Arenal Volcano View Villa La Fortuna

Overall, we had a nice stay. The home is in a development of what look like vacation homes a mile or so outside of town. Although the development is gated, the guard wasn’t present several times and we had to open the UNLOCKED gate ourselves (not exactly secure).The home is spacious; most of the rooms are good sized. The primary bedroom on the second floor has a very nice, big balcony that looks out on the volcano; we spent a couple mornings there drinking coffee. A couple of downsides to the interior: the living room area is very small and the only furniture in it is a small, uncomfortable couch. Kitchen was fairly well stocked. Overall, the interior was a bit worn and not the cleanest. The yard was huge, with two sitting areas, a nice size pool and a very nice hot tub.Our major complaints about the home: The washer and dryer that are listed in the VRBO description were not available. When we messaged the host, he said the were locked in a room because they were not ready. Also, our host was very non-communicative. He did not provide check-in instructions prior to arrival; we actually had to message him a couple of times until he finally responded. He was extremely slow to respond to messages during our stay. And again provided no check-out instructions until after we’d messaged him a couple of times.

Someone broke into the house at 1am and stole our items. The property manager states we needed to go through customer support to be reimbursed for the days we didn’t stay as we no longer felt safe there. VRBO customer support took our complaint and then closed the case without doing anything. It has been very difficult to reach customer electricity went out for must if the day, parties going on, construction workers across from us that made us Leary and the security

Great location, lot of space. Great host, very helpful in getting us checked in and quick to respond to our needs. I just wished there were places to hang towels in the bathrooms and some reading light near the beds.

I will start with the pro’s. The check in process was easy, location was excellent if you have a car. It is in the edge of town which makes it quiet and in a gated community making it feel really safe and private. There is a great soda close by for meals if you don’t want to cook. The yard is huge and the pool was great. Overall the house was bigger than we expected, excellent view if the weather cooperates. Comfy furniture to relax after a long day. The fortuna areas has so much to do for any type of traveller. We would of went 5 stars with the property but we got turned off by some ants that took over the kitchen. This was partially us not being familiar with how to take care of them and I am sure Danny will have taken care of it by the next renter. I would agree with some of the previous reviews about no towel hooks, water gets on floor in the upstairs ensuite and the towels are so new they leave a little lint. Overall this house is great just with some rustic elements of the area.

This property exceeded all my expectations. Very secluded, close to everything. Such a nice place. Pool was awesome!

Great location for needing a spot close to all the activities La Fortuna has to offer. The outside area was great for relaxing in between our activities.

We left a day early! The outdoor set up and pool are the nicest part of the house. With a little bit of investment and some elbow grease, this house could be amazing, however the negatives outweighed the positives for us. The shortcomings mentioned in previous reviews had not been taken care of when we arrived - most importantly, the faulty and dangerous outdoor fireplace. The inside reminded us of a college rental - ie. Ripped sofa, bad lighting, no side lamps in any room, no hooks to hang towels or a place to hang clothing, loose faucet in primary bathroom, backed up drainage in shower, several outlets that didn't work, no screens on any door or window and, constant neighborhood construction noise starting at 7:00 a.m. Other than that, the location is close to town and the view of the volcano is awesome! P.s. Danny supplied a toaster, more towels, blankets and a blow dryer so, those complaints were resolved.

The highlights were the beautiful view of the volcano from the master bedroom balcony, and the backyard with sitting area and pool. We were lucky to have a great sunset on our first evening and then drinks and snacks around the pool. It was quiet in the evening. The location provided easy access to places we wanted to go.

Lots of ants on kitchen counter, hot water breaker would trip. No toaster, not enough cooking utensils or bbq utensils. Bbq was in poor shape. Pool light didn’t work, pool lounger was broken. The taps were loose in upstairs bathroom. No glass tray in microwave. Very dangerous fire pit. Should have cover on it. Exploded 2x during our stay. Pictures showed pool table and trampoline which did not exists. Host Danny did respond very quickly any questions we did have. Property needs some tlc. Was very close to downtown la fortuna

Random lizard poop, I assume, on bedspread and sculpted towels on bed. Bathrooms did not have hand towels. Check in was easy. Never met the host. We loved the fire pit for evenings. I loved watching all the hummingbirds and volcano view was the best!