This apartment is charming, nice and sparkling clean. It has everything you need to make your stay perfect and the owners, John and Shirley live on the property will greet you upon arrival and will make sure your stay goes well.The couch is comfortable and the bed in comfy too. There is A/C and wireless high speed internet in all the apartments and the La Rose has a washing machine in it. I think the other apartments share a washer in a separate laundry room. Everything you need to make your stay comfortable is there for you. They have a lovely dog named Reds, who is sweet and knows he can't come down to the apartments, but if he does, please don't pet him for his owners do not want him spoiled. We were there for two weeks and never heard him bark and he will not bother you either. The apartments are off the main road so there is no thru traffic, no noise, nor people walking by, just beautiful relaxing views from the covered porch with soft breezes and lounge chairs to sit and enjoy your favorite beverage while you watch the cruise ships pass directly in front of you, as well as other boats and the city of Castries. The lights at night twinkle across the bays and kept me up late looking at them-just too pretty to miss. Be sure to bring your good camera as well as a pocket camera for you do not want to miss out on views from this magnificent affordable property, as well as elsewhere on the island.We really enjoyed watching the moon come up over the city from the porch and kitchen window-it was beyond pretty!. There are large windows so you won't miss out on viewing the beauty from inside either, the light house across the bay, the city during the day and the lights by night and on most days the island of Martinique is visible.They have a trusted driver who will pick you up at the airport, if you don't rent a car there. The driver, Anthony will makes stop along the way and will stop at a grocery store and even help you find things if need be. You can also hire him to take you places and he will wait for you. He took us to the Jump Up in Gros Islet, which is a street party with loud music, rum, beer stands and food vendors. Locals go later in the night, but there are large crowds with happy tourists from early to late!The grocery stores have most everything you can find back home, but also island foods, like Banana Ketchup, which is wonderful.We put it on everything and even brought some back home with us. Prices are very fair in the grocery stores. And, all stores take US currency and converting any currency to Eastern Caribbean is no problem. We recommend small bills if using American Dollars. You will find a fully equipped kitchen for you will want to cook in the apartment as that eating out is very expensive. We ate out two times, once in a tourist restaurant which was very pricy and then once in a place where only locals goes, which was very reasonable and tasted better. By eating in the apartment, we could enjoy the activities in the Harbor and the pretty landscape of the lawn-oh so relaxing.You will be given a cell phone with $10.00 worth of minutes on it when you get there and then you can add more minutes if you want to. This was useful to call and inquire about tours. We did two tours with The Tour Store in Rodney Bay-the Segway and the Boat Trip to the Pitons. Segways was easy to do and we loved riding them. Our favorite beach was Marigot Bay, which was nice and quiet with private boats as well as tour boats coming and going. John and Shirley recommended this as their favorite family beach. We went there several times as well as other beaches. During your stay in Saint Lucia, you will be approached by a few locals who will want to shake your hand and then want to sell you something or ask you for a little money, just say, "No thank you" and that's it. I didn't shake hands. After we arrived on Thursday, we decided to rent a car and John arranged for one to be brought directly to the apartment on Saturday and all the paper work was taken care of right there-no problem at all. Be sure to call your credit card company back home and let them know you will be in Saint Lucia so you can use your credit cards while on the Island. Discover is not widely accepted, but Visa and Mastercard are and American Express in some places. John and Shirley can tell you where to shop for some beautiful things-they know where my favorite store was. Just ask them and they are very willing to help you with anything they can-just the nicest people one could ever meet. The people in Saint Lucia are very nice, very mannerly and we know you will have a great time there and at Bayside Apartments. We saw all three apartments and all are very nice.. We always felt safe there and as a woman, I could go back alone and feel safe in the apartment and else where. Oh yes, there is a safe in each apartment and you set your own combination. During outings, I just took some money, etc in a little cloth tote bag I carried over my shoulder. I never take a purse when I travel. My husband always take another wallet for his front pocket with only what he needs. We had such a wonderful time and coming back to the apartment each day and turning on the A/C and relaxing was what we wanted and got exactly that and more. We are going back next November 2014 and stay here again for we fell in love with the island and now have great friends in John and Shirley. I think it will be hard to find another apartment as nice and handy as this with the beautiful views -Thank You John and Shirley for our wonderful stay and thank you for letting me pat your sweet dog Reds just one time. By the way, if you can, try and stay two weeks for one week is just not enough to really see it all and have time to relax.