Montezuma Vacation Rental house

*Good point about the location

The villa is right on the beach

The villa is set in a sizeable plot so it feels quite private.

Cabuya is very tranquil.

It is close by car to Montezuma which is buzzing and has many activities

Cabuya has several good restaurants and bars, a bakery, and 2 supermarkets which is essential if you are self-catering.

It is very near to the Cabo Blanco National Park which is stunning.

Good white sandy beaches are not too far away and one is within walking distance.

* Bad points

The beach in front of the villa is shingle and jagged rocks. Not great for swimming except at high tide.

In the rainy season, with all the mud from the rivers, the sea in front of the villa is rather murky and brown.

The beaches along this part of the peninsula can have bad rip currents and are not great for swimming especially for children.

You really need to hire a car if you want to make the most fo this area.

*Good points about the villa

It's very clean, spacious and tastefully decorated.

Masssive kitchen/diner.

It's very well equipped with all mod cons: aircon, cable TV, wireless internet, phone, microwave etc.

It's got 2 huge comfortable double beds (and sofa bed)

The caretaker (Jose) is very helpful and close on hand to fix any problems.

*Bad ponts

It could be constucted to a higher standard and seems to need constant maintenance from poor old Jose.

There is a half built grey block constuction right next to the villa with numerous "Clausurado" ("closed" ie built without authorisation) signs slapped on it. This spoils this aesthetically pleasing site.

We had no hot water for the first 3 days because the boiler had burnt out. Good old Jose fixed it though.

The upstairs shower leaks and wets the downstairs bedroom wall.

If you have the aircon on at night upstairs in the master bedroom, people downstairs can't sleep because it's too noisy.
The ceiling fans which could relieve this problem are noisy and ineffective.

There is no hot water in the kitchen.

The Kitchen sink was blocked most of the time we were there so we had to buy a washing up bowl and empty the water outside. (We had had enough of asking poor overworked Jose for help so we just put up with this minor inconvenience)

The aircon hot air outlet from next door blows across the downstairs terrace.




At the end of the day we had the best holiday and the good points far outweighed the bad ones.