Latest Guest feedback from late July 2008
We had a Norwegian family of 5 stay with us in August 2008 and here is their feedback:
"Hello Karla. Thank you for letting us stay in your apartment this summer. We had a great 14 days with lovely weather, great food, nice beaches and a lot of “action” in the village.
WHERE TO PARK IN AUGUST?
Any other month except August - when everyone seems to be on vacation - you can easily park near our garden gate, in our square, Place Belieu. But its true, that in August, parking spots can be scarce. Generally the neighbours have fairly regular schedules and you can coordinate parking around this: generally everything stops for lunch, so not a good time to come back and park up, but late afternoon you can often find a spot outside the house. If you cannot, just double park and unload then look for a spot on the many sideroads that run off of Rue Louis Pasteur - the road that runs into our square. This is, in our experience, a very safe town. We have two free car parks, each 5 minutes walk away. One at the Obelisque (but don't park there Friday night because that's where are wonderful market sets up first thing Saturday morning) and the other is just at the top of the port, near the tourist information burea. Compared with London (!) Port Vendres traffic wardens are great. The few times I have parked in the wrong place they left a note telling me off (rather than give me an £80 fine which is what would happen in London).
Any other month except August - when everyone seems to be on vacation - you can easily park near our garden gate, in our square, Place Belieu. But its true, that in August, parking spots can be scarce. Generally the neighbours have fairly regular schedules and you can coordinate parking around this: generally everything stops for lunch, so not a good time to come back and park up, but late afternoon you can often find a spot outside the house. If you cannot, just double park and unload then look for a spot on the many sideroads that run off of Rue Louis Pasteur - the road that runs into our square. This is, in our experience, a very safe town. We have two free car parks, each 5 minutes walk away. One at the Obelisque (but don't park there Friday night because that's where are wonderful market sets up first thing Saturday morning) and the other is just at the top of the port, near the tourist information burea. Compared with London (!) Port Vendres traffic wardens are great. The few times I have parked in the wrong place they left a note telling me off (rather than give me an £80 fine which is what would happen in London).
posted by Karla @ 7:58 AM
