Collioure holiday house: Collioure

A lovely apartment - very cosy which was welcome as it was fairly cold, wet and windy during our stay. Apartment would benefit from having a torch! We arrived very late at night and couldn't find the switch in the fuse box nor the tap to turn on the water in the dark! Apartment is clean and well equipped with amazing views over the sea. The apartment is a reasonable walk from the centre of Collioure and there were no taxis at the train station when we arrived. Taxis are few and far between, but Laurent in Cafe Sola managed to call one for us. If you choose to stay at this apartment you need to enjoy walking (which we do) although there are regular buses costing only one euro which travel from Perpignon to Cerberre with drop off points at all the little ports and villages along the way.Collioure and Port Vendres are perfect places to wander around and explore, stopping for a coffee or a verre du vin! Port Vendres is just as close to walk to as Collioure. There's a Lidl on the outskirts of Port Vendres which is handy for provisions. A market also takes place in Collioure on Wednesdays and Sundays and it's the perfect place for buying spices, oils, cheeses and saucisson.There are many wonderful restaurants and bars with friendly and helpful staff. Our favourite restaurant was Dali with La Clocher as one of the best tapas bars. There's also a great pizza restaurant just along from cafe sola which serves an amazing curry pizza! The little train is a must. The tourist information office also provides hints and tips on things to do and helps out with bookings for travel - along with the local town hall - all very French - we were sent to the mairie to book a bus for our return trip to the airport. Everyone was really helpful. A perfect place to sit and watch the world go by.
ps Also really easy to contact the owner of this property who e mailed us several times in advance of our trip with advice and information.

We stayed for a week in September, the house was clean, peaceful and had gorgeous views from the lounge and in particular the bedroom. Electronic shutters when opened in the morning brought a smile to your face as you looked over to the sea. Nice walk into Collioure where restaurants and shops are in abundance. Car not really needed as train station in the town but handy for the shopping. Best beach at Argeles, most restaurants good and fairly consistant price wise averaging 15 to 20 euros a head with a caraffe of wine. Cooking in the house adequate for pasta's and salads. There were a couple of beach chairs and ice block in freezer. Would return if back in the area.

As this was our first trip to the South of France with two relatively young boys (6 and 4), we were looking for good weather, the seaside and a clean pleasant property. This property, and location, delivered everything we could have wanted.
Blessed with sunshine every day and temperatures of 30deg c, we were able to walk down to the beach in the morning, with the occasional stop to look in the rock pools. After a swim in the sea, it was off to the local shops for a picnic lunch, followed by a walk back to the apartment for a siesta.
The afternoon typically involved a trip to the pool which, although reasonably busy, was never over crowded and always clean and pleasant.
The property itself delivered to our expectations. It was clean, tidy and relatively user friendly. In an ideal world, it would have air conditioning, but ,through use of the fans provided, we managed the nighttime temperature. I would rather have this than the cold and wet of the UK.
The owner's representative in France was on call to provide additional bed linen as required.
Overall, the right property in the right location to allow us to have a relaxing holiday, which is all you can ask with two small children.
Would definetly use again.