This elegant, two bedroom apartment is ideally located on Rue de Nesle, between the Boulevard St. Germain and the Pont Neuf (the oldest bridge in Paris) on the River Seine. The rue de Nesle is buzzing with book wholesalers’ activities during the day, and it is just a short stroll down to the river or up to the bustling St-Germain towards Odéon . In between, you'll find one of Paris’ most charming market streets, the rue de Buci, and the rue de Seine, with their animated food and flower markets, cafés, and wonderful antique shops and art galleries. Not to mention other Paris cultural monuments such as the Académie Française, the Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots and the Pont des Arts, all of which are within short walking distance.
This apartment is on the fourth floor of a 16th-17th century building. Built on the remains of the Paris fortification walls and the famous Tour de Nesle, both constructed between 1190 and 1220, during the reign of Philippe Auguste, you can still see some of the wall’s and tower's vestiges in the building's lobby. On entering the apartment you are immediately aware of its light, with many windows and skylights and four metre high ceilings in the living room. A pair of custom-built sofas can turn into two comfortable, full single beds for extra guests.
Everything from the exquisite materials, to the equipment, to the subtle colour scheme, has been chosen with care. There is a Bose music/home cinema system, a central air conditioning/heating system and even an automatic foot massager for those sore feet after a long day of pounding Paris pavements. This is an utterly modern apartment, with touches of the 1940s and 50s decorative arts added in some of the furnishings. The mood lighting in the living room is generated by a set of three painted light boxes by Italian artist Walter Puppo purchased from a gallery in Brussels. Four steps up lead up to a separate bedroom, with two single beds, a corner desk and en suite shower and basin. The two beds can be joined together to form one queen-size bed. The shower cabin is decorated with translucent glass tiling and the bathroom floor is paved in smooth pebbles. A few more steps up lead to the mezzanine bedroom, where there is a queen-size bed and a separate private bathroom. Further amenities include air conditioning, phone, fast DSL wi-fi internet connection, alarm clock, iron/ironing board and hairdryer & curler.
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Living/dining room with two single sofa-beds. Well equipped open-plan kitchen with a full oven, dishwasher, microwave oven, food processor and espresso machine. Adjacent to the kitchen, you'll find the laundry closet, with washing machine and separate dryer. Guest WC. Double bedroom with queen-size bed and en-suite shower room. Mezzanine bedroom with twin beds which can be made up as aqueen-size bed. Bathroom with bathtub, basin and WC. |
