Yes! This place is off the beaten path, however, very private and lovely. The road to get there is not great but not terrible either, little bumpy and moderately rough terrain. A 4x4 isn’t necessary unless it’s been raining extensively. The actual home is nice and spacious. The rocking chairs on the back porch were amazing! We pulled them into the kitchen to use for our late night card playing. The rooms are adequate and spacious, the beds are hard and only a DOUBLE bed. Despite what the online listing stated that there are queen beds, this is slightly misleading. We loved the pool area and gazebo area near the pool. So many pina coladas enjoyed here! It is warm in this area of CR near Atenas (approximately 30min away)but not humid. The evenings were cooler once the sun sets and a long sleeve is necessary. The home is located approximately 1.5-2 hours away from any tourist attraction or beach. Keep that in mind when making your plans for this home. We booked the ‘chef’ meal. We were all sorely disappointed. You need to tell Piet your meal plans in advance and you can mix and match apps, entrees and desserts.
We ordered the fish ceviche (excellent), filet mignon, and banana flambé at $53/pp(approx). Paying that amount we should have had an extraordinarily great meal because this is a very expensive price for a meal when visiting this country. The couple who cooked the meal were very kind. The fish ceviche tasted so good! The filet mignon was previously cooked in a gravy and then warmed for us again in a MICROWAVE within a plastic container! Oh man! At this point we were all wondering what we just paid for. It did have good flavor but knowing that was previously cooked and warmed the way it was did not sit well. We finished the entrée portion and dessert was on the horizon, however, we learned quickly this was not what we had asked for. Apparently the chef had forgotten the bananas for the BANANA flambé! Oy! The chef held up a can of fruit cocktail and said he had ice cream. We were served neapolitan ice cream mixed with canned fruit cocktail and pirouette wafers on the side. Quite the let down for a dessert. We overpaid for the meal. I would advise against doing this and going to a nice restaurant in the area. You get what you want and go home happy.
Excursions: we did the tortuga island.
Awesome! Easy, you load the catamaran, go to the island and enjoy the festivities. Drinks, food, banana boat, snorkeling, what could be better!