L'Escapade Bordelaise

Julien is a superb host. He is extremely helpful and engaging, with the needs of his guests at heart. The central location meant we were near transport options and many of the sights and areas we wished to visit. The bed was large and comfortable, and the bathroom was spacious. Julien services the room every day. Breakfast consisted of delicious plain croissants, two types of bread, jams, three types of muesli, yoghurt, juice, and tea and coffee. You can use the kitchen facilities day and night yourself, too. The place has a charm about it, and is very quiet at night. We had the Grand Hommes room, which is the only room situated downstairs via a spiral staircase. It was a little musty and dark. Opening the large windows is an option to deal with that, but that allows mosquitoes in. As there are buildings directly opposite, the open windows means your privacy is compromised, or, if you close the black curtains, it’s dark. Julien has a device that discourages mosquitoes from entering but we still had a few! Note that all the upstairs rooms we saw were light and bright, though.

We enjoyed 3 nights staying in this multi-apartment building. Jullien the host was accommodating and got back to us with queries really quickly. Breakfast was just enough and again, Jullien on Hand on the morning to help us get set for the day. We stayed in the bottom floor apartment and the one issue we had with it was the noise throughout the night. One night I had decided to have a window open and there was a loud intermittent door opening noise coming through. Initially we thought it was someone trying to gain access to our apartment and after 2 to 3 hours of being up through the night we shut the window and the noise went a little. We passed on feedback to Jullien but he hadn't had anyone else say anything. Good location - would recommend. On reflection, there are places that are half the price too online - not sure this apartment was worth the premium we paid.

Julien, the owner, was great, as was his assistant Rosie. It is a truly excellent location, close to all one would want to see in Bordeaux. It is on a very quiet street, adjacent to some of the main thoroughfares. Breakfast was very acceptable too. And Julien was very willing to share advice on things to do, how to get there etc. We would definitely stay with Julien again.

Our host was excellent from the beginning with very prompt responses to our questions and extremely accurate descriptions of how to get to and into the property. Julien was very hopeful throughout our stay and we would definitely stay at his place again when visiting Bordeaux. The property itself is ideally located in a quiet area but with a short walk to everything

lovely hotel, walking distance to centre and yet not noisy