25 Reviews of Property 364934 in Dominical, Costa Rica

We were delighted with our stay at Casa Manana for five nights and enjoyed the open air living of this lovely Balinese decorated house. The flower arrangements were spectacular and we swam in the warm water pool several times a day. (There is great privacy if you want to skinny dip.)

The property is fenced, has a locked gate, and an on-site caretaker with two dogs, so we always felt very secure in the evenings. And to top it off, there's good internet speed.

The property is just a short drive to local beaches in either direction. A diversely stocked grocery store is only five minutes away in Uvita if you plan on cooking in the well equipped kitchen.

Joyce is a wonderful hostess and even provides breakfast fixings for your first morning, as well as her fabulous banana bread. She's an excellent source for information on all local activities. Go and enjoy her unique rental.

I agree with previous comments, great place!

Thanks to Joyce.

We stayed six days at Casa Manana and enjoyed a lot. We simply loved the house: its location in the middle of a jungle-beach place, its architectural design with a wide space for recreation, its beautiful decoration, and completeness of its furniture and equipment...All these factors made it possible to have a pleasant stay.

The location of the house can’t be better. Surrounded by trees and nature, is situated in a very private area, but at just a few minutes from the beaches and grocery stores. This makes your stay more enjoyable as you have all the facilities and amenities that you can possibly need, but in a very peaceful and quiet place.

Finally, but actually one of the best things we found here is the wonderful care of Joyce. She was an excellent hostess. She waited until we got to the house and received us with the delicious banana bread she made. The remaining days of our stay, she was always there to help with anything we needed.

In summary, our days at Casa Manana were wonderful. Therefore, if you are planning to spend your holidays in a quiet place where you can enjoy the best of nature that Costa Rica has to offer, we recommend Casa Manana. You can be sure that you will love it!

This property is very well maintained and close to Uvita, beaches, whale tail beach and grocery stores. It is within driving distance to Manuel Antonio and Sierpe (starting point for some of the Corcovado tours) We loved our stay there and Joyce is a very accommodating host and worked with us since we had a last minute issue with our travel plans. The house has a open plan for living spaces opening to a pool and patio area and has a fully equipped kitchen, each of the three bedroom has its own spacious attached bath. Joyce was always there to help us when we needed something - make tour reservations, loaning us things we needed if they weren't available like a cooler, rice cooker etc. She is a great hostess and made our stay very enjoyable!

This place was awesome for our "girl's getaway"!! Joyce was there to
meet us and we rambled up the driveway in our rental car. You will want a
rental car as it is out of town but close to grocery stores & bank. Being there
in green-season we knew we'd have rain so we brought lots of books & games
along. It was so relaxing to sit there and watch the rain -- usually only part of the day -- it was not a cool damp rain like in Canada -- we never once needed a sweater or long sleeves!! The frogs crooned us to sleep (well not quite but almost) and at 5 a.m. or so the forest came alive with light and sounds - distant howlers. Every day the toucans flew by and one day we counted 13 in a nearby dead tree. We could see them very well with
binoculars. We learned to recognize their unique call!

Our house was kept clean by the maid that lives adjacent to the house. We always felt safe as were behind a locked gate and car was secure in the garage. The house is also completely within wrought-iron barred fence (ie around the pool, etc) which I wasn't aware of before. You can trust Joyce completely when she advises it is secure -- we gals felt safe. We were REALLY glad though for the caretaker & her 2 sons living very close -- just in case. After all you are in the rainforest and there are weird sounds!!

I was hesitant before going about the open concept and whether there would be bugs and snakes, and reptiles crawling around!! Ha! No - it is kept so clean they would feel out of their element there! We kept the bedroom doors closed all the time, to keep out anything you're afraid might enter, and at night there are locks on the bedroom doors too. I think
there was rarely even a gecko on the bedroom ceiling!

Joyce is a very gracious host just like everyone says. I have NO COMPLAINTS at all and I hope to come back and bring more friends!!

My family spent a wonderful 4 days at Casa Mañana and I am already missing it. This house is such a great value. Joyce has planned for everything you could possibly want. It was a good thing we had already seen so much of the country when we got there because we didn't want to leave. This area of the Pacific coast offers everything that you might want to see or do and Casa Mañana is very conveniently located.
I highly recommend this house to anyone coming to the southern Pacific area of Costa Rica. My husband and I are already planning our next trip to Casa Mañana. I miss the dogs, Amber and Daisy.

The house is amazing, perfect for the kids, the pool is great and you can watch your kids while your cooking or just relaxing. The house is perfectly maintained and has every amenity you could possibly need.The bathrooms are very big, and there is plenty of room in the closets.
The owner is very kind and she makes a delicious banana bread.
We really want to come back.

From the first contact we had with Joyce, the owner of this beautiful house everything was great! She sounded like a very nice person; but when we got there she confirmed it...She is great, the house was great, the layout, the appliances, the pool, everything! Paradise in Dominical. To top it off we ate a delicious banana bread cake courtesy of Joyce...!
House FULLY recommended!! Basically has everything that makes your life easier in a city home, but in a jungle-beach-beautiful surrounding!