It's been 6 months since we stayed at the Diria condos and many of the beautiful moments are still resonating in us. All in all, this was by far the best family vacation we've ever had. Tamarindo and the unit we stayed in completely blew away our expectations.

We loved this condo. We're a couple with two 12 year old boys. The boys had their own room with two beds and their own bathroom and shower. We had a huge master bedroom with a super comfortable king sized bed, our own bathroom and wall to wall windows with double sliding doors opening onto a beautiful balcony, all overlooking the ocean. The kitchen and living room also had the huge sliding doors overlooking the balcony, pool and ocean. Sunsets were stunning!... every day! The place is up quite high on a bit of hill so we always had a breeze, sunlight and view of the ocean (I could also see how the waves were breaking). It was great that we were up a bit and out of the noise. All the furnishings and decorations were new and tasteful and everything was very clean and well maintained. The rooms were larger than they looked in the photos.

I surfed 3' to 7' waves every day! The rest of the gang spent at least 3 hours a day just jumping through the waves, getting tumbled and laughing their heads off. They all still talk about it with a smile

It's been a dream of mine to take a surf holiday for about 15 years, but since having kids it wasn't really possible since most good surf spots really don't have much to offer for a family. Not the case in Tamarindo.

Oh yeah, the pool. The biggest, most beautiful pool ever. We would wade through it 3 or 10 times a day on our way anywhere since we were always wearing swimsuits. At cocktail hour, Maria would make us cocktails and smoothies for the kids. The place is incredibly well cared for and incredibly lush. Going up the path was like walking through a jungle (on a wide concrete path and steps). Screaming monkeys too.

Also, we were there in the rainy season (July) but you wouldn't know it. We had some clouds in the afternoons and about 2 minutes of rain over 12 days. Tamarindo is apparently in the dry part of the country. In fact, a lot of the visitors in Tamarindo were Costa Ricans getting away from the rain in the centre of the country. We were concerned it would be too hot. Not at all. It was 27C (80F) at night and 29 to 31C (84 to 88F) during the day. We only used a tiny bit of A/C at night.

Enjoy!