This is a beautiful home overlooking San Juan del Sur that was perfect for our group of 6. It's within about 15 minutes walk to downtown bars and restaurants. January was an amazing host and gave us great recommendations for activities, a restaurant to spend NYE and other attractions to checkout while we spent our time here. There's a slight trek to the house once you get out of town and start walking uphill, but that was part of the fun and made the house more rewarding once we got there!

Our group of three couples had a fantastic week away in San Juan del Sur. We found the listing description to be accurate, the home to be clean & well maintained, and just a 5-7min walk to town. Our three couples never felt cramped in the home and moved freely between floors. We needed a day to adjust to the roosters and dogs but they quickly faded to the background. Quiet time on the upstairs deck or social time on the lower deck/pool perfectly adjacent to the living room & kitchen. Morning, day, and evening activities often brought us by the home allowing for a quick dip in the pool and a few minutes in the sun before on to the next activity! While the listing is accurate that you don't need a car, your trips to the remote surf beaches may be by locals truck/shuttle. If your group is big enough and enough surfing is on your agenda, an SUV (we had a Toyota Fortuner) may be helpful so our group of 6 could be on our schedule. Home was base for each day's explorations including the ferry to Ometeppe Isand's Ojo de Agua (spring fed pool), to our guided tour from Nicaraga Tour Network(.com) to mix it up. These activities broke up a long string of beautiful beaches, relaxing hammock time, and excellent surfing. Our two surfers took full advantage of the more advanced surfing (Playa Maderas seemed to be the favorite) while those of us who couldn't handle the bigger swells by week's end enjoyed some much needed down time. Playa El Coco was empty and potentially the most beautiful. While I had heard that the local town was filled with very nice people and a relaxing feel, my experience exceeded expectations. Within the first few days, we felt genuinely accepted by the community and truly welcomed everywhere we went, even by the locals out on the big waves too! The relaxed nature of the community became contagious and therefore a big part of the trip for us. Obviously the perpetual sun, amazing beaches, fun surf, great little town, and beautiful home are all reasons to return but the sense of the relaxed community was awesome! Another unforeseen highlight were the great conversations we had with Ronald when he came by daily for pool cleaning. A very helpful guy with a great personality--surprise highlight for the trip! We practiced our Spanish while he practiced his English. He was even willing to accompany us to the "better" fish market to assist in getting a great price on filleting a Dorado and fresh shrimp to grill back at the house!