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QUINTA COLINA PAULA: NATURE LOVERS PARADISE RETREAT
| Sleeps | 6 |
| Bedrooms | 3 |
| Bathrooms | 2 |
| Space | 2,500 sq. ft. |
| Property type | house |
| Minimum Stay | 4 nights |
Overview
QUINTA COLINA PAULA: NATURE LOVERS PARADISE RETREAT
Be ready to be amazed. As soon as the gate opens you will enter your own private tropical paradise. This great property features 20 acres of beautiful land with 2 rivers, orchards with native fruit, uninterrupted views of the mountain and volcano ranges and an abundance of wildlife (toucans and over 20 different species of birds)
The driveway will take you through the tropical vegatation up to the main house. This beautiful, attractively furnished house will make you feel at home at once. The master bedroom has a king size bed and an ensuite bathroom. There is a second bedroom with 2 full beds and a third bedroom with a pull out bed that sleeps 2 as well. In between these rooms there is a shared full bathroom. The house has a porch on 3 sides of the house. Here you can sit and enjoy everything Colina Paula has to offer. Just imagine drinking a cup of coffee in the morning enjoying the hummingbirds flying around. The well sized. and private pool is just one step away.
Our property managers, Piet and Yvonne Asma, a multilingual (English. Spanish, Dutch and German) couple from the Netherlands are ready to make your stay the best it can be.
As an additional service to our house guests, they offer fee- based airport transfers to help you avoid the potential hassles you can experience in getting from and to the finca on your travel days
They also provide car rentals and a variety of tours including daytrips to the Poas volcano, La Paz Waterfall gardens, the very popular organic coffee tour but also various more active tours like ziplining, horseback riding or a private Catamaran Sailing tour.
They can arrange for you to have your fridge stocked with your favorite groceries upon arrival, or have a home cooked meal ready for you on your arrival day. For special occasions they can have a local chef come to the house to prepare a gourmet dinner.
As you can see, Quinta Colina Paula offers everything you need to enjoy a great vacation.
About TONIA
My name is Tonia and I am Belgian. I would call myself a world traveler and nature lover. Colina Paula was purchased as a raw piece of land and transformed over the years to a private retreat. It has always been a labor of love and this place continues to be my paradise out of all places I own or have visited. Here is where my batteries get charged and I find peace. So will you.
TONIA purchased this house in 2008
Why TONIA chose Alajuela
I visited Costa Rica by chance 15 years ago. It felt like home. My son and I searched for one month to find a property in the mountains where no ac was needed, where we could retreat and be happy. At the urge of my son, I looked at this proerty as it is so close to town. It took years to create to what I call my piece of Costa Rican heaven.
What makes this house unique
The days here start of with an orchestra of all native bird singing and the sun smiling upon the mountains in the distance. Our Costa Rican coffee we have on any of the 3 porches on the comfortable seating of hammocks. Then follows a walk on the 20 acres property or a meditation or bird watching or a dip in the pool. So much to enjoy and so little time. When here, you may not want to leave as everything is right here. The house is homy, luxurious yet kind to the beautiful environment.
Guestbook comments from the manager
A Week in Paradise!
Review Submitted: January 27, 2010 Date of Stay: January 2010
From the minute Tonia answered my request for info, I knew that our visit to this beautiful home just outside of Atenas was going to be a great experience. Having never been to Costa Rica, my friends and I wanted to rent a home which would allow us to be centrally located. We wanted to be able to get into town easily, enjoy a pool at the home, take day trips to volcanoes, parks, and beaches around the country, have access to someone who could escort us to the best sites, and to stay in a comfortable home. Colina Paula fit the bill perfectly. Tonia was incredibly helpful arranging for a driver to pick us up at the SanJose Airport, even suggesting to him (and to us via email) that he stop at a 'supermercado' so that we could purchase groceries and spirits before heading to her home. Arriving at Colina Paula, we found the website photos to be entirely accurate but still not able to capture the natural beauty of the tree/tropical plant/pasture-covered property. The house itself is most aptly described as classy and comfortable; the woodworking has been done by a master craftsman. Laid out for optimal views of gorgeous mountains and volcanoes in the distance and cross-breezes to enjoy in the house or on the wrap-around patio, the house is in an ideal location to enjoy cooking dinner on the huge gas grill, sipping coffee on the patio, swimming in the immaculately maintained pool steps from the house, and relaxing. Tonia's care for the house carries over to her care for her guests, having suggested and arranged for us to contact Walter, a tour van owner, to take us on incredible day trips that allowed. While we loved spending our mornings on the patio over breakfast we made in the well stocked kitchen, we were just as eager to wander into town feeling like Atenas natives, enjoy a massage on the beach, or try a challenging zipline. We sadly said goodbye but we will surely return.
Amenities
Atenas House Accommodation and Amenities
- house
- Guests provide their own meals
- Housekeeper Included
- 2500 sq. ft.
- Check-in: 4:00 PM /
- Check-out: 11:00 AM
- Max. occupancy: 6
- Parties/events not allowed
- Pets not allowed
- Non smoking only
- Downtown ...
- Monument View
- Mountain View ...
- Village ...
- Adventure
- Away From It All
- Family
- Romantic
- Sports & Activities
- Tourist Attractions
- Broadband Access
- Clothes Dryer
- Hair Dryer
- Internet
- Iron & Board
- Linens Provided ...
- Living Room ...
- Parking ...
- Telephone
- Towels Provided
- Washing Machine
- Wireless Internet
- Coffee Maker
- Cooking Utensils ...
- Dishes & Utensils ...
