I have rented through VRBO many times, and depend heavily on the reviews to help set my expectations. The Flying H Villa EXCEEDED the already high expectations I had from reading the other reviews. This villa and the location are both phenomenal. Beautifully and tastefully decorated with lots of color, glass and light. Very clean. Lots of space. And it was so fun to arrive and have it decorated for Christmas--including personalized stockings for all of us. Less than a minute to walk to the beach, pool, or restaurant. Very private and secluded feeling on the outdoor patio. Our crew of 5 included my husband, two sons (9 & 12) and mother. The 3 upstairs bedroom easily accommodated all of us. We gave Mom the master bedroom because we knew we would be out and about most of the time, and she loved sitting out on the balcony listening to the waves and watching the kids play in the ocean. The other bedroom with a king size bed was equally large and also looked out on the ocean.
We ate at Picante restaurant once for lunch and twice for dinner during our week long stay. Not many other people there, but the food was very good. Juan was a delight, and we went out kayaking with him one morning.
You are an exciting 10 minute drive from town, but we expected that and was not a problem for us as we had a car. We had something planned for just about every day, and very much appreciated the information that Verda provided. The office on site was very helpful in setting up a few things that we had not arranged ahead of time. Our favorite activities of the week:
*Hacienda Guachipelin adventure -- something for everyone! We stayed here our first night in Costa Rica.
*Diamante EcoAdventure Park--they have a rescue animal sanctuary on site which we sought out as our 9 yr old desperately wanted to see a sloth. Lucy the sloth was perfect, and we lucked into showing up at feeding time and they let our son feed her. Highlight of his trip.
*Diving with Deep Blue Divers. Our 12 yr old is not certified, so he did a Discovery dive with them which involve a brief pool session the afternoon before and then my husband and I (who are certified) were able to do a 2 tank morning dive with him and the instructor.
*Cortez Waterfall-- swimming below a beautiful waterfall was a dream come true for Grammy
Too much stuff to mention. Just snorkeling off the beach was delightful. A magical trip, and this villa and Verda's guidance were certainly a very important part of that.