This is a surprisingly well located (apart from the noise issue - see below) establishment set in a lovely garden, especially welcome where land is so tight and so expensive. The pool, the staff, the on-site snack bar (good, fairly priced food) the lift (there are 6 floors!), walking distance to both Villefranche and Bieulieu sur Mer centres (say 15/20 minutes to either) are all elements of a potentially super holiday. However .......

When it came to this apartment (which we found was private and not in the gift of the management) we were quickly ready to move to a hotel or fly back home on day one. To be fair the view was brilliant and the little balcony area very pleasant and it was, mostly, adequately equipped and clean. How much better it all could have been. How? First, by a more thoughtful welcome. One dishwasher tablet, a teaspoonful of washing up liquid with not even a bottle of water as a welcome pack and a few throwaway lines like " Either you clean before you leave or it will cost (a significant amount in €s)" did not endear us to it. Nor were we impressed by having to make up the bed. Not an easy task - see below. Oh, and, yes, there is a safe but, no, there is no key so no safe, French shrug. Second, by providing more accurate and helpful information including, for example, on buses and shopping, rather than just relying on gushing but inaccurate TripAdvisor reviews - it most certainly is not "two minutes to the most attractive part of Villefranche beach". And, finally, that bed. The complex is situated between the railway and the road, just by a matter of yards from both. The racket is constant and it would take a lot more substantial insulation before a night's sleep would be possible. But even then the room into which the bed was squeezed would be unacceptable. The mattress is hard up against two walls, with a chair, leaving only 6 inches of space. There is no mattress cover (hygiene?), the pillows are down (asthma???) and well past their best as were the sheets etc. Honteaux or what? We did not get a single good night's sleep. We stuck it out having travelled over two days but then stayed only because of the view. There are big pros and cons to staying at l'Ange Guardien but the cons should be much better managed. We will not be back.

T P Buckley