Brilliant, what more can we say.

Communication from host, along the location of the apartment left us not wanting to leave. After being in Paris for several days, we discovered that Bordeaux was much prettier and could have skipped Paris all together.

The instructions on how to get to the apartment was very detailed, but given it was hot we caught a taxi that ended up being $8 euro. Upon arrival, we were greeted and shown the apartment. The greeter was French and couldn't speak a word of English, but this only added to the charm.

The apartment is located where the hosts describes. The photo shows the fairy tale view and the apartment is just left of the castle. The surrounding area is lovely with a number of restaurants and a great bar that provides the view shown in the photo. When you get to Bar Chez Fred....go and say hi to the owner 'Fred'. The area is on the fringe of all the major dining and shopping areas. We liked this as it was mostly locals that hung out in the fairy tale view and is you wanted to go up to the more busy areas, then it was not far away.

The apartments price was spot on for us, but it has a second bedroom with 2 single beds if you want to reduce the cost. One bathroom that was clean and towels etc were provided.

The apartment also has cable, wireless internet and an iPod audio player. Basically everything you need. All other internal facilities are provided also. The apartment is also very secure

Details on restaurants, shopping areas is provided by the host and the restaurant recommended turned out to be a fantastic brasserie..thanks.

Overall, we loved Bordeaux and the apartment was perfect for us. Do yourself a favour and book this place; you wont be disappointed.