Marea Brava Villas

We checked this place out before we booked here and it seemed quiet and has very beautiful views. It turned out that a few of the things were broken, like a fan in the bedroom which is very important when staying at the beach. The pool was overrun with kids playing and splashing and the parties and fights went on late into the night. The office says they have security but they apparently don't do anything to control the drinking, loud music and fighting. The only reason I gave this place 2 stars is because it is right on the beach and has a great view.

Marea Brava Ocean Front and Villas is an ideal retread for travelers who love the closeness of nature . Jameys apartament are right on the beach and large pools are surrounfed with tripical vegetation and wildlife .Most of the units have fantastic sea-view with spectacular aunset you can enjoy every eneving . The air-conditioned apartments are spacius , airy with two bedrooms and kitchen . The beach is a nule long , and the waves of the Pacific ocean are creating perfect heaven for surfers . Is very clean and covered with super fine black volcanic sand . It is smooth and compacted , easy on yout feed when walking on it . Beach ' bars are open to walk - in and the area is safe to walk even a night . There are several restaurants and puzzerias within walking fistance and small variety stire with everything you might need daily. The vibrant small town of Jaco is just ten ninutes drive away with bars , nightlife , super stores and banks . Everuthing you need you will find there . Marea Brava has a quaint charm , peaceful , tucked away and still close to everything . Jamey and Carla are exellent host . Attentive, flexible and aleays avaible to help . The staff is very feiendly and polite. We have a great time there and we are planning to back again for more . From Canada . Penthouse B5

I would strongly urge anyone considering a stay here to run away and go somewhere else. We booked two rooms with another couple and arrived with the hotel apparently full. Instead of the rooms we booked they "upgraded" us to condos. The only upgrade was size of the rooms everything else was terrible and we ended up changing to the different rooms. The first room was full of spiders. I killed 10 spiders soon after arriving and decided they're was no way I would be able to stay there. They didn't have any other rooms so we ended up staying in the condo with the other couple the first night. The next day we had to leave what we were doing to go back to the hotel and tour all the rooms they had available for us to change to. Every room was not well maintained and had stuff broken or missing (fridge not there or shower broken). We finally settled on a room that had beds that we could sleep on. We left while they cleaned the room and came back to the room only to find the shower had no hot water and it smelled like something had died in the room days ago (when we were touring the room they had covered up the smell with some type of air freshener). We then had to switch again to another room for the next two nights. The room we changed to had two tiny rooms with double beds so for our romantic Costa Rica vacation my wife and I had to sleep in separate bedrooms (and the first night with another couple). There is a sign in the lobby that says 2017 Trip Advisor Hotel of Excellence Award. After our experience I truly cannot trust Trip Advisor! They list a hot tub but you have to schedule a time for them to actually heat the thing up (takes 7 hours). If you decide to stay here understand that things are in disrepair but the staff is actually very nice. The grounds we fairly well maintained and pretty nice.

I made reservations and miss my date of arrival when I called to rechedule and for my deposit I was never able to talk to the one in charge of my visit her name is Karla. At the very list they should have got her on the fhone to make things right with me. Find somewhere else to stay.