best in festive entertainment and leisure activity : shows, Parisian reviews, operas, not to mention shopping, sports and more. Paris Ile-de-France throws open the doors to its rich heritage: castles, museums, monuments, unusual sites, artists' homes, gardens and natural parks. Everything that Paris Ile-de-France has to offer abounds in spectacle and enchantment: evenings on terraces beneath sweet summer skies, reviews bathed in glitter and glitz, operas and the hottest discos around. Paris is a major world capital and a crossroads for the latest trends. Shopping in the capital is not a question of luxury but of temptation, which will taunt you at every street corner you see ! Paris Ile-de-France is the only address you need when looking for fun or to unwind. There are ample opportunities to challenge your capabilities and even amaze yourself !

Central Paris area

Paris is a majestic city, a city of culture, romance, gastronomy, design and fashion. It is also a city on the move, a city of daring...
With the opening of new museums, world-class sporting events, festive and popular urban happenings like “Nuit Blanche” and “Paris Plage”, Paris is a capital that never sleeps.
Whether you are a newcomer or already familiar with the Paris scene, there is a vast choice awaiting you: over 1,800 classified monuments, 170 museums, 145 theatres and 380 cinemas. Some of the cultural sites of the capital are absolute “musts” and among the most visited monuments in the world. Several of them have Unesco world heritage status.
Paris, however, is not just a historical city. Its riverbanks and neighbourhoods, some of which retain a village atmosphere, are an invitation to stroll and sightsee. By day or by night, from Belleville to the Marais, from the Butte aux Cailles to Montmartre, soak up the special ambience of these quartiers to grasp the true “spirit” of the city and let yourself be carried away by its energy and vitality.

Paris, the eternal, original, modern, creative City of Lights, is yours for the taking.

Whether you are already “in love” with our city or here for the first time, please make yourself at home.
Welcome to Paris!

How to get there

There is a direct (train / RER B) connection from airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle to Gare du Nord and then a direct metro connection (line 10 direction Place d'Italie) to Quai de la Rapée, which is our metro station: that is definitely less costly than a taxi. It takes between one hour and a half and two hours to reach us from the airport.
The apartment is just across the street from the metro station.

Activities near Central Paris

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The bright and quiet apartment has double exposure: the living spaces overlook the Seine and Yachting Harbour while the rooms overlook the garden. It is furnished with thick designer curtains and modern furniture and painted in pastel shades of pink, and off-white. The spacious parquetted double living room (4, 86 x 7, 22m) has a South exposure. It has two large double-glazed ceiling-to-floor windows overlooking Paris which flood it with sunlight. It is furnished with a very large Italian convertible sofa (may be converted into a real bed 190 cm x160 cm), two bedside tables, a low table, decorative fireplace, desk, office armchair, dining table, 6 chairs, two armchairs.

The telephone is for local calls only but you can call with France Telecom Phone Tickets to be bought from the tobacconists'.

In the room, there is television with built-in VCR and a collection of English-language children's videos that is extremely appreciated by both parents and children after a tiresome sightseeing day.

Technology has not been overlooked as you may keep in touch with friends and family back home with our high speed internet access for your laptop computer. You might just be tempted to stay in and enjoy the comforts of home but of course you have all of Paris to explore.

The kitchen is fully equipped and even includes a dishwasher and a combination Microwave/Oven so that you can whip up a tasty meal with all the goodies you'll pick up at the local market.

The building has modern security with digicode, intercom, double doors and concierge service.

It is very conveniently situated across the street from metro station Quai de la Râpée and is 10 minutes from major metro station, Bastille.

You will find all kinds of caterers and shops (including a Monoprix store) in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine off Place de la Bastille.

Further details outdoors:
Paris has plenty to offer outside the 5th and 6th districts. We can definitely vouch for the general Bastille area.

Boulevard de la Bastille faces the "Port de l'Arsenal", the nautical entrance to the Canal St-Martin and all the waterways that connect it to Paris and the Seine. The Bassin de l'Arsenal (boat basin) /Port de Plaisance is a *marina*. It is in the heart of the city, really charming in a Parisian way, and near good public transportation links like Gare de Lyon and Bastille.

So,come discover the Marais-Bastille area between Ile Saint-Louis and Place de la Bastille:
It's a wonderful place to walk or jog, have a café, picnic -- there's even a park for young children there. Another wonderful green space nearby is the "Coulée Verte" above the Viaduc des Arts that was featured in a recent film starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. So we're not lacking in green space nearby.

Visit the Bastille Opera House and the “Rue de Lappe” with its many ethnic restaurants and pubs. Enjoy a cruise on Canal Saint-Martin leaving from Place de la Bastille.

For those who come to Paris on business, they will be between two train stations Gare de Lyon and Gare d'Austerlitz, close to RER A which crosses the whole of Paris up to the area of La Defense (in 20 mn); they will not be far from the two major Airports (direct buses to and from Gare de Lyon); the metro Station that services the apartment, Quai de la Râpée, is directly connected to Roissy Airport via Gare du Nord.

The apartment building is situated half a block from the Seine. The Quai de la Rapée Metro is just a few steps away, and there's a Vélib station right next to it. The Metro (Ligne 5) exactly one stop away from Ligne 1 (which takes you through the Marais, the Louvre, the Rue de Rivoli, the Champs-Elysses, Arc de Triomphe, etc.) and one stop away from Ligne 10 (which takes you to the 5th and Odéon and St. Germain des Près ... all the way to Boulogne). Plus Ligne 5 itself has its merits, one being that it takes you directly to the Gare du Nord (and de l'Est), as well as to the Place d'Italie, which is a great centre for Chinese and Thai food.

A plus is that this building has a real garden out back, which is fairly rare in Paris.

