Spectacular Private View #11

My wife and I stayed at this condo for 9 nights in March. First the positives: the view (as indicated in the picture) is fabulous! Doesn't matter day or night, it's really cool to be able to see that much. Also, the people who run the place are great. A few times we asked for help with something and they were there within minutes. Everyone we met at the Vista Grande were really nice and very helpful. Now the not so good: the furniture is not comfortable. That may sound like a small thing, but it isn't. Not when you're there for 10 days. The bed was fine, but otherwise; not a comfortable place to sit. The kitchen is not very well equipped. No spices, very few dishes. Very few utensils. It was a bit of a disappointment, because we were told that it was a "fully stocked kitchen". It was not. We both agreed that for a couple of thousand bucks, they could make that place really special. The location was great. Yes, it is farther from town than most people want to walk, and the hills are very steep, but it's only 70 pesos (about $3.60) to take a cab to town. The cabs are there within 5 minutes after you call. We would not go back there again UNLESS they made some small investments and upgraded the things I just talked about. IF they did that, we would go back there every time!

This location is beautiful. Looks just like the pictures and the guests were so nice as is the manager and his lovely daughter, they are incredibly prompt when there is a need. Previous reviews indicated 15 min walk to town, it is very steep and takes 25 mins, and at least 45 min to 1hr to walk back, but the taxis are very cheap, very fast to get, and so we used them, which was fine. The condo built in sofas are in desperate need of updating so that you can sit with comfort, we put both cushions on one built in concrete sofa that made it better, but it needs to be addressed. We were told the kitchen is fully equipped, but in fact there are 2 prep knives,1 steak knife, not really cooking utensils to speak of, and no BBQ utensils which made it difficult. there was not even salt and pepper. We shopped, but I don't like to shop for essentials, had we have known I could have brought some needed supplies with us. We loved the place, however would not return unless these issues are taken care of, which makes me sad if they are not. We have rented condo's for 30 years and been completely thrilled, so this was disappointing. I hope the owner fixes these issues so in the future his guest will be completely thrilled. Conversations around the pool had a lot of the same concerns.

found it hard to get in contact with the staff we were supposed to be available to help

This property was somewhat far from town (I thought), mainly because of the steepness of it's location. On the way to the property I thought to myself, "this seems pretty far from everything, but after a couple of days, it was a perfect walk into town. The property was gorgeous and looked exactly like the pictures. The weather was warm and I knew A/C was needed, but not really. There was a water cooler A/C in the main room but it wasn't needed as the ocean breeze cooled it off when you opened the French doors in both the living area and main bedroom. As I opened the French Doors, I could feel this huge burst of fresh air come through, but what was totally amazing was the view to the bay. I had never seen anything like it. This is when I knew it was all worth it. By the way, I stayed 16 days and enjoyed every minute of it. It was like my own home complete, with pool, beautiful recreation room, laundry room area, etc. I would definitely recommend this place for anyone, short term or long term. After a couple of days, I started to walk to town each morning, which became fun to do actually. I felt like one of the locals there, which is a good thing.

Derrick

Dallas, TX.