If you are looking for an excellent location then Cyril's is the place. We were able to walk to all the major sites on our list within 10 - 30 minutes. There is a lot of activity on the streets outside the apartment but once inside it is very quiet. The windows face a courtyard where we saw the same doves and other birds each day. Cyril is an excellent communicator and we were greeted with a bottle of red Bordeaux wine. Cyril also had oranges, lemons and a variety of individual coffees and teas to start our mornings with. There were also a variety of cereals to choose from if so desired.
If you go to Bordeaux because of it's reputation of being the wine capital of the world you must go to Bar a Vin. This place is known for it's promotion of the local wines from the vineyards of Bordeaux. What make this place special is that they offer some of the world's finest wines at cost. The least expensive wine is only 2 euros and the most expensive is 8 euros. A glass of wine there is 15 cl so it's a fairly nicely sized glass of wine. Start with a few whites and work your way into the reds. My girlfriend and I sampled about 8 wines in all and we finished with their St. Emilion Grand Cru wine at 8 euros. All their wines were superb and each one was progressively better. The St. Emilion was unbelievable, complex and full bodied. Don't miss this opportunity to sample such extraordinary wines at virtually cost.