Beautiful Home with Large Private Pool

Everything about our stay at Casa Manana was top notch, from the host, the house manager and the home from the time we arrive until the time we departed. Our house manager Grethel went above and beyond with helping us and explaining things in the area as well. The home is beautiful, clean, peaceful and in a very safe secure neighborhood, it definitely makes you feel right at home.

The house was awesome! Private pool, Hot Tub & plenty of room for everyone.

Amazing home! It was perfect for our party of 6 adults. It is perfectly clean, fully stocked, and didn't need to buy anything. Great location for beach access and day trips but we also really enjoyed hanging out by the pool a lot, too. The house manager, Grethel, is incredible! She was so responsive to anything we needed and was great by providing local recommendations and information. We would LOVE to come back and stay here again!

We had a terrific time in Playa Hermosa and the house is very impressive and clean. Our trip overall was very enjoyable, with the exception of the hot tub, which I will detail below. The people in Playa Hermosa and Playa del Coco were very nice and helpful, even with the slight language barrier. We actually spent more time in Coco because there is more to do there. What wasn't accurate was the listing (which was actually changed during our trip) for this house. When we paid to rent the house, it was listed as having a hot tub, both in the narrative description and in the listed amenities. Additionally, at least nine of the photos in the property listing show the hot tub, so it is clearly a feature for the home. Moreover, this was a significant factor for our family because my teenage boys were very specific that they wanted to hang out in the hot tub at night, which was the deciding factor in renting this property. Unfortunately, upon our arrival, we discovered that the jets for the tub were not working and the water was not heated. I emailed the owners about this situation and I was told, "Sorry for the delay, you should just have to push the button on the hot tub for it to bubble and circulate. There is no heat " The next morning I noticed a 100 gallon propane tank behind the pool house, so I emailed the owners about this and received the following written response, "Sorry I guess I should have chosen my words more carefully. The hot tub heat is turned off. Reason being is that there is a few steps to turn on the heat and then it needs to be turned off after each use. We had to lock the pool maintenance shed due to the fact that renters where also touching the pool program system and messing it up on top of not properly turning the heat to the hot tub off. I’m really sorry about that. I hope that doesn’t put to much of downer into your holiday." We were given no prior notice of this before our arrival, nor were we given a partial refund, or even an opportunity to pay extra to have the heater for the tub turned on. It was extremely disappointing to all of us, and yes, it was a "downer." The jets for the hot tub were broken, so they never worked during our stay either. My wife described the tub best, it's the largest bird bath in CR. I also note that the waterfall feature, mentioned as a feature now, only runs from 7 a.m. to noon, because the filtration system runs on a timer. I hope this review is not too much of a downer.