The trip was great. Weather, of course was perfect. Hotel was spotless, manicured, and very new looking. Food was well above average, and the chef who does art work with food was incredible. We were in the green buildings, furthest from the pool, which worked out perfect, not a long walk.
Flights were perfect, albeit, had to wait 3 hours to transfer to Playa Tambor, such is life. Sansa didnt charge us for extra weight either, a bonus!. Hotel staff were good, although not overly friendly, which was ok. Only complaint about the resort: Not enough cleaning staff around the pool area during the day, and the pool maintenance man did not clean the pool often enough, mainly in the area near the bar/food palapa. "things" tended to collect in that one area, of course, just where we layed for best sun.
Day trips: Most trips available, we had done previously, so I just rented a jeep and off we went, daytime only due to road conditions. Well let me tell you, with map in hand, we decided to go to Santa Teresa from Montezuma. Looking on the map, it showed a road to St. Teresa to the east of Montezuma, so off we went. As we went further on the road, it began to narrow, and climb upwards, and upwards, and upwards!!!!!!!! Well, one mile into the road, it was now only as wide as the jeep, couldn't back up, and couldn't turn around, SO, up some more!!!. Now this particular road, at this time of year, was not overly maintained, to say the least!!!. Ruts about 2-3 feet deep!!!!!!!!!!. ha ha ha.Now kathy didn't seem to see the humor in it, but crazy me saw it as a challenge!!!! Well we managed to make it, terrifying as it was, no damage to the jeep( due to my experience as a 4 wheeler, most people would have rolled the jeep with no off road experience, including Kathy) and the scenery was awsome. NOT A ROAD FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!!!!
Otherwise, the trip was great. We drove 453 kms. that day, everywhere you could think of.
Horseback riding was enjoyable as well.
Golf was fine.
Thanks for your services and will be in touch in the future..
Oh yea, we met a travel agent on holidays from Canada. She couldn't believe what we paid for the hotel. BRAVO VIVIAN.
Kevin Breau/Kathy Frost
Ontario Canada
Hi Vivian,
Our entire trip to Costa Rica was wonderful. I was very pleased with the Barcelo Playa Tambor resort.
We did really well with our selection of excusions, too. Canopy tour in Montezuma is a "not to miss". We even had a 5 yr old go on this one. He traveled on a cable with one of the guides.
Horsebackriding at the hotel...the best I have ever experienced. We rode through farmland, the beach, rivers, jungle/forrests and across a beautifully groomed soccer field. On the farms we were amongst many Brahmas. In the jungle we were with the howling monkies. Fantastic.
ATV's. What a great time. We rode our hearts out. Nothing slow or subdued about this one. We rode for almost 4 hours through the same types of terrain as we did on horseback, just in a different area.
Our family was very pleased with the food at Playa Tambor. The buffet kept us guessing on some items, but there was always plenty to fill us up.
We were so busy during the day with the resort's activities and our own excursions, we didn't make it to the show or disco. Can't comment on those.
I would recommend this trip as well as the Barcelo Playa Tambor to any of my friends.
My familiy wants to go back and travel the surf spots at a later time. I'm not ready for "huts" and "mosquito nets" at this point in my life. I may let them go without me on that one.
Thanks again for your assistance in putting our trip together. It was everything I had hoped for.
Regards,
Patti Smith
California
EMAIL: vivian@chuckanutbaytravel.com
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