The view is amazing and the apartment is beautiful too. The only thing was location.
Yes, I read before booking so I knew. You just don't know, know until you're there. The struggles of truly getting around was real hahah. Don'tt get me wrong, it's a good location for viewing the black sand beach but that's about it in my opinion. Plus, we went during rainy season so most things was shut down. Which sucked being near a resort that didn't offer any activities really. We did see some morning water aerobics however, had it not been for the resort next door, you definitely would've needed to rent a car, taxi or bus which we did take for $3 USD one way the system is quite different. But the hotel offered rates ($130+?) per day for sure, weekly I'm not sure, we only wanted it for the day to get groceries. Speaking of groceries, they're EXPENSIVE! The states are expensive but then, it felt like double maybe even triple the price in the states. Again, I knew it was gonna be pricey, it's an island but you just don't know how expensive until you're there. Four bags of food just basic food like eggs, bread, cheese, bacon (small packs) etc then bone out chicken breast (cut in half), ground beef already made patties and steak which we rationed (cut in half) for another days was almost $300. We did cook EVERY day. We only went to see what breakfast was like at the resort our first morning after arriving. It's not terrible but it wasn't the best in our opinion. The resort lunch and dinner menu is meh, we just wanted to look at the menu to see what they offered. Not much to choose from. We did have pizza one night for dinner. It was good. There's not a lot of activities on Papeete. Everything is on Moorea which was shut down most of the time. We did get one day out of our trip and one sunny day. Back to the apartment, loved the layout. There is no shower door just a half glass door that doesn't move. So beware water does get on the floor. The red towels and blueish grey face towels had a small smell to it but I realize after my massage at the spa's resort, that's normal but the brown hand towel was terrible, we did not use it. Overall it's a very peaceful location. Friendly people in the area. Good view location. Sounds of the ocean is so peaceful. If that's your cup of tea, by all means book it. Definitely worth the money. We would have to go back but not in rainy (January) season. The locals recommended May. Host was so helpful & very resourceful. TY!!!!!!