MONOS Y MAR has a recently renovated two-bedroom apartment on the top floor of the building. It has it's own kitchen and bathroom and a large terrace to enjoy the forest view. The space has lots of open air areas but also AC in the bedrooms for extra comfort and ceiling and/or standing fans at your disposal. A fully equipped kitchen allows for anything from making coffee to cooking dinner. With a private entrance you have the whole floor to yourself. The space This top floor apartment covers the entire top floor and offers you all the privacy you need. The huge terrace with a dining and a seating area looks out over the forest and on good days you can hear and see the howler monkeys. In a nice and private setting you can enjoy Samara any way you want. You can hang out in the sun or shade (or AC, bedrooms only) or visit many local places in only a few minutes walking distance. The apartment has two bedrooms, one with a king bed and one with two singles that can be pushed together. Both rooms have AC! There is a large kitchen with a fridge and stove top and a bunch of appliances like a coffeemaker and a blender. The bathroom has a shower with warm water. As common in most of Costa Rica the plumbing is very delicate so do not flush any toilet paper or hygiene products. Please deposit those in the trashcan provided for this. Guest access Via a private entrance you will have the entire top floor to yourself. Street parking available Other things to note Please do not hesitate to contact Mégane or us with any questions about the apartment or Samara!

## The Space

Monos y Mar offers a recently renovated two-bedroom apartment located on the building's top floor. This entire floor is exclusively yours, providing complete privacy. The apartment features a large terrace with both dining and seating areas that overlook the forest. On clear days, you might spot or hear howler monkeys in their natural habitat.

The apartment includes:

- Two bedrooms: one with a king-size bed and another with two single beds that can be joined together
- Air conditioning in both bedrooms for added comfort
- Ceiling and/or standing fans available throughout the space
- A fully equipped kitchen with a refrigerator, stove top, coffee maker, blender, and other appliances
- A bathroom with a warm water shower

The terrace offers plenty of open-air space where you can relax in the sun or shade. The bedrooms provide air conditioning for cooler comfort.

## Guest Access

- Private entrance granting access to the entire top floor
- Street parking is available nearby

## Important Notes

As is common in Costa Rica, the plumbing system is delicate. Please do not flush toilet paper or hygiene products down the toilet. Use the trashcan provided for disposal.

If you have any questions about the apartment or the Samara area, feel free to contact Mégane or us directly.

It has it's own kitchen and bathroom and a large terra...

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2BR apartment-AC-top floor-in center-beach<3min - Apartments for Rent in 50 meters south from ICE Cie, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Great apartment and hosts.  Loved this place.

it was a beautiful place for us, 2 adults and two children.  the patio was excellent to enjoy the weather.  walking distance to everything!  the separate rooms was a plus!!  lovely place

Thank you so much we are very happy that you loved your stay at Monos & Mar !

Access is easy and flexible, the bedrooms were a good size and fortunately had air conditioning. Communication with M-J worked out great. It had many good restaurants within walking distance and the beach is great. What was not apparent from the listing: - All rooms are only accessible via the open terrace. There is no common interior. - The busy road generates a constant noise level from about 5:30 am to about 10:00 pm

Der Zugang ist einfach und flexibel, die Schlafzimmer hatten eine gute Grösse und zum Glück eine Klimanlage. Die Kommunikation mit M-J hat jeweils super geklappt. Es hatte viele gute Lokale in Gehdistanz und der Strand ist toll. Was aus dem Inserst nicht ersichtlich war: - alle Räume sind nur über die offene Terasse erreichbar. Es gibt keinen gemeinsamen Innenraum. - die stark befahrene Strasse erzeugt ab ca. 05:30 bis ca 22:00 einen konstanten Lärmpegel

Lori and M-J’s is as described in the Airbnb listing. It is clean, comfortable, quiet and well decorated. The space has everything you need. The beds are very comfortable. The kitchen area is well equipment for meal preparation and food storage. The WiFi, air conditioning and hot water work well. The patio area is pleasant and tranquil. Shops, businesses, grocery stores, excellent restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, ATMs, beaches, parks, and touristic sites are within walking distance from the accommodation. Communication and checking in and out is easy. Mégane, the on-site co-host, was delightful, always available and eager to be of assistance. This was my fourth stay for a total of eight months at Monos y Mar.  I highly recommend this accommodation.

