Holiday apartment in Paris: CDM1-Le Petit Champ de Mars Paris VII

If you're looking for the perfect Parisian apartment for your stay, this is it! Located in the best part of the 7th, just a few steps from the door you'll find everything you need: one of the most active and characteristic places in Paris for food shopping- still many small specialty shops; the major metro and bus lines, post office, good cafes and restaurants... you name it, it's close by. And in a few minutes' walk you're at the Seine or standing under the Eiffel Tower. And your apartment is in one of the most beautiful historic Art Nouveau buildings. An elevator takes you to the top floor, and you enter a beautiful, spacious duplex space, full of light (that classic Parisian glass roof!), very quiet (it faces an inner courtyard), and so unique- imagine lying in bed with a view of the Eiffel Tower. Or having your morning coffee in the sun on the little terrace off the living room. Walid has thought of everything for your comfort and is very helpful with anything you need advice with for your stay - you can walk in and immediately feel at home. You won't find better than this!
Paul Connelly

Ernest Hemingway said "Paris is a moveable feast". This exemplifies beautifully my experience in Paris living at 33, rue du Champs de Mars. It was more than a wonderful time: it was a true dream. The apt is filled with light and air. One feels like living in a stork’s nest on top of one of the most beautiful buildings in Paris. Everything from the location to the modern conveniences to the wonderfully helpful concierge was beyond my expectations. I loved the apt so much that I stayed there for almost a year!
And what can I say about the view? Waking up every morning to be able to almost touch the Eiffel Tower was heaven. From the bed, one is able to gaze for hours at one of Paris' most famous monuments. Every hour on the hour, the Eiffel Tower does its own fancy show of sparkling lights which fills the apt with so much atmosphere that one feels that this show ( I playfully nicknamed it, "The Coco Chanel Dance!") is performed specifically for them! The view, the light, is honestly unbelievable.... something I'll never forget and something all of my friends and family ( esp. my mother!) will never forget and talk about all the time. This experience still remains for me, and those who visited me one of the highlights of my living in Europe.
The location is fantastic. In the middle of the famous seventh arrondissement, one has everything at their fingertips. The park Champs de Mars is right across the street. One of the best known local shopping street, rue Cler, is also right there with everything the city dweller needs: dry cleaning, several grocery stores, fresh butchers and cheese shops, FAB restaurants ( one of the freshest take-away sushis in Paris) and bistros (Café de Marché -- a must!), subway stations, many monuments (Ecole Militaire, Eiffel Tower, Les Invalides, The river Seine etc.), and loads of smaller shops offering everything from clothing and shoes to household items. On my days off from work, there was so much to do in my neighborhood that I never left the area!
The facade of the building is a national historic landmark, which has one of the best examples of French Art Nouveau in Paris. And don't forget to check out the Dépôt/Vente aution house around the corner, where citizens bring their private collections to be auctioned off.... sometimes one can find that special treasure at a steal! The terrace gives one a different view: the rooftops of Paris create the feeling of Paris in the fifties.
All in All, I wish I could be transferred back to Paris so I could live there again.. I often long for the beauty and serenity of this great place. Again, if you want to experience Ernest Hemingway's Paris this apt is perfect!
Michael Black

We have rented the loft and tried to rent it again but our dates did not mesh due to repairs that had to be done. We did in fact rent it for a month and really loved it. The kitchen is very well equipped and the view when you go to sleep or wake up is unbelievable. We love the neighborhood. It is close to the bus lines and not far from the metro. Rue Cler is a stone’s throw away and we always love the market on the Avenue Saxe on Thursday and Saturday mornings. It is essentially across the street from one of the best upscale Italian restaurants in Paris called La Taverna -- great veal and risottos. The apartment is located on the courtyard and is very quiet. We have stayed in other apartments and can truthfully say that the entire building is better kept than others we have stayed in. We had no problems at all and had a wonderful stay. Walid checked with us periodically to see that all was going well. We have been going to France and Paris since 1994 twice a year and I think the 7th is our favorite neighborhood. We have tried other Arrondissements and keep going back to the 7th. There are many wonderful restaurants to enjoy without venturing far in the evening and there is an internet cafe on rue Exposition if you need to email home and don't want to be bothered with carrying a laptop.
Jim & Pat Hutchinson