Alain meets you at the door and helps with your luggage -- a big shout out to him for that! The steps are for real: 106, or 70 seconds climbing straight up a narrow spiral staircase (stay to the wall for widest steps). The view is spectacular, gazing out at Paris apartments and rooftops, tiny view of the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse building in the distance. Along with the sights of Paris comes, not surprisingly, the sounds of sirens wailing to add to the atmosphere. The unit is authentically Parisian, as in smallish – but unscreened windows in every room open wide to eliminate any closed-in feeling. The bed is a comfortable King and there is a single bed in the “living room,” which acts as a couch or can become a bed.. Again, smallish in all respects but you are most definitely in the center of things – 3 blocks to the Luxembourg RER Station, close to the Luxembourg Gardens, walkable to Notre Dame and the Pantheon as well as the entire Left Bank. Stovetop and oven/microwave (we couldn't figure any of it out, rummaged for instruction booklet to no avail). Refrigerator, Nespresso, French drip coffee-maker and an electric kettle. Bathtub and shower with again, another big window. We did not dare the washer in the bathroom (no dryer unless this is a combo but again, no instructions). Your window on the Paris world awaits you if you’ve got those stairs in you! P.S. If you visit the Eiffel Tower and take the lift to the very top, that too takes 70-seconds – just like your climb to this charming atelier in the sky!