Lovely clean, comfortable apartment in an excellent location.
The garden with a view of the sea is a delight, the air conditioning much appreciated with the hot weather we had and the fact that the beach is a short walk down the road was just the icing on the cake! We had our two young grandchildren with us and they had a wonderful holiday. Thank you
We have visited Bernardâs place with different family combinations. This time we were a mature group and really appreciated the proximity to the lovely Plage le Grand Vallat just a few minutes walk away. The restaurant there K Banon is a lovely lunch venue.
Plage Renecros, is at the opposite end of town but is an easy, flat walk, and is also beautiful with a couple of great restaurants for lunch.
Both beaches are very sandy and safe.
Walking out for the morning bread is a real pleasure whichever direction you choose. Eating breakfast on the terrace, with its amazing sea view is the perfect way to start the day.
Restaurants and shops all within easy striking distance.
As well as the daily food market we enjoyed the Tuesday market on the port. The trip on the Atlantide visiting the Calanques is a lovely way to spend an afternoon.
Dany, the housekeeper, was very helpful on our arrival and departure.
Another relaxing holiday in a beautiful situation.
Thank you Bernard.
Traumhafter Blick, Terrasse voll Bouganvilla, zu FuĂ zum Strand und in den Ort
Haben uns sehr wohl gefĂŒhlt. Auf der ĂŒberdachten Terrasse mit grossem Tisch sowie mit LiegestĂŒhlen konnten wir uns nicht satt sehen an dem Ausblick aufs Meer umgeben von den blĂŒhenden Bouganvillas.
Wichtig zu wisen: es gibt ein Elternschlafzimmer mit Terassenzugang und Blick aufs Meer, ein Schlafzimmer mit zwei Einzelbetten mit Fenster mit Blick aufs Meer und ein Durchgangszimmer mit dem Stockbett (fĂŒr Kinder - Erwachsene können darin nicht sitzen).
Wir kommen sehr gerne wieder
We did not enjoy this property for the 6 weeks we were here with our kids. However Bandol is a nice town, and Sanary is nearby and very pretty.
Here were the issues with the property:
1) Ants - as soon as we got there we noticed a line of ants continually entering the property. Huge cracks in building so ant poison hardly helped. On top of that they tried to charge us for the ant poison saying it was upkeep of the property. They acted as if we caused the problem. This is clearly not the case considering the ants were there the first day as well as the fact that they had ant spray and other ant remedies in the cupboard.
2) construction - There is a huge construction site directly across from the property. There was very loud drilling for 3 of the 6 weeks we stayed here. We understand they might not have known about this but we asked them to look into it and after saying they would multiple times they did not.
3) The property manager showed up unannounced three times, peering inside the window trying to find us while knocking repeatedly. Very disturbing and completely unnecessary. We expected more privacy. There was a phone and email to contact us if needed. When she did set an agreed upon time to meet at the property she showed up 90 minutes later.
4) They agreed to return our deposit cheque after they completed the inspection and then did not return it. This left me no choice but to do a stop payment on the cheque leaving another cost for me.
Lovely property besides the ant infestation and property management. Do not stay here. BEWARE.
BEL APPARTEMENT. ACCUEIL TRĂS SYMPATHIQUE. LE LOGEMENT ĂTAIT TRĂS PROPRE. LA SITUATION EST IDĂALE. LA PLAGE EST AU BOUT DE LA RUE ET LE CENTRE PEUT SE FAIRE A PIEDS. NOUS AVONS ADORE LA VUE MER DE LA TERRASSE.
The apartment is situated at the top of a hill and thus has the most splendid view of the Bay of Bandol. Each morning as we threw open our shutters - both from the living room and the main bedroom - it took our breath away.
We spent very little time in the apartment itself, which was roomy and wonderfully cool - courtesy of air conditioning! The wonderful and spacious double terraces and proximity to the beach kept us out and about all day and most of the evening.
It is a little bit of a walk to the main town - probably about 10 minutes to the town square but the exercise did us all the world of good each day but the proximity to the beach (literally at the bottom of the road) was fantastic - particularly with all the beach towels and equipment for a family of 6!
Having a parking space was wonderful in busy Bandol in the summer and Mme Lesne, who takes care of the apartments for the owners, was wonderfully helpful in dealing with any concerns we had. We met the lovely neighbours in one of the apartments above from Lyons who are charming.
The proximity of the rail line may bother some - we were concerned on arrival and the trains are quite noisy during the day but at night, with the windows and shutters closed and the air conditioning on, we all slept very well indeed.
We hope to return!