We were looking for hotel in Monaco as that is where we wanna go but hotel there were very expensive. Since we had a hired car, we decided to stay as close to Monaco as possible and found this newly build apartment.
Love the location, close to the beach, 30mins drive to monaco, 1hrs to Nice,1hrs 15mins to Cannes. Menton is the closest main town where you get a pre-paid SIM card. WiFi in the apartment was alright, not excellent. It does says under the free WiFi that it is run under limited speed. You have the option to pay for higher speed if needed.
User name and password is on the top left hand of the tv in your room.
Our stress about the hotel was the checked in time. We knew in the booking saying check-in from 5pm to 7pm. We were driving from Milan and on the way we tried calling the hotel number several time but always went into voice mail. As we have limited credit in our Italy pre-paid SIM card, each voice mail cost 36cents Euro yet bring us to no where. when we reached at 715pm, door was only accessible thru pin and we can see that the reception was closed. At the door, there is another number to call which is not on our booking. So we tried that number, the receptionist who picked up was busy at the other end too. One tip when calling the number, you have to say JULIA AUGUSTA Pierre & Vacances Residence Premium in order for her to assist you to pull out the booking on which outlet you are in. She said she will call us back and after like 30mins, she gave us some combination code to the safe deposits box at the door. After a few tried we managed to open it! There was the envelop with our room key! We were delighted thou struggled abit.
Overall a nice apartment to stay in. kitchen are fully equipped. We cooked some of our meal ourself. Supermarket are closed by but bring your own grocery bag as they don't provide. you can buy one there too. Bathroom and toilet are separated which is good. Bathroom are full equipped. The only surprise we had was we triggered the smoke detectors on one occasion when we shower with door open. So advise you to close your bathroom door when shower.
As for luandry, it is a common luandry and cost 6Euro(coin only) per wash(not more than 6kg). You don't have to bring detergent as it is automatic system. 3Euro for drying. the apartment provide a clothed airer, so if you have time like us, you can skip the dryer and hang on the aired on the balcony.
They have underground parking which cost us 13Euro for the 3 days. Parking are free around the hotel but not every time you will get a spot.