The apartment is beautifully decorated as in the photos. The main street is busier than we expected, but not too bothersome if you know it's coming. The bedroom is indeed in the back away from the street. You can still hear trucks go by.
The space is a bit small, but still usable. The coffee table rocks; it pops up to be a taller table to use more comfortably from the couch. The tv is nice and big and has tons of channels. The kitchen has everything you need for basic cooking, but is small if you want to do anything elaborate. We appreciated having plenty of coffee, tea, and a few snacks. The bathroom and shower are spacious. Linens are included and all the fees are in the reservation, unlike several other places we looked at here that had extra things in fine print.
It was very easy to park on the residential side streets. It was easy to get to town (St. Jean de Luz) by car (we never tried on foot).
Great value. Tiago is a friendly, communicative host.