Enchanting duplex in Saint-Germain des Prés
Entire rental unit in Paris, France
- 4 guests
- 2 bedrooms
- 2 beds
- 2.5 baths
Hosted by Isabelle
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- 11 years hosting
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Outstanding location, 5 min walk to Pont des Arts and to Louvre, 10 minutes to Saint-Germain-des-Prés abbey and Café de Flore, 15 minutes to Saint-Sulpice Church, the Luxembourg Gardens, Jardin des Tuileries, the d'Orsay or Notre-Dame Cathedral.
In a magnificent town house built in 1600, an independent duplex with a large, fully equipped kitchen-diner. TV room and 2 bedrooms, each with ensuite bathroom and wardrobe closet. The Master Bedroom overlooks Institute of France's famous Cupola.
The space
Located in a townhouse built in 1600, which gives it a unique cachet, this duplex has been entirely renovated to provide all comforts.
Each bedroom, the TV lounge, the large kitchen and each bathroom have been the object of a particular care, combining noble materials and advanced equipments to offer you an absolute comfort in a magnificent setting.
The solid oak flooring, the period ironwork and wooden beams, the old interior shutters, the two marble bathrooms will first seduce you. Then you will appreciate the luxury of 4 TVs equipped with last generation Apple TVs which provide thousands of movies, TV shows and musics for free, the central A/C in the bedrooms and the TV lounge, and in the bathrooms the heated floors and the heated towel racks.
Access to the duplex is through an independent door under the (private) porch of the building, opening to the spacious fully fitted kitchen: oven and microwave, dishwasher, fridge and freezer, induction cooktop, extractor fan, Nespresso coffee machine, kettle and toaster, and a large central granite island and worktop accommodating 5 guests.
Also in the kitchen, top equipment for your laundry: washer-dryer, and steam ironing station with ironing board.
On the same floor: the restroom for your guests, with its washbasin, the closet for your coats, where you'll also find the shopping trolley, and the TV connected to its Apple TV.
From this convivial room the spectacular spiral staircase ascends to the TV room, which opens to the two bedrooms: the Master Bedroom with its magnificent view of the Institut de France' Cupola, its luxurious king size bed and its lounge area, and the second bedroom with an excellent queen size bed, a large desk and a spacious banquette with comfortable cushions.
Each bedroom has its ensuite white marble bathroom with a high ceiling, shower, washbasin, toilets, heated flooring and (Master Bathroom) a heated towel rack.
This duplex apartment offers a completely quiet stay in generously sized and refined rooms, with large closets and central air conditioning, features not so common in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area.
Guest access
The large table in the patio is shared with other Guests in the building. You can have a drink or a snack there at any time of the day or the night, on comfortable banquettes, in a spot enjoyable in every season: shady thus cooler in Summer, yet sheltered and equipped with IR heaters.
Other things to note
The housekeepers clean your apartment every other day, and replace the linen and towels every four days.
A courtesy iPhone is yours for your stay. The iPhone provides all the information about your apartment, plus tourist information such as my commented selection of restaurants nearby, a selection of spots around where to shop for good food, and the 3 official hiking paths in Paris.
Registration details
7510602310303
In a magnificent town house built in 1600, an independent duplex with a large, fully equipped kitchen-diner. TV room and 2 bedrooms, each with ensuite bathroom and wardrobe closet. The Master Bedroom overlooks Institute of France's famous Cupola.
The space
Located in a townhouse built in 1600, which gives it a unique cachet, this duplex has been entirely renovated to provide all comforts.
Each bedroom, the TV lounge, the large kitchen and each bathroom have been the object of a particular care, combining noble materials and advanced equipments to offer you an absolute comfort in a magnificent setting.
The solid oak flooring, the period ironwork and wooden beams, the old interior shutters, the two marble bathrooms will first seduce you. Then you will appreciate the luxury of 4 TVs equipped with last generation Apple TVs which provide thousands of movies, TV shows and musics for free, the central A/C in the bedrooms and the TV lounge, and in the bathrooms the heated floors and the heated towel racks.
