Rue Vaneau - Paris Life at Your Fingertips

"La Vie Parisienne" at Your Fingertips...

Located in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the 7th arrondissement, this fully renovated historic apartment on the corner of Rue Babylone and Rue Vaneau is less than a block away from the famous department store Bon Marché, the shopping of the famous Rue du Bac, as well as a pharmacy, two patisseries, three supermarkets, countless corner stores, cafés and restaurants, a fully enclosed park with children's playground, an ATM and a news agency. It is an easy walk to all major attractions of Paris including the Boulevard St Germain (0.3 miles), Hôtel des Invalides (0.5 miles), Saint Sulpice (0.5 miles), Jardin du Luxembourg (0.6 miles), the Louvre (0.6 miles), the Champs Elyseés (0.8 miles), Notre Dame Cathedral and the Latin Quarter (both about 1.0 mile) and the Eiffel Tower (1.2 miles). For those keen to use the Paris Metro, the apartment is a short walk from three different metro stations - Vaneau, St Francois Xavier and Sèvres-Babylone.

The apartment is located on the first floor (one up from the ground floor) with elevator access in an early 19th century stone building. Recently renovated, the apartment has been designed and decorated with stylish modern furniture and fixtures. It has high ceilings with original molding and original parquet floors, and is heated by a hydronic system that supplies each room.

The entry way provides storage for coats and shoes, and opens into an open plan living-dining room and a fully equipped chef's kitchen. The kitchen has a dishwasher, microwave oven, front-loading washing machine and n'espresso coffee maker.

The open plan living-dining area has large picture windows overlooking a private cobblestone courtyard. The sitting area has a white 2-seater sofa and two armchairs grouped around a square glass coffee table. The sitting area also includes two bookshelves with books and magazines in French and English. Upon one of the bookshelves is a flat screen TV with DVD player, a cable TV box and a selection of DVDs. There is also a WiFi router that provides high speed internet access and also an incoming telephone line that also provides unlimited local calls. Adjacent is the dining area with a large dining table and six chairs.

The living-dining area is separated from two spacious bedrooms by a vestibule into which a separate toilet/WC and bathroom both open. The bathroom has a double vanity, heated towel rail and sizable shower. There is no bathtub. Both bedrooms are large with shuttered picture frame windows. The main bedroom has a queen sized bed, a wardrobe, a tall boy and luggage rack. The second bedroom has an inbuilt cupboard, two twin beds with additional pullout mattresses underneath and is ideal for children or a second couple.

This is a spacious and brilliantly situated apartment ideal for families with children of all ages or two traveling couples.