You're a short walk to the Bastille in one direction, and the Gare de Lyon in another: there are tons of cafés in both locations.

Further details

Two covered parking spaces in the garage below the building are available, each for an additional 50 euros per week.

Conditions

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Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	10 Apr 09	19 Dec 09	1600£ 1,368	250214	250214	4 Nights
	19 Dec 09	2 Jan 10	1800£ 1,538	0-	0-	1 Week
	2 Jan 10	1 Apr 10	1600£ 1,368	250214	250214	4 Nights
	1 Apr 10	3 Oct 10	1700£ 1,453	0-	0-	1 Week
	3 Oct 10	18 Dec 10	1600£ 1,368	250214	250214	4 Nights
	18 Dec 10	8 Jan 11	1800£ 1,538	0-	0-	1 Week

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

25% on booking

Balance cash on arrival or, if in July and August, by 30 June.

Late bookings: balance payable cash on arrival.

Fully-refundable security deposit against damage : 1,000€ (by check, in cash, in euros or in your own currency) : returned on departure day after inspection of the apartment and upon presentation of the two sets of keys.

Covered parking is 15 euros per car per day.

Free Welcome Kit : well-stocked kitchen complete with condiments and spices.

Lots of toilet paper, lots of washing-machine and dish-washer tablets.

Rent 7 Nights, get 150 euros off per-night stay.

No Extra Person Fees.

Guestbook for ***MARAIS-BASTILLE***

Dear Catherine,
I have just spent the most wonderful week in Paris with my son, Jeffrey, and Canndy. Although we did not get to meet, I wanted you to know how very much we have enjoyed your lovely apartment with all its comforts, the magnificent view and the proximity to everything.It was truly a wonderful experience, not only to be reunited with my son who lives in Hong Kong, but also to see Paris again after 33 years!I can assure you that I will recommend your apartment to all my friends and hope to return one day. A la prochaine,Dorothy, (June 2007)

Dear Catherine:
We are back in Northern California after a wonderful visit to Paris and Provence. I just wanted to thank you again for your hospitality during our stay in your lovely flat. It is a terrific location and we really enjoyed being able to stay in a Paris neighborhood. We loved being able to walk to so many wonderful places from the flat and we enjoyed watching the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night. I hope our paths cross again sometime. Best regards, Kathryn (June 2007)

The four of us feel very lucky for spending a week in each of your properties. The Paris apartment is so comfortable and well located, with a wonderful view, absolutely full-equipped, every moment I feeled almost at home, moreover we had a super-efficient Catherine living beside who was extremely kind and patient helping every time we needed, including attending international phone calls in the middle of the night. Best regards, Rosario, (Santiago, Chile) June 2007)

We just wanted to let you know how very much we enjoyed our stay in your apartment last week. The views were magnificent, it was wonderful to look out at the Eiffel Tower twinkling while we ate our dinner. We were extremely cosy and comfortable and the children really appreciated the ample supply of English books and videos. We really had a wonderful experience, thank you so much and we hope to book again in the future. Kind regards, Kevin, Shirley, Chloe, Adam and Emily (February 2007)

We all enjoyed our holiday in Paris tremendously. There were many reasons for the success of our holiday but one of them was surely the comfort, pleasure and convenience of your flat. The holiday in Paris was a wonderful time for us – it set a very high standard for future holidays that will be hard to beat. Once again thank you very much.Best wishes to you and your family, Peter, Mira, Mica and Keren (Sydney, November 2006)

Due righe per ringraziarvi dell'ottima sistemazione a Parigi. L'appartemento in Boulevard de La Bastille è stato davvero una scelta ottima, grazie alle vostre descrizioni precise e realistiche. E' proprio un luogo idale per tutti, ma anche adattissimo a persone anziane come i miei suoceri che, non potendo girare tutto il giorno per sette giorni, hanno potuto godere delle comodità offerte e dell'impareggiabile e vivace vista sul canale dell'Arsenale, sulla Senna e sullo splendido panorama. La posizione è strategica e l'appartamento luminoso, equipaggiato e confortevole. Non mancheremo di consigliere agli amici la vostra professionalità. Cordiali saluti e alla prossima visita ,Paola Segurini e famiglia, Italia (Summer 2006)

We've been back in Sydney for a couple of weeks now. Thank you so much for your hospitality. The apartment was charming - it had everything we needed and is in a wonderful location. We especially appreciated being able to use the Internet and admire that wonderful view at the same time. Hopefully we'll be back soon. Kind Regards, Bob and Rosemary Stephens (June 2006)

" The location was fabulous..the apartment felt just like home within 15 minutes of arriving.....our landlady was very friendly and helpful, but unobtrusive...the price was very good value... what else can I tell you...we would book there again in a heartbeat! "Tom, Canada. (Spring 2006)

I wanted to thank you for your wonderful apartment and the incredible service you offer. There is not one thing that we can think of that we needed there and could not find. We both feel that the highlight of our whole overseas trip was walking into the apartment and realising that it was even better than we had expected. For us, sitting at the dinner table and watching the Eiffel Tower sparkling was unforgettable. For all international travellers to Paris a view of the tower from your accommodation is the most valued view, but from your apartment it is only one of the many famous landmarks we could see.We will know very shortly the dates we will be in Paris in 2007 so I will contact you as soon as possible to make a booking. Once again thank you, Heather, Australia.(Spring 2006)

Luckily we found an apartment that had the most enchanting view of the city...The view is spectacular ! The location and conveniences provided are very good ! It seems that you have"thought everything through" very well and have tried to provide everything anyone could need. Thank you! I think you are doing a very good job of providing exceptional service ! I was very pleased that the apartment and described amenities were exactly as promised, sometimes even better ! This is usually not the case in life and was such a nice surprise!Sadia,Canada.(2005)

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