18th Montmartre holiday studio

This apartment is everything it promises to be. My 15 yr-old niece stayed here with me June-July 2007 and loved it as well. Very well located, on a quiet street very close to popular and historic sites. Cute, lots of character up a windy staircase,wood floors, airy, light. Perfect view with lots of privacy! Eiffel Tower is a lot larger and closer than what you see in their photos, to our delight. As soon as we entered and opened the three floor to ceiling french windows it made us feel like we were truly in the Paris of our fantasies. Lovely cobblestoned walk from the Abbesses metro, where there is always something (music) going on. Family oriented and very safe at all hours, yet trendy, too. Small grocery, creperie,restos and trendy bar steps away! Restaurants, markets, boutiques all within a stroll. Sacre Coeur and Place du Tetre are very very close so you can visit it easily before the crowds arrive. Amelie Poulain store just around the corner, the bar is a walk away. A very lovely, villagey walk to our language school (Atelier 9)daily in the 9th arrondisement on Rue Trevise, but of course the metro takes you everywhere.
Owners are "adorable", as my niece said, friendly and very responsive yet relaxed and allowed us our privacy even though they lived two floors below. Deposit was returned almost immediately. All appliances worked. Not in photo: very large windows, two nice tables/desks, full size refrig, stove, bookshelf/radio, washer, bathroom counter,storage and large mirror,extra storage/clothes hanging in hallway. Beds were really, really comfy! I slept in the child's bed, too! Best of all was knowing Picasso stayed here when he first came to Paris. One book says he "rented the top floor" of the building, so we like to think it was this apartment! There is a plaque on the outside building and also in the inside. There are only about a dozen tenants in this building, so it's intimate. Thank you, Valeria and Jean-Yves, for a very wonderful place in Montmartre!