Panoramic Views, Bali Style, Pool-Tropical Private Area-Atenas

Once a nice property, now in a state of disrepair. Water pressure is dismal, send several emails to property manager about the water pressure, to no avail. Stairs and stair rail leading from house to pool are dangerous, especially at night, poorly light. Step to exterior rooms is uneven at ground level and again while cleaning staff do their best, still grubby. On the plus side, view is incredible, temperature was magnificent, and the veranda with the rocking chairs very comfortable.

Beautiful and relaxing. The host was most helpful.

The property exceeded our expectations. The layout of the main house and guest house is perfect, the beds are comfortable and the outdoor furniture and pool was awesome. The home is located in a lovely neighborhood full of wonder residents. The climate was absolutely perfect. We enjoyed our 4 weeks in Costa Rica with a property manager (Eunice) that responded swiftly to any need which was raised during our stay. Three sets of friends and family joined us during the stay and the guest house was perfect! Eunice went above and beyond by providing a crib for our 15-month old grandson!! The property is well manicured and maintained with housekeeping, ground maintenance and pool cleaning weekly. The house was cleaned weekly and we were delighted with the results! The property and neighborhood have beautiful flora and wildlife. A pair of Tucans visited almost daily and the resident Iguanas were a treat. We even saw a pair of white faced monkeys in the trees near the entrance to the neighborhood. During Jan, the flowering trees and shrubs are ever changing and beautiful and winds helped to create the perfect environment and temperature. We walked to the town of Atenas several times to grab a pastry from the numerous bakeries and stop by Smoothie Queen for the best Aqua Sandia ever!! It’s really not that hard of a walk back up the hill to the property! We absolutely loved our stay and would highly recommend this property!

We arrived at the property very late in the evening and were not sure what to expect since our gps took us through some interesting back roads, but we found the property to be even more beautiful than the pictures had described. The property managers were very quick to respond to any questions or needs that we had. The beds were very comfortable, the kitchen was well appointed, and the view was amazing. We would have loved to stay much longer than our three nights.

Very relaxing, comfortable & great views

If you need a peaceful get-away where you can Work From Home, this place is perfect. You can tuck the kids into the guest house, which has two bedrooms, and the main house has plenty of room in the downstairs for relaxing for the family. The internet is strong enough to work anywhere in the main house or on the veranda. The house location in a small gated group of homes is on a mountain ridge 45 minutes from the capital, the it is a 10 minute drive to town, where there is a large and modern grocery store. The house's kitchen has everything you need. The master bedroom upstairs is like living in a tree house. Toucans, hummingbirds, and iguanas will keep you smiling, and a dip in the pool when you can flee the office is a nice diversion. We didn't leave the property, except for groceries - the home was exactly what we needed - quiet, attractive, excellent internet, and a lovely change from our regular fast-paced world.

I can’t say enough good things about this property. First of all, it is gorgeous. Love the bamboo, love the vegetation all around and it’s built beautifully. Plenty of towels available, and Eunice was so responsive and amazing, as was Christian. The only thing I would say was a drawback was the internet but that being said, being so high up and in such a secluded area probably contributed to that (plus it was nice to disconnect for a couple of days). Highly recommend!

My family and our friends stayed at this property in July. Where to start. One thing is that I made a mistake of putting in the search site 5 adults and 3 kids, when the 3 kids are teenagers. This place is made for only 6 people, so a couple of the teenagers had to sleep on couch and loungers. Also in the description we thought we had a heated pool by solar. The pool is NOT heated. Please be aware when booking this. Since it gets down in the 60s at night, even in the summer. The pool is very cold. So none of our group got to enjoy the pool or the sauna/hot tub. Yes, the hot tub/sauna is NOT heated. The views from the place are amazing and the place had pretty much everything that we needed. The wifi was awful, so if you need to work while there. Don't plan on it!!! Plus if you have kids that can't live without wifi, plan on hearing a lot of complaining. We tried everything, but it was a no go. The location was good to get to town for shopping and other site seeing options. We enjoyed all the restaurants we went to around there. The only way we would ever go back to this house, is if the pool was heated and we had a smaller group and better wifi reception.

We had a small issue with connecting with Eunice/Christian on the day of arrival but it was not a major issue. First, all the good things about this spectacular mountain retreat. Pica Flora is a small gated community. Casa Blais itself is really a very neat place. The main house has an amazing lower floor with a wrap around porch with gorgeous hardwood furniture. The view to the east and south is treat, day and night. The main floor sitting room and kitchen are great. The second floor has a single bedroom with windows on three sides and a bath behind with a jacuzzi and shower stall. The main house is for a couple. It is meant to be and a great space. The view from the bedroom is also heavenly. We did not use the guest house but the rooms are clean, spacious and each with a bath. Now to the most amazing moment of our stay; on the second day, we saw clouds rolling into the valley and we literally watched clouds rolling into the yard. We stood in the clouds.!! We have been above the clouds before but never IN the clouds. Chalk that up as a once in a lifetime experience. We enjoyed our daily walks at least 2, to Atenas. It is a nice town and we enjoyed exploring including walking all the way to the Farmers Market. The walk back is hot and sweaty as it is all up hill so we took a $4 can back each time. The trips down are just over 2 .2 km. We did our walks early and later afternoon as the sun and the heat are a bit strong middle part of the day. All in all, we enjoyed our days and Pica Flora and the Casa were an amazing experience. The wildlife is not on overwhelming side but the iguanas in the yard are great. Everywhere in CR will have a few ants but we are not bothered by them. Now the hard part; the WIND!!! If you go in the windy season, you will NOT sleep. The windows are not weather proofed and the wind howls at nigh, That and bamboo trees and drains smacking around create a unique orchestra that is part drums, part chimes and part whistles. The wind kept us up and it also impaired our ability to sit outside for evening dinners. Another side effect is that the wind drives a lot of dust into the house through the loose windows. We had to do a lot of wiping down. Given all of that, we would recommend this property with the strong caution that you avoid the windy season if that can be done. Lastly, the house could use a touch of TLC like replacing missing screens etc. But it is clean and well appointed.

The main house is well laid out. The two bedrooms in the Casita are quite small and the lack of air conditioning was an issue because the strong winds blew the curtain shades around all night long. The kitchen is well stocked for cooking meals. The walk to downtown Atenas is 45 minutes. The taxi rides to restaurants in the area was 4 or $5. It was very warm and windy when we were there the last week of February. The pool was nice to cool us down. The yard is very brown in the dry season. We enjoyed our stay and Eunice took very good care of us, but we would not recommend the house to our friends because the noise from different parts of the house banging because of the wind at night.