Affordable Paradise Vacation 3 Minute Walk To Pristine Beach Maid

My husband and I had a wonderful, relaxing visit to Puerto Vallarta last week. The villa met all of our needs. It was beautifully decorated and we spent hours enjoying the private pool and the amazing sea view. All of the staff we met during our stay made us feel very welcome. We are already hoping we can return very soon.

This is our 2nd stay and Villa Canta Mar was as wonderful as last year! As promised Miguel had a bottle of champagne waiting for us! Iffie made us a beautiful dinner on NYE. Elba was her usual wonderful self. It is so wonderful having the frig stocked and groceries ready. We love it here. Thank you Miguel and Carmen for making our 4th anniversary perfect! You’re amazing and so easy to work with. See you soon!!!

We stayed at Villa Canta Mar for a week over Christmas, just returned. Easily the best trip to PV in all my eight trips there. I'm a member at Hard Rock/Palace resorts, but I have a feeling I'll never be back to the big resorts after having spent this lovely week in one of the best vacation rentals in all of the PV area. In a nutshell, Villa Canta Mar met every expectation, and exceeded most. Many of the reviews here cover everything, like the amazing manager Elba, the great home amenities, the perfect location and views, so I'll add a few things I would have liked to know ahead of time, instead of being repetitive. First, you will have to lug your bags up 3 short flights of stairs. Make sure you're physically able to do that. Upon arrival, Elba will have your home open to the beach breezes, and she'll be there waiting for you, so no worries about where to find keys, etc. We booked the chefs to cook our first meal, and they were there as well when we arrived, highly recommend enchiladas and chile rellanos. Having fresh pico de gallo and guacamole with chips on the counter, and three smiling faces as we arrived was incredibly lovely, and then of course they made themselves scarce after we took a quick tour. I called Elba a couple of times during our stay and she answered herself every time, even on Christmas. The cabs arrive in five minutes after you call the number on the local home phone. It truly is only about an eight minute cab ride to town. The kitchen is well-stocked with everything you'd need--you could serve twenty with the dishes they have. It was perfectly quiet for our entire stay, although it looked like there were people staying in most of the adjacent villas. I never felt like I was surrounded by people, because of the way the villas are staggered up the hillside. The only recommendations I'd make are: firstly, the spare bed is incredibly firm, maybe the option of a bed topper? My back gets sore, so that's just my personal preference, and I know plenty of people who would relish the firm bed. Secondly, and this one I'd SUPER love to see happen, is if each owner of the villas at the entire compound (26 total, called Villas Altas Garza Blanca) could somehow tag their rentals on Homeaway, so that when I return, as I most surely will, I could rent a few at the same time. I found it impossible to figure out if more than one was available to rent at the same time. I want to return with friends and book more than one. Thank You so much!

My husband and I just completed a weeks stay at Villa Canta Mar and couldn't have loved it more. The location is fantastic, out of the fray of town but close enough. The views were spectacular and we loved watching the fireworks from the main beach from bed.

The Villa was comfortable and we enjoyed the colonial style and décor. The kitchen was well furnished.

The Garza Blanca beach was a close walk and very serine. The breakwater created a nice lagoon for floating and paddle boarding.

The staff was great and the added housekeeping a nice touch.

Thanks Mike and Carmen - we'll definitely come again.

Erin and Hal

My wife and I booked this property for 3 weeks in July/August 2017, looking for a relaxing Summer get away, with our own amenities- this was definitely NOT the location.

Well, night 1 the party in the unit above us went on to about 3AM!!, The upper villa pool is literally right above the master bed, so we had the full enjoyment of the pool party all night!

We actually moved into the 2nd bedroom to escape the party!

After the first night, the traffic noise takes over-ALL day and ALL night as the villa overlooks the highway (and I mean overlooks the highway!).

Every day and night the heavy truck traffic is VERY apparent, so after the fun of night 1, we moved into the 2nd bedroom, to try and lessen the traffic noise.

The "guests" from night 1 must have been very short term, as the "party" noise was then non- existent until the following weekend, when another party group moved in.

The first night the stomping and partying went on until 2:30AM, boy the concrete floors sure let you know who's stomping around above you, then the next day it was quiet? not sure if they left, or? well at 9PM, they were back and the party started again, this night it went on until almost 4AM!!!

WE HAD ENOUGH!, we had a week to go and we sent the owner and his property manager complaining, and the owner was suggesting that "they will be kicked out", however the property manager response was as typical "we will talk to them and ask them to be quiet" REALLY!?

The agreement we were governed by stated: no more than 5 people, no noise or loud music

(I guess that doesn't apply to others- as the unit above and below us easily each had 8-10 people staying.)

We actually decided to walk away from the last week of rental, as no one should have to deal with this type of ongoings.

The owner was quick to say NO refunds, as we didn't give him enough time to rectify the problems- what was he going to do, living in California! And again, regardless, we were at our limit of sleepless nights.

PLEASE save your money and find a better spot, as this is not the one.

As we learn with renting properties through VRBO, read ALL the reviews and make your decision learning from others.

Kevin