I booked this hotel for a short trip for my daughter's 16th birthday. The location is in a quiet street and as 2 females we felt safe walking back to the hotel at midnight as it is really well lit and people around sitting in restaurants. Our room was on the 3rd floor, overlooking the court yard within the hotel - a comfortable bed and the windows open very wide to allow a lovely breeze into the room. There is air-con but we didn't need it. The room is small but typical for Paris. We were only in the room early morning or late evening so it was ideal. The staff are friendly. The Metro station Vavin is almost on the doorstep, which takes you direct to Notre Dame and we found it easy to change to other lines to the Eiffel Tower etc. The Paris Metro is fairly easy to use - colour coded and the map layout is similar style as the London Underground so as a new traveller to Paris, we didn't find it a problem at all, about 1.80euros one way. There are customer services staff in a lot of the stations. We also took the RER B from Charles De Gaulle airport about 10.80euros one way to Port Royal. Then a very pleasant 15-20min walk on the tree lined boulevard to the hotel. The trains and metros are extremely frequent.