Manuel Antonio Vacation Rental villa

We just returned from Manuel Antonio where we spend the first 2 night at the very popular Hotel Si como no and the rest of our stay at Villa Mot Mot. We much preferred the Villa over the Hotel because of all the additional amenities (like the kitchen and the private beach )the overall feel of privacy and coziness and the unbelievable beauty of the view.The villa is ideally situated inside the Tulemar Gardens complex, witch is a gated community that has direct access to a lovely and quiet beach. Tulemar is also within walking distance to all the gourmet restaurants and a 5 minute drive to the bigger beach ad National Park in Manuel Antonio. We expected a lot based on descriptions and pictures we found on the Internet before making reservations and Villa Mot Mot certainly lived up to our expectations. We were greeted upon arrival by Diego, the property manager and a great guy, and received a full tour of the property. The villa is very well decorated and has all the comforts including plasma TV and a fully functional kitchen. I have to say that the best asset was the large terrace that raps around the villa where we saw the most beautiful sunsets and met all kind of wildlife everyday we stayed there: my children favorites were the white faced monkeys that visited us in the morning . The area offers many choices as far as activities: from rafting to zip lining. Because we were traveling with 2 small children(2 and 5) we spent most of our time at the beach where we mastered body surfing and sand crabs hunting ( no worry ,we let them all go!) . The fact that boogie boards, sand toys and kayaks as well as snorkeling gears were all free of charge was a nice plus. Getting back to the villa was always the highlight of our day and by the end of our stay we knew many of the friendly people that work inside the facility. We LOVED our stay at the Mot Mot and we are already planning our next visit in this little corner of paradise.