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This is a Non-Smoking Apartment.
Living in this rue de Luynes Apartment is an experience. This Apartment is a perfect example of the French "Art de Vivre" of people with taste, aristocratic (like its owner), where everything is in place, like in a nice painting. . The atmosphere of this Apartment is smooth, one does not feel like living in a "Museum". However, this Apartment can only be rented to very careful Guests.
THE AREA
This is the best part of the St Germain area, where fashion meets power, where Art is everywhere. Rue de Luynes is right behind Rue du Bac, and Rue du Bac is the border between 6th & 7th districts. On one side, the 6th is St Germain , with its designer clothes, art galleries, furniture shops, and the great shopping street called rue de Buci, which looks like a permanent open air market. On the other side, the 7th is the quiet district where most CEO's and Members of the Establishment have their homes. Mansions of the ministers, the Residence of the Prime Minister, the National Assembly, are on this side of Paris. D'Orsay & Louvre Museums are only a few minutes walk from there. Rue du Bac is also a great street for food shopping. This Apartment is only a few blocks from Le Bon Marché, the best Department Store in Paris. Wealthy Parisians like to shop for delicate foods at La Grande Epicerie, on the Ground Floor of Le Bon Marché. Metro station is RUE DU BAC (only one block away).
THE BUILDING
It is a very traditional stone building, built circa the end of the 19th century. Building is in impeccable condition. Stair case is very specatular. Building is very safe with coded gate and buzzer. The Apartment is on the first floor (1 floor above Ground level) with an Elevator. Building overlooks the quiet rue de Luynes, and private alley on the side.
THE APARTMENT
Total surface of this Apartment is 120 sq meters, i.e. 1,300 sq feet. The first thing you see when opening the Apartment door is a nice entrance hall, decorated with taste, and the brightness of the large Living Room, with its high windows.
Living room (and the whole Apartment) has wooden floors called Versailles Style. All furniture is genuine antique from the 18th century. There are several sitting corners, with either sofas or chairs, a huge and painted marble fireplace, a rectangular coffee table, genuine ancient paintings mostly showing Provence landscapes.
Master Bedroom features : a queen size bed, two night tables and lamps, very large closet. In the second part of the Master bedroom, there is an office desk, a Cable TV w/VCR, a dble sofa bed. Master bathroom is en-suite with Master Bedroom, and offers : 2 washbasins, one bathtub with standing shower, and a W.C.
Second bedroom is larger than Master Bedroom; it features a king size bed that can be made up into two twin beds, a dining table, a library. There is a large closet available in hallway for Guests using this second bedroom. Second bathroom is in the entrance hallway, i.e. is accessible from anywhere in the Apartment. It has : one washbasin, one shower cabin, and one W.C.
Kitchen has a very good size; it is divided in two parts : first part is a large dining corner, with rattan chairs, where 6 persons can easily eat. Second part features : a dishwasher, a washing machine, a dryer for clothes, an electric stove/oven, a microwave, numerous utensils and china in great quantity.
There is a phone, limited to local calls. Linen and towels are provided.
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