- Ice Maker
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave
- Oven ...
- Pantry Items
- Refrigerator ...
- Stove ...
- Toaster
- Dining ...
- Dining Area
- seating for 6 people
- 2 Bathrooms
-
Bathroom 1 -
toilet
,
combination tub/shower
,
tub
,
onsuite with double sinks
Bathroom 2 - toilet , shower , 2 sinks
- bathroom 1: double sinks, tub and shower, toilet. bathroom 2: double sinks, shower and toilet
- 3 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6
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Bedroom 2 -
2 double
Bedroom 1 - 1 king
Bedroom 3 - 1 twin/ single
- Books
- CD Player
- Games
- Music Library
- Satellite / Cable ...
- Stereo
- Television ...
- Video Library
- Deck / Patio ...
- Lanai / Gazebo
- Lawn / Garden ...
- Outdoor Grill
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- wheelchair accessible
- Private Pool ...
- Chauffeur
- Massage
- Staff
- health/beauty spa
- restaurants
- zoo
- bird watching
- boating
- eco tourism
- horseback riding
- photography
- shopping
- sight seeing
- walking
- wildlife viewing
- ATM/bank
- fitness center
- groceries
- hospital
- massage therapist
- medical services
- cycling
- hiking
- kayaking
- mountain biking
- parasailing
- rafting
- snorkeling/diving
- surfing
- swimming
- whitewater rafting
Reviews
Wonderful!
4.9/5 -
(29 traveler reviews)
Wow, what a great place to stay at in Costa Rica
We are a family of 4 with 2 boys, 15 and 13. We stayed for 10 days in August 2017, the green season. This was our first trip to Costa Rica and weren’t sure what to expect. The weather was very good during our stay, it was sunny in the mornings and then often some clouds in the afternoon, it rained sometimes around dinner time but not every day. The temperature was around 27C each day, very comfortable. The house is very private and peaceful. In CR there is wildlife everywhere so when the sun comes up the birds start their singing, we loved seeing toucans, humming birds, plus so much more wildlife right outside our door. Some days we just hung around the property and other days we did some day trips. We went to La Paz Water fall Garden Nature Park, Crocodile Man tour, Arenal Volcano, Jaco Beach, Baldi Hot Springs, to mention a few. Atenas is a nice small town, make sure to visit the farmer's market on Fridays. Tonia and the local property managers, Piet and Yvonne, were very helpful in answering all our questions. We will definitely consider at visiting CR again and hope to visit Quinta Colina Paula again.
A few general comments, the weather was much better than we thought, we wore shorts every day. The grocery stores and local restaurants are very good and a little cheaper than in the US. The tourist things are similar in price to those in the US, but what an experience. Car rentals are expensive as you have to take extra insurance. The driving style took some time to get used to but after a few days we were very comfortable at driving around.
Fabulous in every respect!
My husband and I along with our parents (in their 80's) just stayed there for 2 wonderful weeks. We can't say enough about the house, the owner Tonia and her property managers Piet and Yvon. They all went above and beyond. We were picked up at the airport on Christmas Day and Piet answered all of our questions
We wouldn't think twice about renting the property again.
Atenas is away from the crowds and commercialism which is what we wanted. We enjoyed the pool every day and night and walked the property to see the beauty of Costa Rica. We did several side trips, to the coffee plantation, Poas, La Paz, Manuel Antonio and La Carrera.
The house was very comfortable and up to date with everything to make your stay enjoyable. Would recommend it to anyone wanting a quiet stay.
We can't thank Tonia enough for letting us rent her house and for Piet and Yvon on making it so comfortable. Bravo to all of you and keep up the good work.
Escape from reality
Great location to venture out from and explore. Loved the house, nicely updated. Plenty of room for our party of 5. Definitely on my favorites list!
Fantastic villa
We absolutely loved the house, the garden and the service. Thank you!
Sunny Place to Relax
We (two couples in our seventies) have just returned from a two-week stay at Colina Paula. We enjoyed the house and the pool, which are exactly as described in the listing. Lovely house with great views, beautiful master suite and well-equipped kitchen. We especially appreciated the supply of spices, and the wonderful fresh fruit that Emilio the gardener brought - bananas and oranges fresh from the garden, - so we made good use of the provided juicer for our morning OJ! Property manager!Piet was very helpful and provided great transfers to and from the airport, and Marian of Bunki Tours was a wonderful driver and tour guide for our trips to Poas volcano and La Paz Waterfall Gardens and even tried to get us in to the railway museum, which unfortunately was only open on weekends. As seniors, with one of us recovering from a recent knee replacement, we found the terrain around the house challenging… it is on a fairly steep hill, but we made good use of the local inexpensive taxi service for our trips to town and back. Loved the pool, and were thrilled to be lucky enough to see a pair of toucans in the garden one day.
Great home away from home
I rented this home for my family for ten days in January. It was just what we were hoping for, and the perfect size for my family of 5. We rented a car and used it as a central base to sight see throughout the country - It is within an hour or two of everything we hope the see. The weather was just perfect the entire week, and my kids spent a portion of every day in the pool. If we return to Costa Rica, we would happily stay here again.
Map
THIS PROPERTY HAS A WEALTH OF NATURAL BEAUTY.
EXCELLENT FOR BIRD WATCHING!!! A large variety of bird species.
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Rates & Availability
- Available
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Additional information about rental rates
| Damage Deposit | $500 |
Damage deposit depends on length of stay.
Manager's Cancellation Policy
- 50% refund if canceled at least 30 days before arrival date.
- 100% refund if canceled at least 60 days before arrival date.
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