Quite simply a wonderful apartment, a great price and a fantastic host!
Xavier was there to meet us as arranged, and as others have said was exceedingly generous with his time explaining about the apartment and what to see in Bordeaux.
The apartment is beautiful and airy and light, exactly as you see in the photos, and super clean. It feels very spacious and safe, and is right next to a great square, cosmopolitan and buzzy, and very close to a endless choices of restaurants and bars. Xavier had left a great restaurant and bar guide which we made great use of!
Bordeaux itself is very beautiful, with different areas to explore, so wandering the streets getting yourself a bit lost was fun! Also transport links are very good, and we got out to the coast at Arcachon and to the Dordogne valley during our trip very easily.
We had a little crisis at the start of our holiday when with two hours notice our flight was cancelled and we could not get to Bordeaux so we had to arrive a day later than planned. This was not a problem at all to Xavier who was so kind and gracious about everything and completely fine with our revised arrangements. This was of great relief after a stressful day!
We certainly hope to go back and stay at Xavier's apartment in the future and we have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him and his lovely apartment.
Thank you Xavier, lovely to meet you, Lucie & Rob x