Casa Mirage, upea merenranta sijainti Playa Grandessa.

We loved our five nights at Casa Mirage on Playa Grande. The location was unbelievable, the house was beautiful and the staff were lovely. We had Kimberly cook us three meals, and they were all delicious! The house was perfect for our two families and we enjoyed every sunset and evening starry sky. We'd return there in a heartbeat!

We stayed here in January. It was my husband, myself and our 3 children. Way more room that we needed. Each room is an individual room with it's own bathroom with a courtyard in the center. From the photos of the property you may think you are completely secluded. But you are on a road with other homes. But you never know they are there. I liked that. Was a little nervous we would be in the middle of nowhere. The beach is spectacular. The surf amazing. The sunsets are like something out of a movie every night. There are small surf shops, restaurants and grocery stores all very close by. We went to Tamarindo a couple of times. Around 1/2 hours away. Lots of activity, shops, bars, restaurants there. Just a little tricky driving at night the first time. We chartered a private boat in Flamingo for a day. Again, short 1/2 hour drive. I would highly recommend this! Kimberly made dinner for us on our arrival night. Great call! Mariana and Marco delivered surfboards to us one day. They were available at all times for anything we needed. We went to the local market on Wednesday night. It was so cool. Items for sale, great food. So authentic. We had drinks and lunch at Rip Jack Inn. You could walk there. It was really good! The staff worked meticulously keeping the place clean the whole week. The staff did a load of laundry for us once and cleaned once. We loved it here and hope to be back someday!

We traveled to Costa Rica for 2 weeks and ended our trip with a week long stay here on the beach. We could not ask for a better location and the property manager Mariana and her company "You Are Costa Rica" really made our stay the best. We had a few issues with the house - no consistent hot water upstairs, and one of the air conditioners was on the fritz. All issues were resolved after a few tries. We LOVED the location and enjoyed the surf and the pool. One suggestion I did make was to have golf carts or electric carts available for rent like they do in Tamarindo. It would make getting around much easier. We did have Kimberly cook for us for a couple of breakfasts - my suggestion is to check the prices - we found it less expensive and more variety/quantity to eat out for breakfast. We enjoyed the food at Los Tortugas and Ripjack! Mariana set us up with amazing surf lessons and massages right outside the house!! The kids had a blast surfing and the massage we got was one of the best of my life!! We will definitely return!! Pura Vida!

We loved our stay in Playa Grande. It was right on the most beautiful beach with the loveliest sand. Our family had a ball surfing, boogie boarding and walking the beach and for the little ones playing in the wading and swimming pools.

We were a little uneasy about the safety aspect, having heard of all the thefts in the area, however we were warned to always lock up and comforted by the fact that there was a night watchman on duty.

We appreciated being able to use the services of Kimberly, the wonderful cook and the very friendly staff.There was lots of space to accommodate our family of 13. Overall a very memorable vacation.

Julie was always very prompt to answer any questions we had. Thank you!

This house was pretty much as close to perfect as you can get. 3 couple groups stayed for about a week and we had a wonderful time. We didn’t have a car and made it through just fine. A few places to eat are within walking distance in addition to a surf shop to rent boards. Grocery delivery is an option. The homeowner Julie was very responsive and helpful. We will DEFINITELY be back. Everyone's positive reviews on this house are on point so read those, and I will leave some constructive criticism instead.

The address provided by VRBO gave some folks problems when entering through customs. The check-in process wasn’t outlined before arrival so we just kind of winged it but luckily Kimberley was there to give us keys. We were under the impression we would have access to washer/dryer, but it was in a locked room that only housekeeping was allowed access to. Housekeeping only came once and did one load of towels and one load of clothing. Recommend changing this policy (perhaps a coin operated laundry to help with maintenance costs, or advertising W/D availability differently). There were rolling blackouts of electricity but not a big deal, usually back on within an hour or so, but this is to be expected for those familiar with CR. There ended up being a small earthquake during our stay which knocked out power for about 8 hours. There were no flashlights or anything to help aid us in the hours of darkness. I feel that should be remedied just from purely a safety standard. There were safes in the house, but it was “new” and no one had the code/key to share with us, so we couldn’t use it. Marianela had stated she would arrange for a few boards to be delivered to the house the day of our arrival so we could surf right away and I knew we wouldn’t have a car to pick them up. There were no boards when we arrived, I sent her an email but didn’t hear back by the next morning so we walked to ‘You are Costa Rica’ surf shop and rented them ourselves. One of the shop owners drove us back to the house with 4 boards. He was so awesome. I didn’t hear from Marianela the whole trip which felt weird but really wasn’t the end of the world.

Please note that these little hiccups didn’t make our trip even slightly miserable, but really more of the “that’s kind of annoying”. I feel that things like this are to be expected on every trip anywhere in the world and by no means should any of this be a deterrent for anyone to rent this home.