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Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms

Family-friendly vacation home in Puerto Carrillo

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Smart TV
Outdoor dining
Sun loungers, beach towels
Smart TV
Located in a peaceful area of Carrillo, Villa Oasis offers a serene retreat with its beautiful gardens and large private swimming pool. Perfect for groups of 5 to 11 guests, this big house features 3 bedrooms in the main building and 2 bedrooms in the second building, all with air conditioning.

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Entire home

5 bedrooms5 bathroomsSleeps 11557 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Pet friendly
  • Parking available

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About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms

Big Villa with a Main House with 3 bedrooms plus additional unit with 2 bedrooms, with a private swimming pool with beautiful gardens.
Located in town in a peaceful area, just a 10 minute walk to the amazing swimming beach surrounded by palm trees. The property is rented to one group at a time so nothing is shared with other guests.
Perfect for groups up to 12 guests including children.
We offer AC in all the bedrooms

The MAIN HOUSE offers
1. One bedroom with a King sized bed and its own bathroom.
2. One bedroom with a Queen sized bed/a single bed and a shared bathroom
3. One bedroom with a Queen sized bed and a shared bathroom.
In this area we offer a family room perfect for little children to be entertained with coloring books or toys.
For the infants we offer a pack and play and lots of beach toys for toddlers and children.
4. Full kitchen, living room, dining room and large terraces with lots of space and furniture, perfect for your family and friend gatherings.

The additional UNIT offers 2 bedrooms
1. One bedroom with a King sized bed plus a single bed and its own bathroom
2. One bedroom with a King sized bed and its own bathroom

Please enter the total amount in your group to get the accurate quote for your group size.

We recommend having a vehicle for more comfort. Samara is less than 10 minutes away by car.
Great for families with kids.
Great for groups of adults.
The common areas DO NOT offer Air Conditioning. We offer ceiling fans.
The second building does not offer social areas like kitchen or living room.

Both buildings are next to each other and they both have access to a large swimming pool surrounded by beautiful gardens and green areas. Beautiful landscape with flowers with lots of trees, humming birds and butterflies.
We offer parking for up to 3 vehicles inside the property. The property is ALL fenced in and it is private and quiet with lots of nature, creating a very peaceful feeling and that is why we called it OASIS.
The main house offers a full kitchen with ALL appliances and utensils for cooking and for preparing your favorite cocktails, a spacious living room with two sofas and one chair to have your family gatherings, we offer an inside dining area with a table and an outside dining table, a large patio with chairs and coffee table overlooking the gardens, the forest and the swimming pool. You can choose to eat inside or outside by the veranda. In this area we also offer a Weber barbecue if you feel like having a parrillada.
The highlight of this property is the outside living space with an amazing setting for the swimming pool surrounded by lots of nature and privacy where you can admire many different species of birds, iguanas and howler monkeys.

AT REQUEST FOR THE GUEST: We provide personal laundry service. We just ask for a small tip for the maid.
Let us know if you need to do your own laundry and we can also be accommodating.

Please inquire if you need a longer stay. We can accommodate you if we have availability.
Welcome longer stays for up to 27 nights in our low season. Our low season is from May to October.

From our location you can walk to 5 restaurants within 2 to 4 blocks away.
Hula Jungla 2 blocks
El Colibri and los Delfines 3 blocks
La Puesta del Sol and Restaurante Nammbu are 4 blocks
There is a grocery store 2 blocks away and one other one called La Guaria with everything you may need and it is 3 blocks away.
The beach is at least a 10 minute walk (NOT FLAT but HILLY, not for the faint at heart) or 4 blocks away and most vacationers prefer to have a vehicle to take a cooler with beverages and beach toys, beach towels and chairs although it is not required if you have a shuttle from the airport for the whole group and love to walk once you get to the house.

All reservations accepted have the property private to themselves.
The reservation must have the total amount of people we will host and no other guests who are not registered and paid for will be allowed in the property.

