Walk to Sandy Surf Beach in few Seconds!! Nicest beach home in SJDS area

Eight of us...two daughters, two sons-in-law, two grandchildren and us, two grandparents, spent a wonderful week in this beautiful home with a gourmet kitchen! Short walk downhill to the beach with two small restaurants with amazing fish tacos. Surf lessons and good surfing. Beautiful private pool. Lots of outdoor seating to watch the sunset, etc. The caretakers live next door and we’re very helpful...only in Spanish, though. We hired their car one day to take some of our group to town and back, then some others to the Adventure Park. A bit far away from the town. The owners came by one day to meet us! Lovely couple!

We were two families traveling together, with children (ages 14, 13, 13 & 10). We all agreed it was the best villa any of us have ever stayed in - a stunning home with a spectacular infinity pool which was only steps from the beach.

First, the owner, Ksenia is fabulous. Any time I ever reached out with a question she was able to answer within minutes. As we were traveling from Boston the fact that I could reach her any time set my mind at ease.

Then there were the caretakers - Tanya, Jose and Will - they all helped with anything and everything we needed. We hired a driver for the week (Will) and he was ready to take us into town any time we needed him. All 3 were always working hard to keep everything spotless, and it was honestly kind of wonderful to have the house so clean all the time. They live right on the property, in a small house near the pool. While they were there any time we needed anything, none of us felt like they intruded on our space. At all. And, if you did feel that way, they would absolutely make themselves scarce. They didn’t speak English and my Spanish is quite rusty, but with the help of google translate we all did just fine. We liked them all so much and they are part of the reason our trip was so amazing.

The views are simply breathtaking. You are literally steps from the gorgeous beach. There was boogie boarding every morning. We took surf lessons one day too from instructors that have a shop down on the beach. We ate lunch a few times at the beach restaurants and went into town a bit for dinner, but we also went to the Pali for groceries and cooked a lot since the kitchen was begging to be used.

The house is gorgeous. Everything is exactly like the photos. And so clean and fresh. The view during the day is spectacular, but at nighttime the lighting in the pool area was just heaven. The entire thing was an absolute dream.

The location is about 15 minutes from town, and while it seems a little far away, everyone was so accommodating and it was so easy to get anywhere. All the tours we took picked us up at the house.

There is internet that works everywhere. Even though the power went out a few times we honestly didn’t even notice because of the generator.

It was truly the most fabulous vacation home we have ever stayed in, and on top of that the host Ksenia and caretakers were so kind and quick to tend to anything we needed. I very highly recommend Villa Mariposa, we already can’t wait to go back!

We were a group of 10 and a baby and the house was perfect for us. The house was just as beautiful as the pictures. It was the perfect distance from town. The pool was awesome. The view from the deck was very relaxing and the perfect place to watch the sunset. We didn’t rent a car, but we’re able to catch a taxi or shuttle from the beach when we needed to (which wasn’t much because we felt just staying at the house and Remanso beach was vacation enough). We used the house car one day to go to Playa Hermosa and then to dinner at the Black Monkey near the house. The car was very affordable and it was great to have a driver. The caretakers were super nice (even though our Spanish was not good enough). They took good care of us. It was actually nice having them and the night guard around especially when we left the house or walked down to the beach. Ksenia was awesome too! She was very responsive to all our questions before and during our stay. She was very understanding when we needed to change our checkout time a bit due to a misunderstanding of our pickup time and even helped us by calling the shuttle company. None of us wanted to leave...we definitely hope to come back someday!

We were impressed with the house and the caretakers when we arrived at dusk. But seeing two sets of double rainbows the next morning really set the mood for our stay!

The house is amazing. The attention to detail in design, construction, furnishings, and maintenance is very impressive. We spent most of our time on the porch or the pool deck. The pool deck lighting at night was glorious. The porch was the perfect place to sip Nica Libres while watching the sunset.

The beautiful beach and the beach restaurants are a short walk. And Tacos Restaurant and Grill even sold us fish fillets for Tania to cook for us.

Tania and Jose take excellent care of the house and grounds and were very welcoming. We also hired Tania to cook two evening meals for us -- delicious!

Owner Ksenia was great throughout. Very quick to respond to emails and answer questions when I was making the arrangements. He even emailed me on our first morning in the house to check in.

The location is a bit remote. That's part of what we loved about it! We stayed for three nights without a vehicle. But our transfer service dropped us off and picked us up without any problems. There were taxis hanging out by the restaurants in case we wanted to go into SJdS (we didn't) so we felt we had an easy option if needed (or we could have hired a driver through Ksenia).

This was unquestionably the best VRBO rental experience I've ever had. We started talking about coming back before we left.

Three families and three generations enjoyed the house with a magnificent view for 4 days! The restaurant and surfing on the beach down below were an added bonus. The owner was very attentive to a few things along the way and was open to suggestions for improvement such as adding a microwave in the future. The road leading to the house is quite rough and could be handled better with a 4 wheel drive but is manageable. The driveway and sidewalk leading into the house is quite steep and requires extra precautions. Thanks for sharing your lovely home!