Access to the duplex is through an independent door under the (private) porch of the building, opening to the spacious fully fitted kitchen: oven and microwave, dishwasher, fridge and freezer, induction cooktop, extractor fan, Nespresso coffee machine, kettle and toaster, and a large central granite island and worktop accommodating 5 guests.
Also in the kitchen, top equipment for your laundry: washer-dryer, and steam ironing station with ironing board.
On the same floor: the restroom for your guests, with its washbasin, the closet for your coats, where you'll also find the shopping trolley, and the TV connected to its Apple TV.
From this convivial room the spectacular spiral staircase ascends to the TV room, which opens to the two bedrooms: the Master Bedroom with its magnificent view of the Institut de France' Cupola, its luxurious king size bed and its lounge area, and the second bedroom with an excellent queen size bed, a large desk and a spacious banquette with comfortable cushions.
Each bedroom has its ensuite white marble bathroom with a high ceiling, shower, washbasin, toilets, heated flooring and (Master Bathroom) a heated towel rack.
This duplex apartment offers a completely quiet stay in generously sized and refined rooms, with large closets and central air conditioning, features not so common in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area.
Guest access
The large table in the patio is shared with other Guests in the building. You can have a drink or a snack there at any time of the day or the night, on comfortable banquettes, in a spot enjoyable in every season: shady thus cooler in Summer, yet sheltered and equipped with IR heaters.
Other things to note
The housekeepers clean your apartment every other day, and replace the linen and towels every four days.
A courtesy iPhone is yours for your stay. The iPhone provides all the information about your apartment, plus tourist information such as my commented selection of restaurants nearby, a selection of spots around where to shop for good food, and the 3 official hiking paths in Paris.
Registration details
7510602310303
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Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Neighbourhood highlights
A HISTORIC AREA
You will stay in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the artistic, cultural and intellectual center in Paris, located Rive Gauche (Left Bank). Each street, each building, is connected to a fascinating history, and to art:
• the Louvre, a fortress built in 1200 to defend Paris from Richard the Lionheart, then the Palace of the kings of France until the French Revolution (1790), now an impressive art museum,
• the Institute of France, a Military School built in 1660 exactly in front of the Louvre, made by Napoleon into the place where the "Immortals": French Academy, Academy of Sciences, Academy of Arts etc, work every day, under the Cuppola,
• the Saint-Germain Benedictine abbey, founded in 550 then rebuilt in 1150, a major international knowledge center which was able to attract all kinds of intellectuals, artists as well as engineers until 1790,
• rue Mazarine, rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, rue Monsieur le Prince, streets that were built 820 years ago to inspect the wide moat around the City Wall,
• Balzac's printing house, nestled amongst the neighbouring bookshops, publishing houses, and the literary salons of the intellectual elite of the 20th century — Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Proust, etc.
• Delacroix's secret workshop and secret garden,
• the École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts), whose students — still today — you see spread in the area with cardboard drawing, training in the Louvre, a few steps from your apartment by crossing the Pont des Arts, or down your windows sketching the Dome of Institute of France.
Rue Mazarine itself housed many characters who left their print in History of France. Molière created there the "Illustrious Theatre". A book of Balzac describes rooms in your residence itself! Manet (French impressionist) and Champollion (the decoder of the Rosetta Stone) lived in that street. You can also discover more remnants, including towers and parts of the Philippe II's City Wall, edificated in 1200.
ARTS AND CULTURE
The 6th, or 6th arrondissement, has always been the area for arts and culture in Paris. Its charm and elegance and the quality of life it provides attracted many artists and intellectuals, making it the location of French cultural vanguard. You will discover in your neighborhood over one hundred art galleries, and the most famous French publishing houses. Four famous Brasseries in the 6th: Lipp, Deux Magots, Café de Flore and Procope, award literary prizes.
NIGHT LIFE
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the students' and artists' area where a passionate youth lives. Since the 50's, Juliette Greco and Miles Davis, Jazz, the wine cellars of Saint-Germain, Boris Vian and Man Ray, lively streets resound with this bountiful heritage which make the Parisian night vibrate. The density of trendy bars, wine bars and restaurants will immerse you into this extraordinary atmosphere.
