Rates
: 800 Euros/week - 2500 Euros/month ALL INCLUDED
If you like this apartment, you will appreciate his brother in the same
area :
Studio le Marais
Name : Sue and Ellen Leverington
Email : suz0405@gmail.com
Dear Thierry
Ellen
and I are leaving at approximately 9.15am tomorrow morning to go by
metro to CDG. I would like to say thankyou very much for a wonderful
stay at Place Des Vosges. We have both enjoyed every minute of our stay
in Paris. It has been made even better as we have had our wonderful
little house to come back to each evening after our adventures. We saw
all the museums and galleries we had chosen, spent a day at Disneyland,
and also went to the Moulin Rouge, and did some shopping!! We walked
many miles all over Paris, but our favourite area is Le Marais!
We will be back again in the future.
With our best regards
Sue and Ellen Leverington
Name:
Charles
& Peggy Smith
E-mail
address: Email on request to Thierry to avoid Spam
Comments:
My
wife and I had a wonderful week in Paris, staying in the appartment
near Place des Vosges on Rue Turenne. The place was bright (just as
shown on the website pics), quiet (you'll always have the typical
street traffic), no noise from neighbors, toasty warm in January. The
bus stop is at the apartment door! Most convenient...direct to Notre
Dame etc in minutes. Metro just 2 blocks or so away.
The
Marais
is a great place to spend an extended stay in Paris. Wonderful choices
for restaurants nearby, great variety and very economical to the most
dear. Interesting shopping and streets. Convenient to transportation.
The
apartment had a wonderfully comfortable bed in the loft, nice linens
and the computer and high-speed internet made it simple to investigate
bus lines, museum info, and restaurants. Roomy bathroom, shower
only. Thierry
took
great care of us and gave us great advise on the area. Great bakery,
patesserie 100 steps away (open at 7 am), so we saved $'s on breakfast,
had great pastry and concentrated on the mid-day meal. Place des Vosges
is a wonderful place to sit, picnick (though not everyday in January)
and watch the flow of people. It's 1/2 block away.
We
picked
our apartment from the net based on Thierry's web-site info (which was
honest and representative), out of the blue, but were very happy and
hope to return one day.
Thanks,
Thierry,
Charlie
and
Peggy, Louisiana
Name:
Barbra K.
Kearney
E-mail
address: Email on request to Thierry to avoid Spam
Comments:
Hi
Thierry, I meant to write sooner to tell you how much I appreciated all
your kindness and your gracious hospitality during my visit to Paris in
March with my friend Kevin Day and my sister Denise. The Place des
Vosges apartment was so fantastique! We all enjoyed our time so very
much and wanted to thank you again for taking such good care of us, you
made my visit so very memorable, and I will be back again some day to
see you again. Au revoir!
Sincerely,
Barbra Kearney
Name:
Ana Suhaili
E-mail
address: Email on request to Thierry to avoid Spam
Comments:
It
took me so long before putting up my review due to my hectic schedule
and health problem just after returning fr my yearly holiday to Europe.
But here I am...
In
the past,
I had one of the most amazing job in the world, travelling and
reviewing some of the best hotels in Asia, in particular those in Bali
and Jakarta, when I was with www.asiahotels.com Though, Mr Thierry's
apartments are not classified under hotel or resort, I would like to
give his Place des Vosges apartment a score of 9.5/10 (well, sorry,
Thierry, nobody is perfect!) The place is large and more than
comfortable enough for a single traveller like me, in fact, it can
accomodate up to 4 guests but will be too crowded. The ameneties in the
apartment are perfect - I didn't feel I miss anything. And the massage
shower was really a luxury after a very long walk, though I wish to
have a bath tub. The mattress, pillows and the comforter are much
better than those I found in 4, even 5 star hotels in Paris. Truly one
luxury holiday for me. The free high-speed internet connection was
really helpful as I was working too when in Paris, enable me not to
lose contact with my suppliers and friends back in Asia - and saving me
money fr calling them. I have one comment though, I wish Mr Thierry
provides more DVD with English subtitles coz almost everything on local
and cable TV channels are in French.