This property is great for
1 couple who is looking for a VERY large set up for total privacy
1 couple plus kids
2 couples with kids or no kids
3 couples with kids or no kids
4 couples with kids or no kids
5 couples as we have 5 bedrooms (One couple will have to share a bathroom)

We do not allow events in our property like weddings or big fiestas. You can do your birthday celebrations and play music and have fun but no events are allowed where there are other guests invited.

This is not a luxury Villa, it is very spacious and lovely and functional.
We offer great service and amazing tropical style close to everything with a great location where you will not feel isolated.

Come and enjoy paradise with us! We love to provide everything you need for a memorable vacation in the tropics with an amazing beach Getaway.

A description of our town
Carrillo Beach (not to be confused with the Carrillo county) has a small community with great restaurants and a couple of stores and it is less than 10 minutes by car from the well known Samara Beach.
This beach was awarded with the 5 star ecological blue flag, only a total of 5 beaches qualified in the whole country for the top rating with 5 stars they went though a program of qualifying great ocean water and potable water plus cleanliness of the town and efficient recycling programs in the community.
The beach is ideal for swimming and absolutely beautiful surrounded with palm trees and lots of shade throughout the whole day.
Most of the homes around Villa Oasis are residential. In our street called Oasis (named after our home) there are about 10 other homes for permanent friendly residents and 2 other rental homes for families.
There are also a couple of tour companies in town to help you arrange your activities, one is called Octopus Costa Rica and it is recommend for the dolphin tours and a wonderful ocean experience.
Water activities are the highlights of our town. Anything from swimming, going for a dolphin and whale tour, fishing for inshore and offshore, kayaking and paddle boarding, snorkeling at Punta Indio and Isla Chora or just taking an adventure to the jungle by ATV or side by sides to swim in a waterfall and have a barbecue in a secluded paradisiac white sand beach.
Everyone is friendly in our community and happy to provide great service for people visiting the area.
Samara offers lots of restaurants in front of the water and lots of souvenir shops. There are a handful of tour operators that offer great activities for adults and children.
Carrillo also offers a Gym with instructor, a horse back riding tour guide named Luis Angel that is fantastic and two grocery stores where you can find absolutely everything you may need on vacation from fruits to liquor and wine.
Playas del Sur and Roble that also belong to our town offer a paradisiac experience with a small waterfall flowing right into the sand in the months of May through November and lots of tide pools.

One of the highlights of Carrillo is walking the whole beach which is 2 kilometers long or 4 kilometers round trip. The walk is easy and you will see lots of species of birds including Kingfishers, lots of egrets and scarlet macaws. The gentle walk provides so much beauty. A lot of people like to do this walk early in the mornings to see the sunrises or some may prefer to go for a sunset cruise and swim. If you feel adventurous you can walk all around the Punta Indio rock at the North side of the beach.
Carrillo is a very safe town and friendly.

Please enter the total amount in your group to get the accurate quote for your group size.

Property amenities

Beach

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach towels

Pool/Spa

  • Private pool

Internet

  • Available in the house: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Car recommended
  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Blender
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 5 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • 4.5 bathrooms
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • Smart TV

Outdoor areas

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Fenced yard
  • Garden
  • Outdoor furniture

Laundry

  • Laundry facilities
  • Washing machine

Comfort

  • Air conditioning

Pets

  • Pet friendly
  • Welcoming cats and dogs only
  • One pet total (up to 50 lbs per pet)

Suitability/Accessibility

  • No elevator
  • Tile flooring in public areas
  • Smoking not allowed
  • Note from host: No smoking inside the house

Services and conveniences

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (limited availability)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Meal delivery service
  • Safe

Location highlights

  • In the city center
  • In the mountains
  • Near a health/beauty spa
  • Near a hospital
  • Near the sea

Things to do

  • Birdwatching nearby
  • Ecotours nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Golfing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Horseback riding nearby
  • Kayaking nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Mountain climbing nearby
  • Rafting nearby
  • Sailing nearby
  • Scuba diving nearby
  • Snorkeling nearby
  • Surfing/bodyboarding nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Whale watching nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby
  • Windsurfing nearby

