THE Ranch Villa Arenal - Location, Tradition, Nature and Adventure

We had such a great stay at Ranch Villa Arenal. It was perfect for our family of six with plenty of room to spread out and nice gathering areas for us to get together. We spent every night on the patio watching the rain and lightening. The grounds are breathtakingly beautiful, the pool is a perfect place to cool off after a day out and about, and the AC in the rooms at night is a blessing! The house is a good mix of rustic Costa Rica style mixed with all the amenities you need. It was very comfortable, we felt very safe and were really able to relax there. As others have said, I only wish we would have stayed a few more days. We've already recommended this house to some friends and I recommend it here now. We did have a van which made getting into LaFortuna for dinners and the Arenal area for activities easy for us. It's about 7 minutes from downtown La Fortuna. There is a good restaurant and a grocery store within an easy walking distance. Yadira and Juaquin were very kind and helpful and you can tell they take pride in taking care of the property. The house has history so I recommend reading the binder when you get there, it is very interesting and makes the house even that much cooler.

Six of us stayed at The Ranch and loved every minute. The bedrooms were adequate (with A/C) with more than enough space for the six of us, but we spent most of our time out by the pool or on the back porch & outdoor dining area, which opened up into the house. The best part is that Yadira and Joaquin were there to welcome us and live next door so they were always close by if we needed anything.

Yadira cooked the most amazing meals for us at a very, very reasonable price and took care of the clean-up as well. We wanted to take her home with us! :-) She prepared breakfast and dinner for us most days and every single thing was delicious. It felt kind of like we lived there experiencing the local cuisine and lifestyle every day. I thought it was really cool that all of the money for meals went directly to her.

The location is close enough to all of the active pursuits that we were able to do white water rafting on the way from San Jose, mountain biking and Lost Canyon waterfall repelling with Desafio and Ziplining with Sky Adventures (best zip lining EVER).

We fell in love with Costa Rica and the people and plan to make it a regular place on our vacation rotation. We will definitely make it back to The Ranch.

Relaxing, with a great family gathering area & then individual rooms for alone quiet time.

We had Yadi make breakfast for us every morning she was amazing.

Thanks for the perfect vacation.

Lisa

Only regret is that i wish we wouldve stayed here longer

The house had ample space for our family of 6. The location was great for exploring all the area had to offer. Yadi provided our meals and we were able to relax pool side and make the most of the Costa Rican outdoor living. We felt like we were welcomed to a family home rather than a vacation rental.