This place was perfect for us!!! We could not have asked for a better location, and the place was so clean!

The advantages of this location are the short walk to the beach and the wildlife in the trees about it. We observed a large male howler monkey in the tree over the residence. I’m told this is rare, usually the monkeys seen are small traveling along the power lines. There are large iguanas in the trees across the road observable from the deck area. The downside of this place is that the common area is outside. The other rental units are also open air, meaning you hear their full conversations and music as if you’re sitting with them. Of course, it’s hot - so if you want to sit as a group in AC you’ll have to gather in one of the bedrooms. The biggest drawback is the location on the main road. There is a reductor (speed bump) which leads to all the vehicles gunning their engines s as they pass. The cars aren’t so bad, the trucks and buses can be loud, but the motorbikes are insufferable. They are numerous, loud and travel all day. We left after one night for a quieter rental.

Very easy access to Samara beach & restaurants. Co-host Megane was very friendly & accommodating, even helped us with a mixup on our trip dates. We really enjoyed the large open patio, table & sitting areas on the deck and AC in the bedrooms was wonderful. Super comfy beds, great water pressure, convenient kitchen appliances. NOTE: We didn’t realize how LOUD the road out front is. Visually the setting is lovely, but with the almost constant motorcycle & big truck engine revving, it wasn’t as relaxing an atmosphere as we’d hoped for our beach vacation. Still, good price + very convenient location + helpful hosts are all worthy of a good review for the things within their control.

the apartment was perfect , really well located . Megan ( the co-host) was very responsive to our questions and requests . For the price it's really a deal not to be missed . I was with my mother so having two gates that can lock a key before entering  the apartment really helped us feel safe. The terrace is really perfect to  enjoy the outdoors with a good dinner . The kitchen is very well equipped for cooking .

l'appartement etait parfait , vraiment bien situer . Megan ( la co-host) etait tres reactive a nos question et demandes . pour le prix c'est vraiment un deal a ne pas manquer . j'etait avec ma mere donc avoir deux gate qu'ont peut barer a clés avant d'entrer dans  l'appartement nous a vraiment aidé nous sentir en securité. La terrasse est vraiment parfaite pour  profiter de l'exterieur avec un bon souper . la cuisine est tres bien equipé pour cuisiné .

We really enjoyed staying at Monos y Mar! It was perfect for our needs, super easy to find, and Méghan the property manager was so helpful! Will definitely stay again!!

The accommodations were genuine to the owner and host. Megan was fabulous. Very willing to help in any way. There is street noise, however great people watching/action! Nice unique place. Will definitely stay again! Gracias!

Monos y Mar is an excellent place to stay in Samara! We stayed on the top level and it was easy to access, the rooms were comfortable, spacious, and bedrooms had A/C for welcome relief from the hot days! If you wake up early, there’s great birdwatching from the balcony - we also lucked out and saw a family of howler monkeys in the distance traversing from tree to tree. So rad! This apartment had everything we needed, and the local property manager, Megane, is a clear, proactive, and responsive communicator. I’d book this apartment again for sure!

I would not recommend this apartment. While the location is walkable to the beach, it is at the edge of Samara on a very busy highway with no sidewalks. Entering and exiting the apartment is very difficult and dangerous to navigate. The bedrooms, bathroom, and kitchen all open onto an open patio, and there is no communal, interior place to hang out. Further, the bedroom doors need to stay closed due to heat and mosquitos, so you are segregated into two private rooms at all times. As a result, I do not recommend this apartment for a family, especially those with small children--we could not hear our 4-year-old in the night if she needed to get up to use the bathroom.

Good place to stay. Easy to walk to the beach and restaurants in town. Street parking was easy especially compared to some parts of town. Indoor/outdoor living took a bit to get used to but worked out fine. You will have to go outside to go from bedrooms to kitchen and bathroom and the livingroom and dinning space are outside.

