The house is quite central to Bordeaux, about 4km east of the city. Although on a reasonably busy road, the house is behind a beautiful large gate that opens onto a secluded garden, so you forget that you are quite central in Bordeaux. The house exterior is beautiful, and the interior has been recently renovated. Arabelle lives next door and was incredibly friendly and accommodating, going out of her way to welcome us.

The second bedroom is upstairs which was fine for us but might be a problem if you have very young kids. The only problem we had was there was no WIFI in the house - although to be fair this is not something that Arabelle claimed to have (we didn't check closely enough).