Rodin Museum

Description from the manager

This spacious two-bedroom apartment is truly in the “well kept secret” category. Formerly inhabited by the French ambassador to Japan, even the entrance – off the main street, through an iron gate, into a secluded interior alley, and up a sun-drenched, atrium-like shallow staircase – is a pleasure of the most refined and exquisite kind.

You enter the second-floor apartment by elevator, coming into the enormous main living area or salon, which sports couches and a candelabra’ed dining table against a backdrop of wall-to-wall bookshelves, and looking out onto graceful floor-to-ceiling windows.

There are two bedrooms, one w...ith a queen bed and the other with a full-size pullout couch. The master bedroom gives onto the first bath, with beautifully tiles tub and fixtures; a second bathroom has a glass-doored shower enclosure.

The fully equipped kitchen is ultramodern, ready for you to whip up some glorious afternoon creation inspired by the Parisian food markets, and perfect for the preparation of your morning petit déjeuner.

You could definitely get used to living at this level of quiet, spacious luxury! A week won’t be long enough.Read more

Additional Location Information

GRT NBHD! Pre-Gentrified just for you, circa 1700…

The 7th arrondissement of Paris, situated on the Rive Gauche, has been home to some of the boldest-faced French nobility since the 18th century, when aristocrats started moving into the area in droves – an early example of neighborhood gentrification, not so different from artists moving to Red Hook or the Lower East Side. Currently France's second richest district in average income and Paris' first, this arrondissement is part of Paris Ouest, alongside the 6th, 8th, 16th arrondissements and Neuilly, all of which are considered the most patrician of areas in which to reside.

In addition to keeping company with the French Prime Minister, whose official residence is in the area, you’re close to diplomatic embassies, and are a heartbeat away from world-famous museums such as the Musée d'Orsay, Musée du quai Branly, and Musée Rodin, formerly the Hôtel de Biron.

That last is an interesting one -- scene of one of the greatest art scandals of the fin de siècle centered on the unfortunately tossed-aside and ruthlessly institutionalized Camille Claudel -- now the state-run and enchantingly landscaped Musée Rodin. Sculptor Auguste Rodin (The Thinker, The Kiss, The Gates of Hell) got a great deal there. In exchange for bequeathing all of his sculptures and his impressive collection of Renoirs, Van Goghs, etc., to the French government, he got them to turn the Hôtel Biron into a museum dedicated to his work. Nice work, Augie.

Not far away, another nice deal - your 7th arrondissement apartment, tucked away in a private mews of the most discreet order, is steps away from the meditative Rodin Museum, with its sculpture gardens and, yes, a room dedicated to Camille Claudel. Echoing the built grandeur of the HĂ´tel Biron, the urban planning in this part of Paris follows a sweeping trajectory through the esplanade of Les Invalides and on to the Champs de Mars, in which sits the Eiffel Tower.

Ah, the glory and the grandeur that’s Paris!

The rue de Grenelle is a main arced axis through the area of Paris to the south of the Seine – the left bank, or rive gauche. Eastward from your wonderful secluded apartment, Grenelle runs into Saint Germain, one of the oldest sections of Paris, now a lush artsy shopping district. To the west are the newer urban planning tours de force of Les Invalides, the Champs de Mars and Eiffel Tower. You could spend a week just working your way along rue de Grenelle and consume a very rich slice of Paris.

The first westward stop along this glorious trail has got to be the Rodin Museum. Widely considered to be one of the most pleasant and welcoming museum experiences in all Paris, Musée Rodin features lushly planted, fountained sculpture gardens and very low entrance fees: http://www.musee-rodin.fr/fr

Les Invalides is a massive and awe-inspiring complex of museums and monuments dedicated to the military history of France and its veterans: http://www.invalides.org/

And a bit further west, the Champs de Mars and the Eiffel Tower: http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/

To the east, check out the glorious bistros, boutiques, and boulangeries (pastry shops) in the Saint Germain district: http://www.aparisguide.com/stgermain/index.html

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