The AirBnB at 19 Perspective de la Cote des Basques could not offer better proximity to the Plage du Port Vieux (2 minute walk) or the Cours De Surf Particuliers surfing beach (5-10 minute walk). It is also easy walking distance (5-10 minutes) to the best tourist restaurants that you are likely to visit in town.
However, the flat is small. My husband and I stayed here with our 5-year old son for a week. It was a bit cramped. Fortunately, we were able to spend most of our time outdoors because of the good weather. [If you bring a surf board, I’m not sure where you’d be able to stuff it.]
We were curious to know why the apartment was designed the way it was. It is underneath a larger apartment complex, so all we could figure is that it might have been quarters for a handy-man or on-call housing staff. You do not access it through the apartment building’s main entrance. The doorway is right off of a main thoroughfare/highway, which brought with it the accompanying noise...all night long. [It also caused us some concern for the safety of our son. He was not allowed outside by himself.]
The flat had a fold-out couch that our son slept on. I’m glad I didn’t have to sleep on it. Unfortunately, I did have to sleep on the main bed, which was almost as bad. I hope the owner uses some of the money we paid to purchase a real bed, and not another faux bed made out of discarded dish sponges.
Another recommended improvement would be to fix the sink in the kitchen area. The pipe is not seated in the hole that it extends out of, so on top of constantly dripping, we avoided using it for fear that it might break when we tried doing the dishes. I used the bathroom sink for that chore.
The flat is advertised as air conditioned, but the A/C unit is the type where it brings in outside air via a tube. This is an issue because the window must remain open for the said tube. Not only does this allow the highway noise to come in all night, we were also worried that anyone walking by could climb through the window.
Our last recommendation would be to invest in new towels, sheets, and pillows. The existing ones can be re-sold in the garage sale that originally sold them to the flat owner twenty-years ago. They smell terribly and should just be burned.