5 min walk from a dream beach. Few minutes to numerous restaurants. We felt very comfortable. Thank you

5 min Fußweg von einem Traumstrand entfernt. Wenige Minuten zu zahlreichen Restaurants. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt. Vielen Dank

Great place on top floor with a big, lovely patio area that was pleasant to hang out on. Nicely equipped, cute kitchen. Comfortable beds and good air conditioning (in bedrooms only, but we didn’t need it elsewhere as the living areas are outside on the patio). Each bedroom and the bathroom has its own lockable door from the outside tile walkway leading from the patio to the kitchen. So the two bedrooms have good privacy from each other. There is a locking gate at the outside entrance to the property and another before you get to all the other areas beyond the patio, so we felt safe and secure. We were a short walk from everything to do in town. There is some street noise. And we didn’t love not being able to flush toilet paper, but that’s life in many places in the world where the plumbing is delicate, and you get used to it. Mégane was very responsive, helpful and friendly. This sweet place was a great value and we enjoyed our stay. Sámara is a fun and chill beach town.

Sámara is a great location, and we were very comfortable at Monos y Mar. I appreciated that the bedrooms had shutters,  to help block out the noise and light. We slept super well and enjoyed the casual walks to the beach and into town.

Place had everything we needed for a comfortable stay. The apartment is close to everything in Samara, very walkable location. Terrace is a great feature.

Thank you for a wonderful stay , the most peaceful we have had in Costa Rica! Thanks again ❤️

Merci pour ce merveilleux séjour , le plus paisible que nous ayons eu au Costa Rica ! Merci encore une fois ❤️

This place is great for a small family or couple.  it is private and well stocked.  The patio area is an amazing feature.

Great location. the parking space is safe. Nearby you can find restaurants and supermarkets.

Love this apartment! Location is perfect, Howler monkeys right outside and 2 blocks from the beach!

We loved our 7 week stay at Monos Y Mar! Everything was perfect, loads of space, fully equipped kitchen, good wifi, hot shower (though not always needed in CR!) Washer and dryer, lovely outside space. A huge main bedroom with loads of wardrobe space. The second bedroom was perfect to use as a working space. We really felt at home. The best part is seeing the Howler monkeys come past everyday and we had a resident lizard living on the patio we named Lenny. Mègane the co-host lives on site and was very helpful and friendly. Amazing location. You get a bit of road noise but we didn’t mind. We would definitely stay here again.

A very comfortable place close to the beach, restaurants, bars and a great bakery. The covered outdoor deck area was great for mid-day relaxing and the larger open deck was perfect for the mornings and evenings. Thank you so much!

the location of the apartment is perfect. The roof terrace is also very nice. Good bed. You should get used to going outside to the bathroom and kitchen.

de ligging van het appartement is perfect. Het dakterras is ook erg fijn. Goed bed. Je moet er even aan wennen dat je via buiten naar de badkamer en keuken gaat.

We absolutely loved the balcony! Megane was really fantastic to work with. When the Wifi went out, she informed us of other places nearby we could go to instead, and she helped when we were having issues with the water. Also, we really appreciated her leaving the coupons for the free beverages from her restaurant. Thank you so much for letting us stay!

Without many options in the town of Samara this was a good one. It advertises AC but there's only AC in the bedrooms. some days cooking in the kitchen was so hot we had to change before we ate because we were dreanched in sweat (when it's 100 degrees before you start cooking it doesn't take long to heat the kitchen up to a much hotter temp!) Even portable fans would have helped immensely! There is no shade on the patio despite the photos showing a giant umbrella. the owners communicated this to us when we arrived but we couldn't use that space between 9 am and 6 pm because it was so hot. Some days we couldn't walk across the tiles in bare feet that's how hot it would get! We loved watching the birds and iguanas and the hornet's build there nest across the road, the monkeys, and being a 5 minute walk to the beach. Note to parents with small children: there's no hallway or enclosed space connecting the rooms. so when you walk out of your bedroom your on a patio/outdoor walkway (I'm not really sure what to call it) the same for the other bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. They all lead out to the outside area. This was hard for us to adjust to. Getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night bats hanging above your head was super creepy! (and annoying because we'd have to sweep up their poop in the morning) Or our youngest would get up and forget to shut the door when she went back to bed leaving it open to outside. Just something to note, especially if you have really little ones. Was a nice space for the area.

