10/10 Excellent
Donna H.
19 December 2024
Liked: Cleanliness
As good as it gets
We thoroughly enjoyed our week at Casa Azul. When we travel for relaxation, we like to read, write and paint as well as explore, so we made ourselves at home and Casa Azul was ideal for this. The garden is quite wonderful with its many shady places to work with tables and chairs. To be able to work awhile, interspersed with dips in the very clean, delightful pool is perfect. As gardeners ourselves we appreciated the many varieties of palms, around seventeen of them, all different heights, and the mature flowering shrubs and cycads. (Word to the wise: don't put your chair directly beneath the coconuts because a few drop). Lots of shade from the intense sun. In the mid afternoon we'd head out to the fabled beaches (ten to fifteen minute drive, easy parking) to swim and have dinner watching the sunset with our toes in the soft white sand. Our favorite beach was Druif, popular with locals but uncrowded, and we also had dinner twice at the local restaurant/pub 080, two blocks from the house, that has a menu in Dutch/English and some excellent slow cooked meals. The house itself is clean, well organized and eclectically charming. Good beds, well equipped kitchen. It is in the Alto Vista neighborhood and cars are driving by, but the garden walls and gate are high and the plant cover abundant. Communication with the owner and managing group was friendly, helpful, and prompt. They arranged our car rental (car waiting at the house) and transportation to and from the airport.
Donna H.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024