Paul and I stayed in Valentine's apartment for one week during our first visit to Bordeaux. Valentine has been an excellent host, she was there to greet us on our arrival, organised our airport taxi for our return trip, & arrived again to wish us farewell on the morning of our departure. The apartment is absolutely beautiful. It's very stylishly furnished, and became a real home from home for us. The apartment's layout is perfect, with lovely large windows/french doors from the lounge onto a sunny balcony, where we could sit & enjoy drinking a bottle of Bordeaux wine whilst watching the gentle meander of cyclists and pedestrians below. Passing cars were minimal, much fewer than I'd have expected for this city centre location. It's also worth noting that the balcony & lounge are not at all overlooked, as this is a first floor apartment & is facing the side-wall of a small Catherdral (St Paul's). So there are no shops or apartments immediately opposite. Kitchen & bathroom facilities are excellent. Lots of beautiful kitchen things (if you're into nice crockery, glassware, etc). A fabulously large shower with every type of shower-head & water-jet from every direction you might imagine, and a large basin with two large deep drawers (always useful when on holiday), & a great mirror with excellent lighting. The bedroom was tucked away at the back of the apartment's layout, beautifully furnished, with plenty of wardrobe/cupboard space and hangers. The apartment's location was perfectly placed for us, and we were spoilt for choice with the abundance of fabulous eateries within a 5 to 15 minute walk. (Recommend particularly Horace for breakfast/brunch & Le Petit Bec and O p'tit Bahut for evenings). We'd love to return.