Hello all!
My family of 12 just returned from a week at Villa Sol y Luna over Christmas and had an amazing time! The pictures are true - beautiful view, lounging in the infinity pool, overlooking the beach and ocean - we had a wonderful time!
Location was great too. Private walk to a quiet beach. We rented golf carts and drove all around Playa Flamingo. Easy to get to grocery stores, nice restaurants, marinas, fish market, etc. We took a couple of tours to the rain forest and volcanoes, and they were easy to get to. Nice mix of good restaurants and cooking at home.
Most places in Costa Rica don't have an addresses, so it's a bit of a challenge arranging pick up and drop offs, but it works out. You definitely need bug repellent - we got eaten alive.
The description of the house makes it sound like there are three separate buildings, but all three are part of the same single structure, just a main house, left apartment, and downstairs apartment type of arrangement. So it was easy for a big family to congregate together - we didn't feel separated. There are some quirks when renting the house that you need to figure out early in the stay. It seems like it's not regularly rented out, week in and week out, so some things don't work the way you expect them to. (Main fridge loses power every few hours, but it reliably comes back if you leave it alone, the side apartments aren't regularly used, so may need a deep cleaning before a big family stay, you need to use a lighter to light the stove, etc). But within a day or so, you learn the quirks and really settle in for a fun time. It would have been handy to have a list of "quirks of the house", so that we didn't waste time figuring them out on our own, but by day 3 we were experts.
We had 12 of us, 2 kids 6-8, 3 teens, 6 from 45-62, and grandma, and everyone agreed that it was a wonderful trip, and we were blessed to be able to stay in such a nice place! You'll have an amazing time if you rent this place!