Overall, our week in Casa Pachote was lovely!
It’s a very nice house and with nice amenities. We were traveling as a family to Costa Rica for the first time. In our party, we had three children ages (6, 11 & 13), my husband and myself and my 83 year old mother. The house worked perfectly for us.
All the bedrooms are located upstairs with the main bedroom/bathroom on one side and two other bedrooms located down the hallway with a shared bathroom at the end of the hallway. Downstairs you have living/tv room, a kitchen table and spacious kitchen. The kitchen is very well equipped but lacked almost any kind of seasonings or oil. We even had to purchase salt and pepper while there. To the other side of the kitchen Is a utility room with a washer and dryer. From the first floor you can access the back patio which had several loungers, a gas grill and the infinity pool with the gorgeous view! We spent many evenings grilling and swimming in the pool and watching the spectacular sunsets!
The house is located in a gated community and the drive up to the house is quite steep! However, we had no problems with it in our rental car and as we were instructed get some momentum as you drive up and you’ll be fine.
The house is a few minutes drive from Playa Hermosa beach which we loved! It felt like a little oasis that was not overly touristic. We loved parking at Roberto’s, using their beach chairs and ordering drinks and food while we were at the beach. We rented boogie boards and the kids loved that! They also have nice bathrooms. Another perk is that there’s a small grocery store, Mercado Luperon, just a few minutes away and it was great to pick up a few items after a day at the beach. However, the larger grocery store, Auto Mercado, is located in Playa Coco.
Corby, the house manager was easy to work with and while we did experience some issues like the middle bedroom A/C was out and had to be replaced and an alarm that went off in the middle of the night twice due to low batteries. But Corby was upfront about the A/C and was already in the process of getting it repaired and they responded quickly to the alarm issue the next day.
Corby helped us coordinate a tour with Vargas tours. We had two incredible tours with them and can’t say enough about how knowledgeable and accommodating both Valeria, our tour guide and her driver, Carlos were. An excellent team!
We would definitely stay at Casa Pachote and go on a Vargas tour again!!!