10/10 Excellent
john b.
11 February 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Just ... incredible.
Our stay at this stylish, modern luxury villa was way too short, but the time we did have was pretty amazing. First off, the house: it looks like it was built yesterday, and it’s got to be owned by an architect or something. Everything is sparkling and obviously new and very obviously top shelf. The design is kind of Brazil-modern meets Eames - very open and airy, such that the whole front of the main part of the house is glass doors that slide away to open to the pool and the beach. The pool is giant – bigger than it looks in the pictures – and the whole main area is just one big open cooking-eating-drinking-lounging space. No corporate ‘décor’, no plastic anything, just very tasteful, solid furnishings and appointments. This thing should be in a magazine.The bedrooms are in smaller structures flanking the main house, which is good for privacy but not great for running to the kitchen in the rain. (We didn’t have kids along this trip, but we will next year and having them occupying their own soundproof rooms will be ideal)The staff is great. Someone was around to look after the place just about all of the time, which sounds intrusive but actually wasn’t an issue at all. I’m guessing they’re trained to stay in the background, they were very helpful and having the house cleaned daily was really nice.The commercial part of Santa Teresa is right outside the gate at the end of the driveway – you can literally walk to breakfast, lunch, dinner, surf shops, groceries, etc.
john b.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025