The hotel website was misleading in describing the accommodation as luxurious. Basic would have been more appropriate. Although the exterior of the building is beautiful the interior is horribly outdated. The room bore no semblance to the photos on the website. Decor was mismatched and faded by the sun, the carpet stained and the room was generally run down and in need of redecoration. We requested a ground floor room (as we had a baby and a pram) when we booked online, and which i confirmed with a phone call but where given a room on the first floor. When we complained, the less than helpful staff offered us the option of a ground floor apartment for an extra 600 euros, we had already payed 1500 euros for the 2 weeks so declined. The website claimed there was a gym, which turned out to be a room with a rowing machine and a video game in. The pool was ok but smaller than it looked on the website and the paint was peeling on the walls. However the ile de re is fantastic and this made up for the poor accommodation.

The location is fantastic - St Martin de Re is the perfect French family resort. You could never get around all the cafes and restaurants there are and the port with its stalls and fab ice creams is perfect. Get a bike and ride around the island - it's easy as the island is small and almost totally flat with bicycle paths throughout.

The complex is nice enough, although it's NOT the kind of place where you could spend all day by the pool. There are few sunbeds and we were lucky, but a friend who went on my recommendation the next year in august had poor weather...although we were Ok, with only a couple of days of rain in the fortnight.

The rooms are basic and the beds are poor. We had two bathrooms, but much less space than we have found at other P&V establishments. We were quite depressed when we got into our first floor apartment, as it had NO outside space, not even a balcony, but we got a change after 5 days and it changed our outlook. We could have breakfast and lunch outdoors and sit out for a glass of wine after we put the kids to sleep. Before we had felt incarcerated in a very tight space.

Despite these caveats, we had one of the best holidays ever - mainly due to the fun we had cycling around the island. Ile de Re is really special.

We stayed for a week in August this year. I have given it only a 3 star as it was gernerally a great place but let down by the fact that we had pad for one of the top-price apartments only to be given one without an outside area (most of the others have a patio or balcony). If we'd had one of those apartments it would have been 4 star review.

Pros:
Fantastic location in the best town on Ile de Re by a mile.
Very nice complex in well-maintained grounds
Not a bad price for an expensive location - it's difficult to find comparable accomadation for a family in St Martin
Great for families (secure and lots of children for yours to play with)

Cons:
Expensive for the quality of apartments
Pool was freezing
Sauna and fitness suite not working
Probably too many Brits in one place!