Safety features

  • No carbon monoxide detector or gas appliances (host has indicated there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property)
  • No smoke detector (host has indicated there is no smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • Bed sheets changed on request
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Comprehensive recycling policy
  • Garden
  • Reusable coffee/tea filters
  • Towels (changed on request)
  • Unit size: 6,000 square feet

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Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 21

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Check-out instructions

The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks, and take out the trash
Turn off the lights and return the keys
Please text Jackie one day before 506 88347125 to let her know your check out time. Use WhatsApp or regular text or a phone call
The cleaning lady will be there at check out to collect the keys . Please gather the keys and give them to her
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Rules

Reservation must indicate the correct amount of guests we will be hosting Unregistered guests will not be allowed in the property.
Our rates are based on 5 guests. There is a fee per additional guest. Please register everyone! We offer AC in all the bedrooms. No AC in social areas
You can add up to 12 guests after placing your reservation but everyone will need to be registered and paid for to VRBO 2 weeks before check in

Pets

Pets allowed
Welcoming dogs and cats only
1 total (up to 50 lbs per pet)
Note from host: We only allow pet (Dog or cat) no extra charge

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Events

No events allowed
We DO NOT allow events or parties

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
No smoking inside the house

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: We DO NOT allow events or parties
Host has indicated there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property
Host has indicated there is no smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
A car is recommended for transportation to and from this property

Property is also known as

Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive Samara House
Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive Samara Playa Carrillo
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Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive Samara House
Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive Samara Playa Carrillo
Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive Samara House
Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive Samara
Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms, 6 Minute Drive to Samara Playa Carrillo
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Villa Oasis 5 Bedrooms 6 Minute Drive to Samara
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About the neighborhood

Located in Puerto Carrillo, this vacation home is in the city center and by the sea. Samara Beach and Carrillo Beach reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include Jungle Butterfly Farm and Safari Surf School. Be sure to check out the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.
Map
Guanacaste, Playa Carrillo

What's nearby

  • Carrillo Beach - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Samara Beach - 7 min drive - 4.3 km
  • Playa Islita - 16 min drive - 13.0 km
  • Buena Vista Beach - 26 min drive - 15.2 km
  • Playa Barrigona - 26 min drive - 15.9 km

Getting around

  • Nosara (NOB) - 68 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Gusto Beach Bar - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Aromas - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante El Colibrí - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Coco's Mexican Restaurant - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Bar y Restaurante del Hotel Bahía - ‬11 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Does Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms have a pool?

Yes, this property has a pool.

Is Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 50 lbs per pet.

What time is check-in at Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms located?

This family-friendly Puerto Carrillo vacation home is located by the sea, within 3 mi (5 km) of Carrillo Beach and Samara Beach. Playa Camaronal and Playa Islita are also within 9 mi (15 km).

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Reviews

Beautiful Villa, private pool, amazing gardens! Walkable 5 bedrooms Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

9.6

Location
Rating 10 - Excellent. 95 out of 106 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 11 out of 106 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 106 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 106 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 106 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Dawn B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The property was perfect for our two families. We loved the layout and pool. Jackie was an amazing host. We can’t wait to go back!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Katherine McQueen

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful beach getaway

We were two families visiting from the US. The property worked perfect for us. We spent all of our time at the pool and veranda. We saw tons of wildlife by the pool. The restaurants, market, and beach were all walkable and delightful. This place is a private slice of paradise. Would definitely book again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alex B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful place to stay

We enjoyed the beautiful pool area with the small water fall. The short walk to town was great for breakfast and dinner.Next to one of the best beaches in the world.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gesselle A M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

The best property
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Keirsten M., Broken arrow

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

Absolute paradise!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Josh A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic stay!

