Flat or hotel?

Greetings all. My fiance and I will be in Cote d%26#39;Azur July 25-Aug 2 (Tues-Weds). We are debating between renting a flat/villa or staying in a hotel for the week - hoping people in the forum might give advice.

I love the idea of having a bit more space in a flat, we are fairly self-contained travelers, and flats seem to offer a better value (please correct me if I%26#39;m wrong on this last point). However, hotels tend to be safer bets in terms of accommodations and location.

I%26#39;m finding that holiday-rentals.com has the most properties in the region - literally hundreds of 1BR and studios to choose from. Other sites seem to have a handful at the most.

So my questions are:

1) would people recommend renting a flat/villa, or staying at a hotel?

2) are flats even be available for renting Tuesday--Wednesday (8 days), vs. a more traditional Sat-Sat period?

3) anyone know of a better website for finding rentals?

Btw, plan is to base in Cannes, Nice or Antibes (we%26#39;ll choose based on availability and the wisdom of foum members). We%26#39;re not planning on renting a car, but rather take trains for daytrips to other towns.

Many thanks, everyone.

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Apartments in high season usually are rented from Saturday to Saturday (even in resorts full amenities they tend to stick to that timetable in high season but are looser in low season).

The Citadines Promeande in Nice may suit your needs. It is an apartment-hotel, which means you have a small kitchenette that is quite OK , so you can cook your own meals. And I can say that only with breakfast you will save a lot (a breakfast in an hotel is an easy 7 euro times 2 times 8 days, that is 112 euros...). www.citadines.com is their website.

And of course in Nice you have plenty of hotels but you should hurry in making your choice as time flies and you are quite close to your departure,

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Thanks yymca. Very helpful.

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