SHOPPING & LIFESTYLE
Rive Gauche means art of French living, regarding both style and pleasure. For shopping addicts: Hermes, Ralph Lauren, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Bon Marché, Montblanc, Cartier, and many more in-style shops to discover. For gourmets: Ladurée Bonaparte, Maison du Chocolat, Pierre Hermé, Maison Mulot, Mariage Frères, Pâtisserie des Rêves, the Grande Epicerie du Bon Marché.
RESTAURANTS
The number of restaurant nearby is such that you are sure to find what suits you, in terms of kind of food and budget: the most famous outstanding restaurants, including several world-class restaurants such as La Tour d'Argent or Guy Savoy, as well as typical Parisian bistrots and brasseries. The iPhone provided to you for your stay contains a commented selection of restaurants of all kinds and price levels.
You will stay in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the artistic, cultural and intellectual center in Paris, located Rive Gauche (Left Bank). Each street, each building, is connected to a fascinating history, and to art:
• the Louvre, a fortress built in 1200 to defend Paris from Richard the Lionheart, then the Palace of the kings of France until the French Revolution (1790), now an impressive art museum,
• the Institute of France, a Military School built in 1660 exactly in front of the Louvre, made by Napoleon into the place where the "Immortals": French Academy, Academy of Sciences, Academy of Arts etc, work every day, under the Cuppola,
• the Saint-Germain Benedictine abbey, founded in 550 then rebuilt in 1150, a major international knowledge center which was able to attract all kinds of intellectuals, artists as well as engineers until 1790,
• rue Mazarine, rue de l'Ancienne Comédie, rue Monsieur le Prince, streets that were built 820 years ago to inspect the wide moat around the City Wall,
• Balzac's printing house, nestled amongst the neighbouring bookshops, publishing houses, and the literary salons of the intellectual elite of the 20th century — Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Proust, etc.
• Delacroix's secret workshop and secret garden,
• the École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts), whose students — still today — you see spread in the area with cardboard drawing, training in the Louvre, a few steps from your apartment by crossing the Pont des Arts, or down your windows sketching the Dome of Institute of France.
Rue Mazarine itself housed many characters who left their print in History of France. Molière created there the "Illustrious Theatre". A book of Balzac describes rooms in your residence itself! Manet (French impressionist) and Champollion (the decoder of the Rosetta Stone) lived in that street. You can also discover more remnants, including towers and parts of the Philippe II's City Wall, edificated in 1200.
ARTS AND CULTURE
The 6th, or 6th arrondissement, has always been the area for arts and culture in Paris. Its charm and elegance and the quality of life it provides attracted many artists and intellectuals, making it the location of French cultural vanguard. You will discover in your neighborhood over one hundred art galleries, and the most famous French publishing houses. Four famous Brasseries in the 6th: Lipp, Deux Magots, Café de Flore and Procope, award literary prizes.
NIGHT LIFE
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is the students' and artists' area where a passionate youth lives. Since the 50's, Juliette Greco and Miles Davis, Jazz, the wine cellars of Saint-Germain, Boris Vian and Man Ray, lively streets resound with this bountiful heritage which make the Parisian night vibrate. The density of trendy bars, wine bars and restaurants will immerse you into this extraordinary atmosphere.
SHOPPING & LIFESTYLE
Rive Gauche means art of French living, regarding both style and pleasure. For shopping addicts: Hermes, Ralph Lauren, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Bon Marché, Montblanc, Cartier, and many more in-style shops to discover. For gourmets: Ladurée Bonaparte, Maison du Chocolat, Pierre Hermé, Maison Mulot, Mariage Frères, Pâtisserie des Rêves, the Grande Epicerie du Bon Marché.
RESTAURANTS
The number of restaurant nearby is such that you are sure to find what suits you, in terms of kind of food and budget: the most famous outstanding restaurants, including several world-class restaurants such as La Tour d'Argent or Guy Savoy, as well as typical Parisian bistrots and brasseries. The iPhone provided to you for your stay contains a commented selection of restaurants of all kinds and price levels.
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