MAGNIFICENT 4-BEDROOM VILLA WITH 25M POOL IN CENTRAL GRANADA

In November, 2011 4 of us spent a week enjoying the amenities of Casa Yalula and the charming city of Granada and its environs. The pool is delightful, the bedrooms spacious and comfortable, and the living areas are ample. I saw in the description that there is off-street parking, but I wasn't aware of this. It's definitely not part of or adjacent to the property. I parked on the street and "hired" the watchman for the restaurant across the street (El Mediteraneo, I believe) to watch our rental car as well. The passive solar hot water is not real dependable, but that is such a minor insignificant detail, I wouldn't mention it at all except that another did here. We will return every year we are able, and now that we've stayed at Casa Yalula, I can't imagine staying anywhere else. This wasn't our first experience with GPS and it won't be our last. The staff feels like friends in Granada -- friends on whom we can count when we need them and rely on good information. Our compliments to the owners and architect who have made Casa Yalula a highly desirable destination in Granada.

Our group of 8 stayed at Casa Yalula in December. Renting a large vacation rental was a very affordable way to go for our group (cheaper than a budget hotel and much nicer!). We have rented several properties in Granada and from GPS property management and this is a great one. The pool is amazing, the bedrooms and linens are nice and the place was very clean. The location is great since it is in the heart of Granada with lots of great restaurants nearby and close to park central. Check in and check out was easy with a representative meeting us at the house. The open courtyard traditional to Colonial homes in Granada gives it a great indoor/outdoor feel. My only minor issue on the house was that water temperature in the shower was inconsistent and would sometimes get extremely hot without much warning. But, considering it was Nicaragua, it was just nice to have hot water! Overall, this is a well managed, nice house with a pool that has lots of wow factor! Definitely a recommended property!

We rented the House for 12/24-01/03/12. We were extremely happy to be back in Nicaragua, we have rented houses in San Juan del Sur and Pochomil and Have stayed in Hotels in Granada. This time since it was the holidays we decided to rent the only large enough house for us available during the time. The first day since GPS (management Co.) was closed they had Marvin(caretaker) meet us at the property at 3:30 pm to give us the keys. Once we settle my two little one (2yrs and 4yrs of age) were asking to go in the pool, so we got ready and I got in with them, my back was turn to the back wall and facing the kitchen where the pool has a little step to sit and where my kids were getting accustomed to the cold temperature of the pool, when my sister in law tells me to move carefully because there was a SNAKE in the water coming at us!!! My sister-in-law urgently took my two year old and my 4 year old was taken out by my husband after hearing our scream of terror!! Needless to say since I was in deeper water which is after the first step and being 5'3 and the water reaching my nose and the terror of seeing the Snake I started to make my way out just to see the snake had change direction now toward me!!! Thankfully my husband had enough time to help me out and prevent me from getting bitten! My husband and our driver were able to see the snake and identify it as a coral snake (poisonous) that went into one of the filters! Marvin came on the with the pool guy to supposedly flush out the snake from the hiding place. He stated that he was going to request a fumigation for snakes to GPS. Every day we will check our beds and surrounding since fumigation never came. A couple of days later coming from one of our many whole day trips, we left both strollers on the wall next to bathroom where my husband coming out of the bathroom with my 2 yr old son spotted another Coral snake, this time my husband and driver were able to kill the snake. Once again called Marvin and showed him the snake, but GPS did nothing! The horror to think that the snake was so close to bite one of my little ones! On 12/30 and 31 the water went out at 6 am and didn't come back till 8 pm! Per Gps we should have not used the toilets to prevent this ordeal! We had a $250.00 electricity credit. We made sure we turned off all AC's and lights when we were out (often since sight seeing) and when not in use to get a $508.00 base on a 30 day wattage charge! Stay away from this HOUSE!