Central Downtown Puerto Vallarta

Would have loved to give 5 stars but the beds are stiff as a board. However the view more than made up for it. Every night we had the best view of the pirate ship fire works and our ears were treated to the mariachi band playing just below and to the left.

The rent included daily maid service and two cooked meals a day. The hardest part was deciding what to have as everything they cooked was stellar. They provided the receipts and purchased all the food.

For larger groups jerry opens up an adjacent villa which is actually beneath the pool.

It has a bedroom with king bed and the upper floor has another bed slash sofa and a little kitchen with fridge and stove.

With the house having high ceilings and being 3 floors plus a penthouse it may not be ideal for those challenged with stairs (there are a lot lol)

We stayed on the second floor and the room was literally larger than my master bedroom and two kids rooms put together it’s huge with a wonderful view of the ocean. Tbe other room on the second floor had two twin beds you can combine into a king. The bottom floor 50

Stairs from the living room had another huge room with a king bed a single bed plus two more small twin sleeping beds.

The bottom floor is aprox 20 feet high so above the laundry room is another room accessed by spiral stairs with its own washroom and two single beds

For large groups they also open up the penthouse which is 25 steps up a beautiful unique spiral wooden staircase. There is a washroom with shower up there and a large deck with a stellar view. I enjoyed listening to the mariachi band a few times up there.

The church bells ring frequently

Uber is super cheap if you want to avoid the steep climb back to the house. But we found walking left towards the river was less of a descent and easier climb back to tbe house.

I’ll close by saying tbe cooking And VIEW’s are incredible. The drawback is the place is getting a bit tired, and Internet was extremely flakey we had to repeatedly unplug and plug back in to reset.

I have s timeshare hard to get a large family enough room at one and to get us all to eat at the same time and they have ocean views but not like this it’s a little outdated but we love that downtown vibe that this villa gives off First thing Leonor or Leo as she is called is amazing. She was on time to show us around the house. We had three people in the group that was older and she suggested that they stay in the middle floor or the first floor the first floor room was the only room without a view. As you went higher up it just got better. My mom who has been on many cruises said the views We’re like looking out on the ocean on a a crew ship all you see is water. The main floor was the kitchen/gaming/TV/ great room many tables to enjoy the mountain or the ocean views or the history of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton house which was a pebbles throw away. On the top floor coffee and pan dulce at the small table in the morning or wine on the balcony we never got enough of. Leo is an amazing chef from traditional Mexican dishes chicken mole the Chile’s en nogada vegetarian enchiladas and my son favorite Mexican French toast made with fresh baked bread to bacon and eggs. There was not enough time for her to fix all that we wanted. We did breakfast every day and it was ready at 9am like we asked for dinner was when we needed a break from walking around. You will need a taxi to come up the hill when tired or if you don’t want to walk. But in general it was not a bad walk to the malacon or to the romantic zone easy down hill. This is a great place for large to medium size groups. I come to PV often the next time we have a large group we will be staying here. Because the views and the staff make you feel like you never want to leave

This is a nice house in a great location. The house is very large. On the downside the house is in some serious need of care. There are parts that are just run down and with a bit of money could be made very beautiful. One room (at the very top of the house) had what I can only assume is black mold. That all being said, the cook is terrific! Ask her to cook you the french toast. It is very good!

The house had the most fantastic view of the ocean and a lot of charm. It was truly an authentic Mexican home. The real gems were Leo, the cook, and her son Eduardo. They cooked for us and the food was fantastic! Actually, theirs was probably better than some of the restaurants. They are also very sweet people. All seven of us had a great time here. Some days we didn’t even feel the need to go anywhere. It was so relaxing!

The place is okay, it does have great panoramic views of the city, an okay breeze on the balcony from the ocean, had the widows open on one side of the house, you would have the best breeze. The kitchen is well equipped and thanks to the previous guest who bought a coffeemaker and left it because to the previous coffeemaker was too nasty and the pool is nice.

HOWEVER....

The views does NOT make up for the comfort that this house provides. This house is not suitable for olderly people, infants or young kids. My mother is 83 years of age. This house has WAY TOO many stairs for her and I was unaware of the amount stairs from one bedroom to the next and to the kitchen. The description CLEARLY did NOT state the amount of stairs at the time of booking.

The beds are VERY HARD and does NOT give to your body which makes it VERY HARD to get sleep. This can be very difficult to those who have back issues. The beds need to be REPLACES!! The chairs in the house are too low and uncomfortable. Be careful, the leather chairs are dry and cracked. I was afraid for my mother because she might fall threw it. The roof leaks in a few different places and forms puddles on the tile floor. So be careful because you can slip and fall. Theirs a place where they board cats a few doors down and you can hear the cats fight at NIGHT!!! Its was awful!!

The house is not air conditioned BUT, most of the windows in the house does NOT open due to the need of maintenance repair. Had they opened, the house would have the BEST ocean breeze. There's lots of candle holders BUT NO candles and the one I did find, the candle was melted over the wick.

Not sure what's up with all the booking fee's. Service fee, cleaning fee, Internet / telephone fee. Let alone, getting an email one week before I arrive informing me how much to tip the cook and made.. I thought that was included with ALL the service fees...

I have been going to Vallarta for over 18 years and I have NEVER had to pay for WiFi or a service fee. A service fee for what...? To have a maid and a chef...? WiFi is FREE in public places not sure why I had to pay for it. I was only there for 14 days..

This house is not utilized to its fullest extent because it's in DESPERATE need for serious maintenance repair and for the amount of money that I paid to stay in this house, it's NOT worth a return trip to this house!!!

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