One-bedroom flat in the Bastille neighborhood of Paris to rent by the day (65 euros, or $100 US, with a 6-night minimum) or month. A discount applies to rentals of one month or more. All utilities, phone, and wifi are included. Click here for the availability calendar. Click here to email. Scroll down for a description of the apartment, a list of amenities, and the procedure for renting.

The apartment is on rue Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, near Place de la Bastille, République, the Marais, and the famous open-air market, the Marché D’Aligre. The flat is on the second floor of a traditional 19th century Parisian building.

Parties of up to 4 people can stay at the apartment, which has a full-size bed as well as a firm, new pull-out sofabed. The apartment has cable TV, high-speed Internet with wifi, and a phone with an answering machine. Long distance phone calls are free.

The kitchen has a two-burner electric range, a toaster oven, a microwave, and everything you’ll need for cooking meals at home (pots, pans, dishes, utensils). There is also a washing machine.

The bathroom features an enclosed shower with a wide shower head and a heated towel rack.

Here’s the other side of the bathroom. All linens for your stay are provided: bathroom towels, sheets, blankets, down comforters, and pillows.

Rue Voltaire is conveniently located close to all the major Paris attractions. Many destinations, such as the Marais, are easily reached on foot. There are also several bus lines that run close to the building, and a metro stop—rue des Boulets–a half a block down the street.

Here’s the view from the apartment window. It’s a safe, friendly neighborhood with lots of shops and cafes on either end of the street. The relatively low buildings allow for plenty of natural light into the apartment.

Here’s the building’s exterior. There is an electronic “digicode” for buzzing people in on the right side of the door. People need to have keys, or be buzzed in, to two separate doors before accessing the staircase that leads to the apartment.

Here is the main lobby on the other side of the wood entry doors. Vintage tile and wood paneling are très Parisian.

The apartment is two flights up a wide wooden staircase.

This is what the apartment looks like when you open the door. The bathroom is on the left.

Here’s a view of the kitchen from the doorway to the bedroom.

AMENITIES

high-speed wireless Internet

cable TV

DVD and CD player

stereo system to which you can hook up your iPod

telephone with answering machine

free phone calls internationally

free local calls to land lines

towels, sheets, dishtowels

down comforter and down pillows

blankets and fiber-filled pillows

hair dryer

washing machine and rack for air-drying your clothing

books and local maps

flower vases

a “Bible” with info on everything from emergency numbers to where to find a pharmacist, the best currency exchange place, local restaurants, nearest metros, etc.

 

HOW TO RENT

Check availability.

Then send an email with your check-in and check-out dates.

(If the dates you want are not free, try these other locations: Marais and Montmartre.)

We will send you a rental contract with all the details in it.

A deposit of $100 US (or 100 euros) is required to confirm reservation. PayPal, bank transfers, or checks in euros or dollars are accepted. We are not yet equipped to take credit cards.

Reservations made by email are pending until deposit has been received.

Reservations are confirmed when deposit payment has cleared.

Rent is due 2 weeks before arrival.

A discount applies for rentals of more than six months.

 

Check-in time is 5 PM and check-out is noon. There is flexibility with those times if no one is booked immediately before or after you; however, reservations are taken 24 hours a day up until the day of arrival, so the only way to  guarantee early check-in or late check-out is to book an extra night.

The security deposit is returned within 24 hours of the tenant’s departure from the apartment.

There is a 50-euro cleaning fee due at the end of the stay.

If you’d like to know more about the apartment’s owner, read this New York Times article.