“A great place to chill away from the hustly and bustle of cities and hotels”

We chose Three Monkeys as the end of our 3 week long trip through Costa Rica (which included Playa Hermosa, Tamarindo, Monteverde, La Fortuna and Tortuguero) to relax for a few days in a quiet environment near a few beaches and with our own pool and garden to hang out. Our host Zinni answered quickly on WhatsApp and was very friendly and helpful, also with little things such as when we didn't know how to get the dryer to run (needing to push the alarm button in to get the drying program started isn't something you'd expect as a European). Getting the keys was easy. The house is exactly as it looks on the photos with a gorgeous garden, a large pool and plenty of space inside and outside the house. You even have a second outdoor kitchen near the pool with an outdoor shower and an additional small bathroom. The garden is visited by monkeys, agoutis and plenty of birds, which gave us often an opportunity to watch animals that before we could only see by taking a tour through a jungle. The main kitchen is huge, as is the fridge and the amount of cookware. You can choose to eat inside or outside near the pool. You have a large place to park your car and when we left, we heard that the gate for the driveway was supposed to be turned into an automatic gate, which is a great addition, because opening the door manually always required someone leaving the car and dealing with the two wings of the gate. The two bedrooms in the main house feature a king size bed, a bathroom, a separate shower and an air-con each. The two bedrooms in the smaller separate house feature a queen size bed with an air-con each and a shared bathroom. In case you're traveling with younger kids, just be aware that you probably won't want to leave them by themselves in a separate house approx. 20 meters away from the entrance to the main house. For our kids (19 and 17) it was totally OK and they even had their own living room with their own kitchenette.