Our family, (4 adults and 6 month old twins), had the privilege of spending 11 days at beautiful Casa Del Amor this March and it exceeded our expectations in every way!
We've been traveling to Ixtapa and staying there for nearly 20 years, but decided to try Zihua this time. We knew that with the babies we would need a place we could spend a lot of time at without getting restless, bored or feeling claustrophobic. We'd been to Casa Del Amor, (Casa Leo then), 8 years ago, knew it had an amazing view and thought it would be a good choice. It turned out to be the PERFECT choice! The house was in pristine condition. The rooms were fresh and spotlessly clean, and the view was better than I'd remembered!
My only reservation in booking this house had been that it had full time staff and I didn't know how I'd feel having other people in the house with us. It turned out that Bruno, Felix, Ana Maria and Laura were the icing on the cake! Like so many other reviews have said, "it's the staff that makes this place 5 STAR"!! I can't imagine staying here without them! Some of our favorite things were having a cook to order breakfast served to us while sat outside with our coffee, overlooking the bay, beaches and Zihuatanejo, Laura's pico and guac in the afternoon and Bruno's margaritas by the pool.
It was Bruno, (the majordomo), however, that really made this trip for us. The babies made every outing quite an undertaking and he was there for us every step of the way, helping us with their stuff and making sure we didn't leave things behind! He knows everything about the area, where to go to get all the best things and his English is excellent! We usually have our own car when we're there and were going to rent one, but it was so convenient to have Bruno drive us wherever we wanted to go that we never needed it.
The owner, Ingrid, was a pleasure to work with as well. She truly does care about making your time there enjoyable and is extremely accommodating. One of the extra things she did for us was to send a 2nd bassinet and bedding to our house for us to take down so both babies had a place to sleep! She loves her villa and wants everyone who stays there to love it too.
If you want a place that actually is better than it's advertised to be, Casa Del Amor is it!