Large, Family Apartment in Vence, near Nice - LONG TERM LETS ONLY Reviews

Located about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Vence, this well laid out and wonderfully spacious apartment provided excellent value and an ideal place to stay for the two of us and our three year old daughter.

The apartment is not a sparsely furnished state of the art rental option; it acts as a second home for the owners and as such is very fully and personally furnished and equipped to a high standard. The floor to ceiling windows provide stunning views even on the dullest and wettest of days (we visited in October) and the vast sheltered terrace provides a great place to sit out on the warmer and sunnier ones. It faces east, so would I imagine be pleasantly cool in the summer heat.

The setting is enhanced by a pastoral small-holding below the apartment (surely one of the last in this area) offering a background soundtrack of goat bells and the occasional cockerel. This sense of seclusion is reinforced by the apartment being well below the local road, but it should be noted that the walk up to it is very steep and not suitable for the infirm. That said cars can get right up to the front door.

We visited without a car, as the reliable and cheap local bus service offers easy access to the airport and to several other villages and towns in the area worthy of investigation. Only for trips inland or further afield would a car be more practical (the apartment has its own parking space).

Vence itself is a town which works for locals as well as tourists and as such is full of character, useful shops and good restaurants. Our self catering requirements were well met by the several supermarkets and the excellent array of independent outlets.

We would thoroughly recommend the apartment, its owners and Vence.