Name: Saint Francois
Address: Pointe Saint Francois 20260 Calvi,Pointe Saint Francois, Calvi, Calvi, Calvi, 20260, France
Rating: 6

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We were in Calvì during August 2014 and we had small apartment in Residence Saint Francois. It is a very nice place.
We were at the ground floor so we had a big terrace were we could both stay in the sunshine and have lunch and dinner.
The apartment was very clean and even if it was only one room it was quite big.
There were only two small problems: the residence hasn’t a big parking area and the residence address wasn’t present on our sat nav.
However, in the end the place is clean and very near to Calvì center so it is a good place to spend some weeks in Corsica.

Very Nice Place

Very reasonably priced in view of the situation so close to the town centre and the citadelle.  I stayed 3 nights for the polyphonic concerts so was just 5 minutes’ walk from the concert venues.  The main beach of Calvi is about 15 minutes away on foot which was fine by me but some might find they would need to take the car.

The ground-floor studio was spacious and spotlessly clean with instant hot water for the shower.  There was a small terrace, part sheltered and part out in the open, as well as the  kitchen corner. 

Parking spaces in the private car park are limited.  I found a space in the quiet street outside (free) and did not move the car for the duration. 

The only problem (but it’s more their problem than mine) is the termite damage in one of the door frames so you couldn’t move the bathroom door.

Pleasantly surprised

We stayed in Calvi for five nights on the final leg of our honeymoon. We really wanted to book an apartment and I found it particularly difficult finding one that took bookings from a Saturday that wouldn't leave us penniless for the next 20 years. After much searching, the Apartments St Francois seemed to fit the bill. It was recommended in the "Rough Guides" book to Corsica, so I thought it can't be too bad...

And it wasn't... too bad, that is. But it was very, very, tired! 

The apartment is next to the Hotel Sole Mare, which has a swimming pool, and is owned by the same family. I had been excited that the apartments had access to their swimming pool (as indicated by the Rough Guide), but sadly this is no longer the case (the front desk explained this was because of insurance reasons). 

On the plus side, the welcome was friendly and the gentleman on reception spoke excellent English and was very helpful. The room had air con that worked well (apart from one day when it stopped), a nice powerful shower, and just about enough equipment to get by cooking meals every day. As we had a ground floor apartment, we also had access to the terrace and an outside table, whcih was nice to eat our dinner on every day. There is a car park outside but it gets very busy during the day and we parked on the road most of the time. 

On the down side, the apartment looked like nothing had been changed since the 1970s. The bathroom was quite smelly, which appeared to be a smell of the drains from the shower. The bed had a couple of hairs from the last occupants on the sheets. There was no oven, only two gas rings. There was very little equipment for cooking, with a real mixture of crockery that one can only imagine had accumulated from various guest's donations over the years (I'm not going to take offence at drinking champagne from plastic cups, but really, would it be too hard to have a few wine glasses?). 

In summary, this is a small apartment that looked like a 1970s Butlins chalet and did not seem to have seen any love and attention from the owners in a long time. With a bit of work, this could have been an adequate place to stay; with a decent refurbishment, some standardised equipment, and a bit more care and attention to the rooms, it might even have been pleasant. 

As it is though, I say - look elsewhere.

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