This was a really beautiful serviced apartment - it looked very chic, the main bedroom seemed like a 5 star hotel room you'd spend your honey moon in - really stunning place.
Some positives
- The apartment was very chic, the pictures were very accurate in terms of how the place looked. The main bedroom especially seems like a 5 star hotel room.
- The beds were very comfortable, we had an easy time sleeping there - you will sleep well here.
- It was very big and clean, and the aircon really helped during the warm days in July.
- The washing machine is also a dryer - it's very convenient if you have kids with you or if you have a long stay.
- There is a lot of space - the couch is a sofa-bed so you could potentially fit 6 adults in there, but there was plenty of room despite being a centrally located apartment.
- The location is perfect for sight seeing in the city of Bordeaux, it is a short walk to everything - plus there is a park just outside the apartment entrance. Lots of cafes/restaurants - and a carefour market just on the other side of the park.
- It's very quiet (even though it's central) the bottom bedroom and living room has double glazed windows. Even though the main bedroom doesn't have double glazed windows, they open to a back street and there isn't any bars/restaurants there etc
Things to consider before staying here:
- Parking - there is no free central parking in Bordeaux. You must add this cost on top of the nightly rate (however if you use the link provided by the host, you will only pay 40euros for 3 days in the underground parking 100m away when it's normally 40euros a day).
- Roof Rack/Roof Box/Coffre de toit - be aware that the underground parking in Bordeaux has a maximum height of 190cm - the closest external parking is a 10min walk away (we had no idea this was the case - so don't make the mistake like we did and attempt to enter underground parking here with a roox box still attached ha ha ha).
- Families with kids - if you have a family, be prepared to do a lot of back and forth from the underground car park to the apartment because there is no way to park your car in front of the apartment to unload your luggage. You also cannot park close to the apartment because of the bus lanes or pedestrian only streets. I had 3 children with me on this trip (including an 8 month old baby) and it was a very long process of moving our things from the underground parking to the apartment.