This lovely and well-equipped apartment exceeded our expectations - comfy beds, swish modern bathrooms, very special roof terrace and simple parking arrangements (under the lemon tree "help yourself!"). Andrea and Lara were perfect hosts always ready to help whilst giving us our privacy.
Our two small dogs were made very welcome with food and water bowls ready for them in the kitchen and the lift made it easy to take them out (one of them is blind and stairs are tricky for him).
The apartment's location in Sanremo is excellent with so many facilities within walking distance - supermarket, bakery, vegetable market, lots of restaurants, glamorous clothes shops, the vets (for stamping the dogs' passports) even a pet shop from where we bought the very stylish Italian harnesses all the dogs in Sanremo were wearing! The gardens of the nearby Villa Ormond was perfect for walking them whilst we enjoyed the exotic plantings.
The cycle/pedestrian path hugging the coast was one of the main reasons for choosing Sanremo and the apartment was very nearby and so, most days, I walked the dogs whilst my husband used one of the bicycles which were in the garage at the apartment and we met up for coffee at Bussano.
We enjoyed venturing into the mountains behind Sanremo (terrifying narrow roads with continuous hairpin bends) but we were also more than happy to just potter around Sanremo buying focaccia and olives to have for lunch on the roof terrace looking across at the marina with all the flashy yachts.
February was a perfect time for us to visit as we escaped the grey grizzle of England and got a shot of early spring sunshine and warmth.
The best view? The one each morning opening the Velux window blind in the bathroom to be greeted by the sight of a huge palm tree set against a sparkling blue sky. Well, OK, it did rain for a couple of days but it didn't seem as 'wet' as the rain back home.
We are already making plans to return this winter...