The
location
was excellent, and I can just walk to Notre Dame, Bastille, and I even
walked all the way to Tour Eiffel (well, I couldn't get a taxi, and it
was a very, very, very long walk, but I love walking in Paris). There
are lots of high-end and low-end restaurants around, plus many
boutiques to cater every budget. Those money I saved on long distance
phone calls, there, I spent in those boutiques.
But
the best
part of my stay at this apartment in Place des Vosges was Mr Thierry
himself. He is such a kind man, the kindest I have ever met in Paris so
far. He is very sympathetic, full of life and kindness in him, and
very, patient and understanding. That, for me, who has done my fair
share of travelling and reviewing hotels, is extremely priceless. He
made me feel so at home and welcome. And for this, I know that I am now
had a new friend in Paris. And will always stay in one of his lovely
apartment for my yearly trip to Paris.
Thank
you,
Thierry, for making my holiday in Paris the most memorable one.
See you very soon.
Trip Report From TripAdvisor (Click HERE to read it directly at the web source)
Well,
we are finally here!! We landed at CDG yesterday about 10 am. Because
we used a charter airline (Zoom out of Montreal), we landed at Terminal
3, which I guess is not used by any of the bigger airlines. We were
through customs in less than 5 minutes and had our baggage 5 minutes
later. I had booked a shuttle with Shuttle Inter after reading good
reviews about them on Trip Advisor.(I just want to say that as I am
writing this, I am sipping on a rose in our apartment and eating some
macaroons we got at the Bastille market this morning. Ah, Paris!). The
fare is 55 euros per trip for a private shuttle ~ IOW, we were the only
passengers, no waiting for anyone else. The driver was waiting for us
when we left the passenger part of the terminal with a sign with our
name on it. We had no traffic coming into the city and were at our
apartment in the Marais about an hour after we landed!! We had told
Thierry from ParisBestLodge that we would probably be there about noon,
and it was only 11:15 when we got there. There was still someone
cleaning the apartment, so we went for a walk to orient ourselves while
the cleaning was completed and were back about 12:30. On our way in, we
spotted the Cafe des Musees which I had read about (49 rue de Turenne).
We made reservations for dinner later that night.
We have
rented the Place des Voges apartment, which is literally half a block
from Place des Voges on Rue de Turennes. The apartment is very cozy and
completely spotless. There is a comfortable bed on the upper mezzanine
and a sofa-bed on the main level. The kitchen is well equipped and the
compact bathroom has a shower with great water pressure. We unpacked
and went for another walk, after having phoned Thierry and confirming
that he would be by about 6pm to give us an orientation and take our
payment. (One of the reasons we booked with Thierry was his very easy
booking system ~ no deposit or security deposit except for a cheque we
sent him when we booked which he does not cash. He holds it and will
give it back to us when we leave. We had to pay him in cash yesterday,
so I did have to exchange and carry 1600 euros (800 euros/week) with
me, but we really liked not having to pay anything in advance or having
money tied up in a security deposit.)
We walked to Place des Voges and
realized we had seen it last year without realizing what it was. We
stopped for lunch at Cafe Hugo, on the north side of Place Des Voges
under those beautiful arches. We each had a wonderful salad for 11
euros each, Den has the Salade Nicoise and I had the Salade Fermiere,
with goat cheese, apples and ham. We split a half litre of Brouilly and
the total was 36 euros. Fortified with food and wine, but starting to
feel the effects of jet lag, we walked to the Bastille where Den bought
some earphones for his Ipod at the FNAC across from the Bastille Opera
House. We walked down to the nearest Monoprix and got some yogurt,
coffee and cream for our breakfast. (There is a boulangerie a half
block from our apartment where Den will get our daily pain aux chocolat
and croissants in the morning). As we were walking back, we ran across
a huge gathering of people celebrating the end of slavery. Den read
this morning that President Sarkozy met with representatives of the
group yesterday. We got back to the apartment around 4:30 and took a
little nap since we had been up since 6am the day before in
anticipation of the trip. Thierry came by at about 6pm to explain the
appliances and TV/cable in the apartment. We have a washer/dryer, a
dishwasher and a computer, which are very nice conveniences to have for
a 2 week stay. He showed me how to connect the internet directly to my
laptop and I thought everything was OK, but we haven't been able to use
the internet on the mac yet because I don't have his internet
connection info. Being the techno geeks that we are, we didn't realize
that we are not using a wireless network when we connect the internet
cable directly to the PC!! We tried various ways to connect and have
given up for the moment, not wanting to worry about this when Paris is
outside our door waiting to be explored. I may phone Thierry later this
week to ask him about it, but have decided to just write my blog
through his computer and worry about uploading the pictures later.