Incredible home with an incredible host! Beautiful surroundings, fantastic pool and a short walk to some of the best restaurants in the area. We saw howler monkeys, giant iguanas, beautiful birds all from the backyard. Jackie saw to all our needs. As the title says, it was a fantastic stay!
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dennis H., Nobleboro

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay, Awesome Property

Our family thoroughly enjoyed this spacious home close to the beach. The owner and housekeeper were wonderfully accommodating and easy to work with. We highly recommend!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Harry H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful stay

My family, group of 5 stayed at Jackie's lovely house just up the hill from the gorgeous beach of Carillo. The house was perfect, with lots of room and excellent facilities. The pool is magnificent. Communication with Jackie was first class, with an answer to our queries within minutes. A top quality stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kari G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best-ever VBRO experience

This was the perfect location for our family reunion. Both the main house and guest house were lovely, comfortable, spacious, and well appointed. The pool and backyard setting was simply paradise. The location was ideal. We enjoyed our walks to the local restaurants. Playa Carrillo was just a five minute drive and the beach was kid friendly. Jackie, our host was very knowledgeable about the area, and answered all of our questions promptly. She was super accommodating. Myrtha the housekeeper was most amazing.We look forward to returning here on our next visit to Puerto Carrillo.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christopher W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good time

Pool awesome grill was nice great time overall will definitely be going back
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Don C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good Times

Everything was great
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Gino B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Casa villa

It was a beautiful place with great space. The pool was fabulous. It could use some maintenance and checking on kitchen equipment.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nancy B., Colorado USA

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful week with the family!

Beautiful home and guest house with even more beautiful pool and grounds! We had a wonderful time ... thanks to Jackie who helped arrange some activities and reservations for us. Playa Carrillo is a gorgeous beach a short walk away. Myrtha makes excellent breakfasts and took good care of the house and us. All in all we had a terrific vacation!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tammy G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

More than we could have dreamed of! An unbelievable expereince!

The home and property is breathtaking -- we watched monkeys play in the trees while we were eating. Beach is a 10 minute walk - and the beach was quiet and beautiful. The host was so helpful, attentive and so very responsive. Myrtha's breakfast was delicious and she was so wonderful. We WILL be back!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jamie J.

Amazing! Will be back.

We absolutely loved our stay at Villa Oasis! In fact if we didn't have reservations we couldn't cancel we would have stayed longer. House and pool are amazing. The housekeeper is very sweet and cooked an amazing breakfast each morning. The beach at Playa Carillo is our favorite beach of any of the places we have traveled. Excellent local restaurants. If you want to experience true Costa Rica, this is the place for you! We are already planning a return trip.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Robin K., boulder, co

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Puerto Carillo

We enjoyed our week long stay at this property! We loved the location and the neighborhood. The house and the guesthouse were huge and although there were two families we all had enough privacy and space to enjoy each other. The grounds and view are beautiful. Jackie was so helpful arranging activities for us. She responded immediately and was willing to do anything to make our week great. This was our first trip after covid and it was a wonderful getaway!
Stayed 7 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sandy L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Oasis

Clean and spacious property, with an amazing pool and patio. Plenty of room for everyone. Beautiful butterfly garden, and daily visits from the iguana. Host was very helpful in arranging transportation, scheduling activities. and responsive to questions. I would recommend having a car. Walking to the beach is not safe or easy. This location is primarily for beach activities. HIghly recommend zipline experience.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

gail s.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Costa Rican Oasis

Great property with wonderful pool and grounds. Great compound for interaction of multiple guests that still are able to maintain their individual private areas due to the large size of the property. Wonderfully prepared full Costa Rican breakfasts each day. Friendly and efficient housekeeper kept the house in order. The property did have multiple maintenance issues that need to be corrected. In short, the property is great and would be an easy five star property with a little tender loving care.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

John G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location and house for two families

We stayed for a week. The owner Jacqueline was was very responsive and checked in frequently throughout our stay. The housecleaner Myrta, was exceptional and very helpful. The houses are close to Carillo Beach. We walked to Playa Carillo one day, although the road is a bit busy for walking with small children, so we drove most days. The restaurants in the area are excellent, and it was a relaxing stay. The biggest disappointment was that the sloth tour wasn’t running, but days at the the pool and beach more than made up for it, as well as a boat ride to watch dolphins, swim, snorkel, and trawl for fish (sadly did not catch anything, but still fun).
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

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Incredible vacationing!

