Sustainable Luxury with Park & Ocean Views from Every Room and Terrace

My parents, son, husband and I had a wonderful time in Manuel Antonio, made much more special by staying in this lovely home. The layout was perfect for us, with great family space, and also plenty of room for privacy. Alberto and Monica are the two people on site who helped and took wonderful care of us. Monica was so sweet with our 16 month old and he absolutely adored her! Alberto could not have been more kind in answering all of our questions and being a resource for every small detail. I thought having 8 days there, we would have plenty of time to do everything, including a ziplining tour. We were so happy being around the house, the time flew, and we'll now need to go back and explore further! We also wanted to ensure we didn't disappoint the monkeys by not being there when they came for bananas. Every day around 6am and 4pm. If you are traveling to Manuel Antonio, you won't regret staying here!

The photos don't do this place justice!! Here are some tips:
The Paradise Room is sort of separated from the rest of the house with its own entrance below, so perfect for noisier guests or guests with children who require complete quiet for naps. Bonus: it is on the lower level for less stairs, too.
The Canopy Room was also very quiet with an outdoor kitchen and separate entrance -- if I was to rent only one room, this would be my choice.
The Surf Room has a big tub and fanciest bathroom -- probably the Master Bedroom of the house. It's on the main level.
The Hibiscus Room is glorious with a gorgeous wood beam ceiling that I loved waking up to every morning. If you go during the rainy season, be forewarned that a pounding rain is amplified in this room -- we had to go downstairs to the Monkey Room to sleep one night.
The Monkey Room is also great -- on the main level -- right in the center of the house with a lovely bathroom and as I mentioned, very quiet at night.
Monkeys came around morning and evening, making their rounds -- we saw many Chapuchins and my daughter was lucky enough to see a troop of Squirrel Monkeys. We also saw Jesus lizards and a Basilisk lizard. The view is flippin gorgeous. You are up high enough to see the beach -- maybe only one or two rooftops.

Alberto manages the house and will take care of all your needs. Excellent English, very patient and accommodating. We wanted some speakers for our iPod and he brought some over. He also helped my daughter rent a car and get the best deal. (Alamo)

We hired Chef Guy, a French Canadian second generation chef who prepared the most marvelous meal for my birthday celebration (12/12/12) -- I strongly advise hiring him for at least one meal. He is an artist in the kitchen. Be sure to order a cake even if it's no one's birthday. It was huge and OMG -- I got the passionfruit mousse cake -- to die for!! We ate it all week.

At the top of the hill is a restaurant called "Agua Azure" -- a great view of the sunset and the food was excellent. Be sure to check that out.

If you are missing your Starbucks fix, there's a place just up from the main road called Café Milagro. Excellent breakfast and great frappes.

The bus was the best way to get around. 50¢ The people of Costa Rica were gracious and friendly. I never once felt uncomfortable about being a foreigner who speaks un poquito espanole. :-)

El Mirador Magnifico was the place to be. I highly recommend it!!

Prior to celebrating my husband and my 50th wedding anniversary my daughters and I reviewed every house that we could find online that would accomodate the 10 of us. We finally settled on El Mirador Magnifico and what a great decision we made. The house was truly magnificant. We found everything to be just as it was described and even better. It was immaculately clean and perfectly equipped for our needs. The views of the ocean and jungle were beautiful and the playful monkeys put on quite a show on several occasions. The howlers could be heard in the evening and early morning but we only saw one of them. The location of the house was just right. It was our first visit to the country so we didn't want to be in a remote location. Manuel Antionio and Quepos were only minutes away. Often we took the bus which ran every 15 minutes at the foot of our street, but a taxi was easily gotten when we desired. Alberto, the property manager was wonderfully hospitable. He arranged all of our activities, secured drivers whenever we wanted to venture out on a road trip, and even bought groceries prior to our arrival. He was a tremendous resource prior to our arrival as well as during our stay. We enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip, Zip line, and ATV. We had a chef come one of the nights but probably would not do that again. The chef was excellent but we enjoyed the fish that we caught and the local cusine so much that we didn't want to stay at home to have dinner. None of the 10 of us ranging in years from 13 to 73 , could have asked for any more. The entire trip was wonderful and the house and Alberto were the keys to its success. If given the opportunity to return we would certainly stay there again and I recommend that property over all that I saw while in that area.

Thanks to Cindy and to Alberto for making our 50th celebration one that we and our family members will cheerish for years to come. BW