We walked to dinner and were seated at
a delightful little table right at an open patio window. We had read
very good reviews about this little restaurant and were happy to start
our vacation finding a recognizable place so easily. We both ordered
from la carte. I had mushroom caps stuffed with escargots for an
appetizer and Den had saucisse de cochon noire. Both were delicious and
we had a bottle of Gamay from the Loire valley, a steal at 18 euroes.
Den ordered cuisse de canard which came with Dauphine potatoes and a
mesculan salad. I had the mijote of the month, which was lamb shoulder
stewed with veggies and potatoes in a delectable broth. Halfway through
our meal, we started talking with the people next to us to discover
they were also Canadians. They were on their last night of their 2 week
vacations and gave us several restaurant recommendations (including
Robert & Louise and L'Ami Jean). Den had a chocolate terrine for
dessert and I had rice pudding after seeing how much our neighbours
enjoyed theirs. Dinner lasted about 2 hours and was a very reasonable
81 euros. We walked the 2 blocks back to our apartment and were fast
asleep in about 15 minutes.
We woke up this morning at around
6:30, very excited to finally be in Paris. We lounged around the
apartment, drinking coffee and trying to connect the mac to the
internet (unsucessfully) till around 8:30, when we walked to the
Bastille Sunday market and bought some fruit, cheese, eggs, fresh
butter, a baguette and various other goodies. We had been to this
market last year and we are even closer (about a five minute walk) this
year. Walked back to the apartment, put away our yummy stash, had some
bread and cheese and walked over to the Bastille metro to go to the
Pere Lachaisse cemetary. We spent about 2 hours walking around, looking
for the famous tombstones and enjoying the peace and beauty of the
cemetary. Although it was pretty neat finding Jim Morrison's plot, the
monuments that had the most impact on me were those which I didn't even
know were there ~ the many monuments to the victims of the Second World
War and specifically the victims of the Nazi concentration camps. There
were about a dozen memorials to the tens and hundreds of thousands of
innocent French victims of Nazi atrocities. The carvings were very
poignant, reminding us of the horrors of this part of history and
bringing me to tears several times. This was the most memorable part of
my visit to Pere Lachaisse, which I will remember for a very long time.
We left the cemetary a little after
1pm and had planned to take the metro back, but it was such a beautiful
day, we decided to walk back. We walked through the 11th on rue de la
roquette, which took us right back to the Bastille, stopping on the way
at a little cafe for a break from the sun. As we got nearer to the
Marais, Den remarked that we had been in Paris for over 24 hours and
not yet visited the Seine, so we continued walking towards Ile St Louis,
with a stop at the L'As du Fallafel for those wonderful sandwiches.
Sitting on the curb, munching those huge, delicous monsters, we knew we
were definitely back in Paris. We had dreamed about these babies since
having them twice in one week last year. We walked through Ile St Louis
and towards St Chapelle, hoping to get in without too much of a wait,
but there was about an hour wait to get in, so we decided to walk back
home. By the time we got back, around 5:30, we had been walking pretty
much nonstop for 7 hours and our little tootsies were hurting. We
decided to just have dinner in the apartment with our goodies from this
morning's market and hang around, listening to the CDs I brought and
resting our bodies for tomorrow. I was anxious to enter my first post
from Paris and Den is playing with iphoto on the mac, transferring the
pictures we've taken so far.
I think we will take the bus to Champ
de Mars tomorrow and walk slowly back. I'm looking forward to a good
night's sleep and another wonderful day in paradise in the morning.
Jo
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