3rd Arrondissement Le Marais Vacation Rental apartment: Marais

Completely renovated last year, this nicely laid out apartment rental is a charming combination of modern and ancient Paris.

Located in a 17th century building, mixing contemporary French design and ancient Parisian architectural tradition, this apartment is overlooking a private garden. Entering through an ancient paved entryway you access the apartment taking three flights of stairs. The entrance hallway bring you to the bathroom, kitchen and the renovated living room.

Contemporary furniture includes a leather armchair, comfortable sofa-bed, Table (dinner for 6 possible), stereo with CD Player, and cable TV (including CNN and BBC World).

Off the living room, the new, fully equipped kitchen has a window facing a small inner courtyard, combination microwave/conventional oven, stone slab counters, cook-top, wood cabinets, refrigerator, and washing machine. Comfortable bedroom with double bed and garden view is accessed from the living room. The full bath is stylishly remodeled with a marble topped sink and a tub with wall mounted shower and a toilet.

Everyone has a different reason for loving Paris, and this apartment on the rue du Temple will be the perfect addition to your list.

Situated in the Marais, this apartment is just four blocks away from the Picasso Museum and the Beaubourg Center (Museum of Modern Art).

A five-minute walk east takes you to some of the trendiest little shopping streets in Paris, among them the cutting edge shops of the rue des Francs-Bourgeois.

A three-minute walk north brings you to one of the finest street markets for antiques and gourmet foods. Ten minutes walk south and you're standing at Notre-Dame Cathedral on the Seine .

On rue Rambuteau, all the food that brings us to Paris can be found in a single block: ?- a boulanger artisanal for your bread and pastries, traiteurs for those amazing sausages and patés, one of the few remaining poissoniers still going strong for fresh fish and oysters a great wine shop and a chocolaterie for a little love of the confectionary kind.