10/10 Excellent
Michelle M.
6 May 2025
Lush Outdoor Oasis in a Desirable Location
My family (me, my husband, and kids (10, 8)) stayed at CBV at end Apr 25. We loved our stay and highly recommend it for families. The backyard is a lush oasis with shaded seating options, a lovely pool, and many animal spotting opportunities (we saw many white-faced monkeys, some squirrel monkeys, heard the howler monkeys, and saw and heard many birds). Our kids were always entertained and loved the property too. The location is excellent - close to the Super Joseth and the various restaurants (our favorite - Cafe Milagro) to which we walked during the day (Manuel Antonio has one main busy road to walk along) and drove at night. The house is in a local neighborhood which added to its character (eg street party on Saturday night). As a niche note on soccer, we had hoped for our kids to play some local soccer at the nearby field, but did not end up doing this as the recommendation was not to walk in the neighborhood at night, MA is an early town, and we were there during the end of the dry season and dinner time sometimes came with torrential rains (exciting to hear, but not soccer-friendly).On Staff:We arrived late so we did not meet the property manager in person, however Vanessa was very responsive and ensured that the caretaker was there to meet us. Antonio, the caretaker was always a friendly face and there to help if we needed it. He also shared some ripe mangoes from the tree in the yard (amazing!). We did meet the cleaning lady Ana and she was lovely as well.
Michelle M.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025