Wonderful place with an amazing balcony and 3 minutes to the beach. Kitchen equipped well allowing you to cook at home. Would come back in a heartbeat!

Great space that’s close to the beach. Lori and M-J are excellent, responsive hosts

Lori and M-J are great hosts: incredibly kind and responsive. Their place is close to the beach and a fun spot to stay at

Thanks, nice it all worked out well with the extra day!

Excellent place to stay! It was comfortable, convenient, and the hosts and on-site managers were quick to help us the few times we needed it. We would definitely stay here again. Pros: effective air-conditioners in bedrooms, 5 min walk to the beach, spacious, clean, well-equipped kitchen, fairly private Cons: a little noisy from the road and the music from the church and nearby restaurant (not every day and not past 9pm though); loss of internet and electricity on occasion (though no worse than elsewhere in Costa Rica); patio gets very hot, though there is an umbrella for shade

Great apartment. Outdoor space is lovely and a very short walk to any restaurant or bar in Samara (and the beach!) And the a.c. was super cold!

We're glad you enjoyed your stay. Please come again!

The flat is very nice and spacious with a large partly covered terrace. Everything just like on the photos and even more beautiful. The pads on the terrace furniture were like new. The kitchen was very well-equipped. There were also bottle openers and box openers available, even a peeler. The beds are comfortable and there are enough, yes, many cabinets for clothes. Only one TV was missing, but we didn't really miss it. Wifi was good. In the direct in the immediate vicinity, you could within walking distance of Samara's beach and also shopping as well as many restaurants. By car, between 5 to 10 minutes, you can reach a beach that is ideal for swimming and longer stays. This beach offers everything to be happy, clean water, shade, sun, public benches and tables and utilities by moving dealers

Die Wohnung ist sehr schön und geräumig mit einer großen teils überdachten Terrasse. Alles genau wie auf den Fotos und noch schöner. Die Auflagen auf den Terassenmöbel waren wie neu. Die Küche war sehr gut ausgestattet. Auch Flaschenöffner und Büchsenöffner waren vorhanden, sogar ein Sparschäler. Die Betten sind bequem und es sind genug, ja viele Schränke für Bekleidung vorhanden. Nur ein TV fehlte, den wir jedoch nicht wirklich vermissten. WLAN funktionierte gut. In der direkte direkten Umgebung konnte man zu Fuß den Strand von Samara sehr schnell erreichen und auch einkaufen sowie viele Restaurants finden. Mit dem Auto zwischen 5 bis 10 Minuten fahrt kommt man an einen Strand, der ideal zum Baden und längeren Verweilen geeignet ist. Dieser Strand bietet alles zum glücklich sein, sauberes Wasser, Schatten, Sonne, öffentliche Bänke und Tische und Versorgung durch ziehende Händler

We loved our stay at Casa Tortuga! Claudette is a very, very nice person. She knows many details and every question that You ask will be answered! She is a nice host and really cares about a pleasent stay of her guests! The house is beautiful and has a lot of space! We loved every small detail. Many thanks, Claudette!!

Really nice apartment with a lot of space to chill out and relax, and also to cook, the kitchen has everything you need. Close to everything. Claudette is a really nice and helpfull host. When ever you need something from her she is there. We also had nice conversations. The only thing that has to be considered is that the house is located right on the main road which can be a little bit noisy. But still would recommend it a 100%.

The upper level was roomy with a large bedroom, bath, full kitchen, dining nook and a sitting area - lots of options.  The terrace is an added bonus for sunrise coffee or sunbathing later in the day.  Morning and evening bird varieties in nearby trees.  Several iguana entertain on neighboring rooftops.  Resident pets were so fun!  Location is great - easy access to beach, restaurants, and groceries.  Best of all, Claudette knows the town and can suggest how to enjoy it.  I’ll return again.

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