Staying at the Villas Oasis in Carillo is exactly what vacationing is all about. We were so pleased to have such a luxurious and beautiful place to stay. We could hardly wait to return after a long day on what we have found to be one of Costa Ricas most beautiful beaches, Playa Carillo. Rick and Jackie couldn\'t have been more friendly and accomodating. They were willing to help us with whatever we needed during our stay. They were incredibly hospitable and made us feel so at home. We really wanted to experience deep sea fishing at its finest and thats exactly what we got with Rick and his rig, \"Kingfisher\". We were so pleased to have found Kingfisher to be the top notch fishing operation we had consistently heard it to be. Bruce and Julie Minnesota, USA

10/10 Excellent

Nick B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for extended family

Super nice location with no neighbors from inside the property to be concerned about. We felt secure and secluded. There are restaurants and markets within walking distance and the beach is not too much further. We enjoyed the patio dinning table and pool with a mansion feel. There are separate rooms and a sufficient number of restrooms, including one in the pool area. Some details could be worked on for type "A" people, like a Christmas themed table cloth in July and minor maintenance. Everything else was great and went as expected. Communication with hosts and Myrtha, the on-site person, was great. Myrtha cooked two very good breakfast meals for our large group and was very friendly. Highly recommend!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Allison G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful pool and outdoor space

We were supposed to stay 2 nights, but didn’t realize how far down the coast the property was. (That was my error in booking) The house itself was fine. Clean, spacious and very pretty. Didn’t realize the 3 bedrooms were in a room with a locked door, although it was a nice safety feature. Had to ask for more towels and for beach chairs but they were brought to us very quickly and we appreciated the timely response. Ice maker and water dispenser on fridge was not working. We loved our day in Samara, but ultimately decided to leave early to head to Langosta.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kristen B., Where do you live?

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Far and away the best place we have ever stayed

Everything about our stay was magical. The house was beautiful, spacious, and clean; the grounds were breathtaking, the pool was delightful, and Jackie could not have been a better host. She was so accommodating and went above and beyond every step of the way. We felt like we had our own personal concierge service! She booked an incredible boat excursion for us where we saw tons of dolphins frolicking right next to our boat; she made much appreciated recommendations for activities, sights, and restaurants, and she was so kind and pleasant and truly made us feel like it was her pleasure to make sure we had the best possible experience. And then there is the housekeeper, Myrtha, who also added so much to our stay here by fixing us substantial and delicious breakfasts each morning and then doing some cleaning — again, making us feel like it was her pleasure to serve us. Our family of 6 adults enjoyed our stay so much. We would love to come back to Costa Rica, and if and when we do — we would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Amy A., Dayton, Ohio

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Beautiful home esp. the outdoor paradise

The house is large and beautiful, especially the outdoor paradise. Great pool, lots of room to sit, outdoor bar and patio table, butterflies in the garden, convenient restroom to pool area. We had a delicious breakfast prepared on-site - highly recommend. Owner and maid/cook were lovely to deal with. Maid only speaks Spanish but we mostly got by with our basic fluency. Note that only the bedrooms are air conditioned. During our stay it was uncomfortably hot in the living space, despite open windows and one floor fan. We never got a cross breeze. Also tightly seal all food items or store them all in the fridge or the tiny tenacious ants will find it! (Costa Rican ants are impressive!) Also be aware that the town is quite small - that may be your thing, but fyi.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Luxury in Paradise

This is a beautiful property that is well appointed and landscaped, and kept impeccably clean by Myrtha, the housekeeper and breakfast chef. The host, Jackie, checked in every few days to make sure were having fun. She made some suggestions of activities she thought we would enjoy, and let us know when she heard there would be an arribada at Playa Ostional, which we would otherwise not have known and was a highlight of our trip. We also enjoyed her recommended visit to the macaw recovery project and hiking the trails and the beach at nearby Playa Camaronal. Jackie also provided all the foods we liked for breakfast, which included lots of fruit. We made delicious smoothies with the blender that is provided. The pool is very private, and we used it many times per day to cool off, as the house was hot in the afternoons. It is also wonderful at night to float in the pool and look at the stars. Also enjoyed the boogie boards in the gentle surf of Playa Carillo.
Stayed 10 nights in Feb 2022