Sea Side apartment

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1. Excellent communication with the host, who speaks English and French and has exactly the attitude I think everyone wants from a host: respect, helpfulness, efficiency, elegance.
2. All the utilities to feel exactly "at home"; nothing was lacking.
3. Discretion and quiet; I didn't hear anyone talking loudly, listening to loud music or shouting, even though the pool was full of children; this means that you also need to be discreet and quiet.
4. Cleanliness; I found the appartement clean enough and I kept it clean easily; the host also asks for certain rules in this respect, and I think she is doing the right thing.
5. Good sound insulation, with two rows of doors to the street; if you make sure you close them well and close the bathroom doors as well, you can sleep without problems.
6. Functional air-conditioning; I used it very little, because it was enough to leave the living room door open and pull the shutter in the bedroom in the afternoon, when the sun was "beating" there.
7. Superb sea view, plus a terrace big enough to eat while enjoying the peace, the green of the garden and the changing colors of the sea.
8. A beautiful, cool garden with chairs and tables for warm midday hours and romantic evenings.
9. Only 3-5 minutes' walk to a sandy beach and sea perfect for water gymnastics, swimming and jumping.
10. Only 10-15 minutes walk to the Palais des Festivals area.
11. Buses and trains at your convenience to visit what you want: beautiful villages with fewer tourists and all sorts of surprises (for example, an international museum of perfume plants in Grasse, and the Fernard Leger National Museum in Biot; or eat 'home-cooked' food in a small restaurant, Au Vieux Four in Gourdon, where the owner herself serves you), Antibes (with a Picasso museum), Nice (with many museums: Chagall, Matisse, contemporary art, naive art. ...), Monaco... Of course, if you go by car or rent one, you can have more freedom of movement.

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We have stayed in a number of apartments in Cannes at this price level. This was by far the best - size, amenities, cleanliness, view. If this apt was closer to the Centre it would be much more expensive.

There is an easy level walk into town around the beach (or a shorter walk up and down the Suquet hill). Alternatively there are frequent buses within 100 metres of the front entrance (E1.60 on the bus for any number of stops, slightly cheaper for a carnet of 10 purchased at the Bus centre near the town hall). You are within a 5 minute walk of a great boulangerie (don't visit if you are already a bit big around the waist) and it is the same walking distance to an (average) Aldi store. There are better supermarkets reasonably near the Cannes Station (Monoprix/Carrefour), a Monop next to the market or take the bus the other way to La Bocca where there are two large stores.

The street outside the apartment is very busy & noisy - however the owners have three (!) double glass sliding doors between the street and the single front bedroom and you can barely hear any noise at all. The outlook from the balcony over the sea and Esterel mountain range is very pleasing. It was our go-to place for breakfast, general sitting and evening drinks. We were met at the apt by the friendly French owner who showed us around. (She speaks better English than I do!) There was also a very helpful on-site cleaning lady for the building, conversing will test your french. All-in-all a great place to stay.

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Todo. Perfecto. En primera línea y con vistas al mar, con piscina, un jardín precioso, aparcamiento subterráneo, a unos minutos caminando del centro, y con el bus urbano en la puerta por si no se quiere caminar. Y el apartamento comodísimo, amplio y con todo lo necesario para estar como en casa. La anfitriona muy atenta y amable. Una pena tener que marcharnos, volvería sin dudarlo.