Raya

Well-kept stylish place close to a magnificent beach

Pros: Camilla is the perfect host to provide help and good tips concerning activities. The place is absolutely clean, we had the biggest and bed of our entire trip and we enjoyed some sloth activity in Camilla‘s garden.

Pros: Very nice, friendly and helpful owners. Laundry service available. Pool on the site. Lots of greenery. Huge comfortable bed, big bathroom. Everything is like new, well maintained and working fine. Small private terrace. Beach and shop nearby. Free parking spot.

Cons: Nothing.

Great stay

Pros: Good and large bed, silent and good A/C, everything very clean, nice breakfast, nice pool, close to nice restaurant and Matapalo beach, saw a lot of red macaws and other birds around the accomodation and even a sloth in the tree next to the accomodation (learned from the owner his name is Fred). Super friendly and flexible owners. Very nice stay.

Confortable place for a relaxing stop.

Pros: Excellent stay in Raya appartments - very clean and confortable place. Perfect to travel around and close to a small supermarket as well. The owners were of very good advice to find a surf school and eat around. They also advised to have a hike in Hacienda Baru nearby which proved way more quiet than Manuel Antonio.

Cons: You need a car there if you want to move around- that's it.

Fantastic stay, friendly, clean, great breakfast

Pros: Lovely place, clean and friendly, fantastic breakfast, only slight negative was the bed was so hard (and we like a hard mattress) a topper would fix this.

Would recommend! 10/10

Pros: Very modern and nice! Very calm and beautiful! Everything was clean and the hosts were very kind and helpful! Would recommend!

Cons: /

Nicely designed apartments in a secluded area

Pros: Raya is a relatively new place run by its enthusiastic owners, who were very keen to try to ensure that you had a good stay. We were here for three nights and the other seven apartments were mostly occupied at the same time. The design of the building was unsual - one long single storey with dividers between each apartment which allowed for private patios for each. As well as a table and chairs, each apartment had a couple of unusual, comfortable, hanging hammock chairs, behind which was a pretty garden area. The bathroom, air conditioning and wifi all worked well and overall the bedrooms were very comfortable and quiet. A decent breakfast was provided for you each morning, right outside your apartment which was very convenient.

Cons: The operation is still bedding in, but I think it will only get better. There is an acknowledged need for more information on local attractions to be available. It is in a nice spot, about eight minutes walk from the beach and a resataurant, but you would need a car to get to any other places. Secure parking was available, but not easy - a rather narrow strip alongside the building which would be very difficult to manouevre if there was more than two or three cars.

Clean, spacious, comfy and cozy room

Pros: Everything was impeccably clean. The room is spacious and cozy. The bed is a king size and very comfy. The breakfast is served at your door - in previous day you just need to inform your breakfast options and time of delivery. The hotel is a brand new building and everything is carefully run by the owners themselves. Extra tip: In front of the hotel there's a stable with horses available for a ride. We SUPER recommend this ride, as we had a lot of fun. It lasted 2 hours and on top of the ride itself, in nature and at the beach watching the sunset, our guide (Angel) was very friendly. He shared his knowledge about the local flora and spotted animals, such as monkeys and sloths. We even stopped for a coconut water drink, that he opened for us, right from the tree. It is really worth it! Comparable to other rides we've seen in Costa Rica, it was also very affordable.

Cons: Nothing that we didn't like, everything was perfect and very clean.

Lovely owners and great waffles

Pros: The owners were so lovely, giving us great recommendations and tips for where to go and what to do. Very helpful overall to make our stay comfortable. Great breakfast and delicious waffles. It's a new hotel, nicely designed, and you can tell they take extra care to start things right.

Pros: Camila and Philipp are a nice surfer couple and great hosts! Clean and nice rooms with cute hanging chairs in front of your room to read and chill. Nice breakfast too. Walking distance to a wonderful beach. Philipp even helped me spot a few sloths on the beach!

Cons: Not a lot of common space but we didn't mind it