Nautical Nest (the name for this beautiful penthouse at Club Nautico) is everything the owners say it is and then some.We have been going to Bonaire since 1997 and have always admired this property from the outside when we would go past it. This year we had the good fortune to stay here, and do so for 5 weeks. As I told the owners shortly after we arrived, here are the things we enjoyed: "the view; the view; the view; the A/C throughout (when needed); the high-end appliances and amenities you provided; the iPod docking station & sound system; the bed in the master bedroom; and oh, and did I say the view".
Nautical Nest is conveniently located right on Playa Lechi with great views of Klein Bonaire, the Club Nautico Marina, the central part of Kralendijk and the mooring area for many sail boats. We even got to enjoy regatta right from our living room and terraces. It is within easy walking distance of many great restaurants and everything else downtown. But being right in the center of town it is amazingly quiet because you are on the top floor. Yes, you get the occasional noise of a rocket motorcycle at night, the loud music from one of the big private boats that are occasionally docked at the marina and the once-a-night deposit of glass bottles in the recycling bins by It Rains Fishes, but none of these sounds were ever a real problem. There is an on-site parking area where we never had an issue with having a space to park and its location also provides easy access to load and unload dive gear.
Everything in the condo is of high quality and in excellent working order and if anything goes wrong, they have a local caretaker who responds almost immediately.
On a scale of 1 - 10 (10 being best) we would rate this property an easy 12 or more. The photos do not do this place justice - it is even nicer in person. And the owners, Augusta and Herman, were an absolute pleasure to work with, as were the caretakers.
We were so pleased that after just a few days there, we booked it again for next year.