Sactomama,
Here is the apartment that I've rented for our family for this June: www.rentals-paris.com/chanoin5.shtml. It does sleep 5 (2br + sleeper sofa), has air conditioning, and is located 1 block from Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cite. I have not seen any reviews on this particular unit, but the company is listed in the Fodor's online travel guide for Paris. Good Luck!

I would just add one thing to this discussion. Our Paris apartment was advertised as air conditioned. But, the units were only in the bedrooms. When we were there (June) we had some days that were VERY VERY hot. And coming back to the sweltering apartment and feeling like we had to hang in the bedrooms was not good. Other than that, the apartment was OK.

Although I have to admit I sort of preferred staying in a small hotel in Paris. Friendlier feeling.

There has been an ongoing debate about whether or not to get either apartments or hotel rooms with a/c or without. Yes, I've heard that the French and other Europeans don't have a/c in their own homes and apartments, that they feel it's unnecessary, expensive, Americans overuse a/c, etc. Yet if you have the CHOICE why not reserve accomodations with the a/c? You don't have to use it but, if you need it it's there.

Thank you to everyone for their valuable input. As I've said, mostly I've been checking the 7th and the 6th due to consistency with central location/safe/fun/near sites/etc. What about the 1st, 4th, and 5th areas? What can I expect?

You can expect the same. Those are really nice districts too.

The old saw about electricity being expensive is baseless: France is 84% nuclear and has cheap electricity; it even exports it to other countries. The war ended a long time ago, but some people still think rationing is in effect.

Anyway, hot summers have gradually become the norm in Paris, and A/C is a necessity in hot summers. This is especially true because Paris apartments are designed to trap and hold heat (because the city used to be relatively cool with very mild summers).

I do know people who have had vacations ruined by the heat and by the lack of A/C. When it is hot in Paris, an air-conditioned room may be your only escape from the heat. When you are exhausted from sightseeing in heat all day, it may also be the difference between staying healthy and getting quite sick.

In some cases, I've had clients actually become ill or exhausted right on the street from the heat in summer. If they had not had A/C back at the hotel, they would have ended up at the hospital instead (hopefully one with air-conditioning, which excludes the public hospitals).

Heat is a lot more dangerous than cold. You can bundle up against the cold and survive, but you can't do anything against the heat, and beyond a certain point you can do nothing but sit around and drink water and sweat. A/C provides a vital cool-down after a day of sightseeing; the last thing you want after dripping with sweat and exhausting yourself during the day is to drop with sweat and exhaustion all night, soaking your bedsheets and never falling entirely asleep.

Have a look at this

http://www.rentalfrance.com/index.ph...amp;picture=10

Just having fun looking at apts. for you. Here's another with a/c but only 1 bath and it sounds like a high climb to the top floor with no mention of a lift.

http://www.vrbo.com/56799#morephotos