Exquisite Luxury 7 bed Home Inf Pool, 3 min Walk to Beach, Hacienda Pinilla golf

This is a beautiful property and we loved our stay. Highly recommend if you are looking for a relaxing vacation with an amazing house mom and concierge to help you with planning. This was our first trip to Costa Rica. Concierge was great at helping us get our bearings. The house is in need of some minor TLC. Just a few tiles missing on the pool that are hardly noticeable and a little deferred maintenance but nothing that impacted our enjoyment in any way. We loved having the golf cart to putz around the neighborhood to the beach club and to the beaches and the JW Marriott within the greater Pinilla community. The only complaint the entire trip were more concierge oriented, not property specific. It may be the culture? It made managing costs tough. Taxes are crazy and not mentioned. Use USD and CASH. Certain items with concierge went up and up and it was disconcerting. Would be better if concierge built in some profit up front and explained taxes rather than nickel and diming and it feeling a bit sleezy. Renting the golf cart for the week is extra (felt like it could have been included in what we paid to stay in this home). The house mom in the mornings is included. We had another nice enough house mom that came a few nights and cooked.The price went from 20/hr to 25 and then 30. Grocery delivery went from 50 before to at the end 55 per time. Transport was 250 to dinner and grocery store!! Before we left I was told 40-50 taxi. Odd but overall great trip

We had a lovely stay at Casa Marbella. We were there with our family, ages 15 - 85. The house had plenty of room and was very clean. We went to the Beach Club daily and enjoyed access to all of the beaches in the area. The concierge and housekeeping teams were very helpful.

We booked this house for our annual family vacation which included an 18 month old up to an 89 year old, 11 of us in total. We asked ahead of time if they had a crib/pack n' play and a kitchen booster seat for the baby and everything was there when we arrived! Our concierge Mary waited until we arrived at 7:00pm to show us around the house and give us needed details.She booked all of our excursions for us so we could just relax and not spend time researching. She made the vacation so much easier for us and we couldn't be more appreciative. We also LOVED our sweet house mom Victoria. She made us breakfast, guacamole, cleaned, etc. Whatever we wanted, she was happy to make. The kitchen was well stocked with plates, utensils, pots and pans; everything you need. The bathrooms have shampoo, conditioner, soap, hairdryers. Toilet paper was supplied, but only a roll per bathroom at a time. When the house mom was there she would restock as needed, but the items are in a locked closet so if you run out while she isn't there, you might need your own supplies. Just make sure she gets some out while there. Same with paper towels,trash bags, dish soap, laundry detergent. Water pressure can be low. No flushing TP, but again, the house mom will empty the garbage. The pool was lovely. We saw and heard the howler monkeys in the backyard. There were two iguanas that visited daily and one armadillo that wandered through. We had a remarkable vacation and have now have great memories of CR.

We came to this beautiful home for my son's 40th birthday. It looks just as advertised and was wonderfully comfortable for our family of 11. While it was a bit bumpy with water issues in the beginning, our host and concierge immediately took care of it for us and gave us a goodwill refund for the time it was out. There were monkeys in the backyard and on our walks! There were iguanas everywhere! The children were in awe. We loved taking the golf carts back and forth to the club, taking walks to the beach, and swimming in the pool. One of the highlights of our trip was having Chef Luis Dinarte and his team cook for us on three of our nights there. Not only was the food amazing, one of the team held my daughter's baby so she could eat. The housemom, Veronica, held her baby while she packed. The Costa Ricans we met were so kind and wonderful. Thank you, Diana and Concierge and to all we met who were so welcoming to us.

We rented for 1 week for our daughter’s wedding. We had our best friends and adult children stay with us. The house was perfect and the location was within walking distance to beach and wedding venue. The pool was delightful. The very best part of our experience was Veronica who is the house mom. She made breakfast each morning and cleaned up.she went above and beyond the day of the wedding. Would stay again! Thank you so very much Diana and LPeter!

We had a wonderful time at this property. It was perfect for our family - there was lots of space to be together inside and out. The pool got lots of use and the mature trees gave us much needed shade throughout the day. The concierge service helped us book a great chef (chef Luis), horseback riding & fishing. We also appreciated the “house mom”. She was lovely and helped make our stay extra special.

Close to golf, restaurants and beach club.

A beautiful home

Large house, comfortable social areas, two large masters with ensuites. Other bedrooms somewhat awkwardly configured but workable. Pool is excellent (better than the pictures). BBQ did not function properly- thought it was us but apparently it was a known problem and the private chef we hired for an evening had had problems with it before; hence, our not inexpensive catered bbq meal was prepared in the oven with negative impact on the quality and experience. Irritating. Stove is old, and the stovetop does not function properly - heat goes up and down on its own. Toaster on last legs. Hot water in the showers could be intermittent. Using toilet paper in toilets is discouraged (yes, there is a sign in each bathroom) allegedly due to typical to CR pipe issues beyond the house itself. Net net, this is a nice house which is an upscale rental but not a luxury rental. Hacienda Pinilla is very safe but more isolated than it appears on a map. Roads in the vicinity are in very poor shape. So you are unlikely to be heading beyond at night. People we dealt with were nice but orientation beyond the house per se could be more formal and informative. Within Pinilla, the Beach Club is nice for an afternoon, albeit pricey. CR itself is surprisingly expensive compared to the US, let alone other Latin American countries. JW Marriott provides Pinilla residents/renters a 15% discount at its restaurants, which are reasonable in the context, something we found out on our own.

House was excellent and we really appreciated our housemom, Veronica.

For my birthday-Adventure 55 Costa Rica was the ideal place for me. This trip had been in the making for 9 months. The photos of the home were eye catching so the home was booked. But the photos did not do the home justice. Walking in the home-it was grand & breathtaking! It accommodated the 8 guests with no problem. The Pacific Ocean is literally less than a 5 minute walk. Brenda with concierge service was an amazing guest relation representative and the private chef, Luis prepared an amazing dinner. The overall experience is unforgettable.