Le Lavandou holiday apartment: LE LAVANDOU,

Fabulous apartment in perfect location in Le Lavandou. The most incredible view over the town, bay, beach and coastline distance islands you could ever imagine.

200-300 metres walk to the town centre which is perfectly French with bussling restaurants and bars, great beach, small leisure harbour, various water sports, the lot.

Sleeps 4 in two double bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms comfortably, 6 is a push using two single settee beds which are ok for older children but not tall (6ft+) adults.

Very well equipped in every respect, including all the basics like salt, pepper, olive oil, and there was even milk in the fridge. We left some beer, gin (& tonic), creme de cassis and various other 'useful' leftovers for the next arrivals so I hope they enjoyed them!

The balcony/patio is enormous, with dining table, three sunloungers and two lounger/settees. Swimming pool is shared with other residents but they were rarely using it and never in large numbers. It's a decent size, quite cool (25C) but very refreshing!

It's not suitable if you're noisy as the other residents apparently get a bit upset if you make too much of a din. We didn't have a problem with this (and I had 5 teenagers with me) but if your children are excessively rowdy, this is not the place for you!

You are expected to have the place cleaned at the end of your stay which will be done by the concierge on your behalf for an appropriate payment.

The only negatives are that bath towels were not provided (and I'd understood they were) but this was sorted out with the (very helpful) concierge who provided me with some, and that normally only one key is provided. The key is needed to get in and out of the grounds of the property so only one key for six people creates big problems. Luckily, I pleaded with the concierge and they provided me with their key as well, but I think it would be better if one was provided with two or maybe three keys as a matter of course.