I have so many wonderful things to say about our 7 day stay at Villa Clara Vista. From the booking process with Nik at ESSV to the house manager and maid service, everything was great. We cannot wait to go back!
The pictures do not even do this home justice. The views are literally breathtaking and were the perfect backdrop for our wedding ceremony and reception. 40 people easily fit in the front courtyard for cocktail hour, the gazebo area for the ceremony and the lower patio for the reception.
My husband and I stayed in the home for a week with 9 other people. There was plenty of room and we never felt on top of one another. Our guests stayed at nearby hotels and it was so nice to have one place we could all meet and hang out without spending a fortune at beach bars or fighting for chairs at a hotel.
We used Matter of Taste for the food at our wedding and also to stock our villa with the essentials, like liquor and hamburgers, before our arrival. The food and service was amazing! I rarely hear people rave about the food at a wedding and my guests cannot stop talking about how good everything tasted.
Although we rented a car to run errands for the wedding, we used taxis every night when we went to the bar. A van taxi would be at the villa within 10 minutes of calling a driver.
Some things we loved: The Vonage phone made it so easy to talk to local wedding vendors and family at home, 2 refrigerators, Bose system throughout the house, washer and dryer, beach towels and sunscreen, and of course the VIEW!
A couple things we think could make the place perfect: wi-fi throughout the house, telescope or binoculars for whale watching (the website had a telescope but it wasn't there) and maid service on Sunday. We had a wedding on Saturday night so it would have been nice not to clean on Sunday morning.