Tropical Home with Private Pool ; Gated Beachfront Community in Playa Hermosa

Q: Is Tropical Home with Private Pool ; Gated Beachfront Community in Playa Hermosa pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total) with a maximum weight of up to 22 lbs per pet.

Q: Where is Tropical Home with Private Pool ; Gated Beachfront Community in Playa Hermosa located?

Located in Hermosa Palms, this vacation home is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Hermosa Beach and within 6 mi (10 km) of Jacó Beach and El Miro. Jacó Walk Shopping Center and Teatro Jacó are also within 9 mi (15 km).

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia H.

Apr 19, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Pura Vida indeed!

We had such an amazing time during our spring break stay in Hermosa Palms! Our host was amazing and connected us with everything we needed to ensure our stay was care free! The home was beautiful with a private pool and a community pool in the neighborhood right on the ocean! The home was comfortable and clean and had everything we needed for our family if 6! I would stay here again in a heartbeat!

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nancy R.

May 14, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful and relaxing

My husband and my two sons (16 and 20) had an amazing time. We were there for 6 nights . We had everything we needed,plenty of towels including bathroom towels , kitchen supplies, even laundry detergent. The outdoor sitting area and pool was the best especially sitting and bird watching in the morning . We enjoyed the floats and the beach balls for a fun game of volleyball. We loved hanging at the community pool and enjoying the delicious and awesome vibes at Yo Yo’s beach bar. Hermosa Palms is a gem !Kelly and Debbie were great , very responsive and helpful.We can’t wait to go back .

Stayed 6 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Natalie M.

Mar 13, 2025

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Great stay!

This is a lovely property and the host was excellent at responding to any of our questions. Our family had a great time at the house pool and community pool and beach area. Waves were a bit too big for all of us to swim at the beach. We also loved having a pool bar to purchase meals and drinks when we didn’t want to cook. We will definitely be back one day!

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tara Y.

Apr 2, 2025

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Best Spring Break Ever!

We had the best time! The property met all of our needs & more! We loved having a washer/dryer; enough bedrooms for us each to have our own & our own pool! The community is safe & secluded with security guard at entry & just a short walk to the community pool. The location is close to restaurants & shopping. We loved the pool bar & restaurant! Everyone was so friendly & the food was delicious! The hosts were super accommodating & very responsive! The house was very clean & met all of our needs! We will be back!

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Ken C.

Dec 15, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place - great location

Property was nice and clean and Playa Hermosa area provides access to many things. Pool was nice and common pool and ocean access was very nice! Safe, clean and comfortable.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

John L.

Dec 28, 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great First Trip to Costa Rica

We stayed for one week and had a great time. House was very clean and well stocked with utensils and supplies. The pool bar and food were exceptional. Everybody we encountered was friendly! The scuba, Tortuga Island, National Park, and local eateries were all excellent!

Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kristie C.

Jan 9, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Outstanding

Our stay in Costa Rica was amazing. The home was exactly as described, The location was wonderful and we felt very safe. We saw tons of wildlife right at the house. Debbie was very attentive and helped us secure our outings. We will be back!!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcus B.

Mar 11, 2018

Beautiful home in a beautiful location.

We spent a week in the home during our third trip to Hermosa Palms. Debbie was very helpful and the property manager Marco in Costa Rica helped with all the local knowledge. We’d recommend the home and plan to spend a week there next winter.

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

TONI B.

Aug 20, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely the best time.

This house at Casa Alma 78 was beautiful and had our private pool. Home was clean and spacious. Debbie was very easy to work with and a delight to speak with. We definitely recommend this rental to anyone that is looking for a house to stay at a very reasonable rate. Thank you Debbie for a great time. Toni,Patti,Gary and Mara

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cynthia C.

Aug 10, 2024

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Couldn’t love this place more!

I can’t express how much we loved our stay. The house was beautiful! So well maintained with everything you need. We only used the kitchen for breakfast, but it is very well equipped. We loved both the resort pool with swim up bar and the private pool for late night swims. We were thrilled to see the scarlet macaws every day! Our contact Kelly was amazing - if we had a question, she was just a text away. We were morons and locked ourself out of the safe, and Kelly quickly resolved the situation for us! We did a monkey boat tour, a guided tour of Rainmaker, and the ATV waterfall tour. Shopping and great dining in nearby Jaco. We also drove to a nearby swimmable beach (Playa Herradura)- Playa Hermosa is beautiful, but for experienced surfers only- big riptides. But with the pools- it’s no big deal. Costa Rica Is an amazing place- and this is a great place to stay!

Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin T.

Aug 13, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property and location

Our stay was great from start to finish. Debbie was quick to communicate and another family member who is local communicated with us throughout the trip and was helpful to answer questions and figure out other logistics. The property is part of a larger house but has its own entrance and is like having your own, private place (common set up for this community). It is well appointed with everything you need from laundry to a fully stocked kitchen. It also has plenty of A/C units to cool you down after being outside in the heat all day. It's a short 2 block walk to the club house and community pool which also gets you to the pool bar/restaurant and beach. This is a great place to be out of the main area of Jaco and also closer to Manuel Antonio if you are heading that direction.

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ryan P.

Mar 11, 2018

Fantastic Way to Experience Costa Rica

The house was fantastic and the advice and directions given were bang on. There were 7 of us, 4 adults, 3 kids and two families and all kinds of room. We didn't even use the upstairs living room. Having the private pool on top of the club beach house down the street was amazing. Seeing all the birds right outside of the window when waking was perfect. Great location and close to everything you need. Costa Rica was fantastic and having this place to call home for a week made the trip perfect. Thanks Debbie Ryan

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jackie D.

Aug 20, 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved our stay!

This is our 4th time staying in Hermosa Palms and this house is hands down the best one we’ve stayed in. It is very clean and updated. Exactly like the pictures. Was the perfect size for my husband and son and me. The private pool was great to have. There’s several iguanas that like to hang out in the yard and every day we had 6-8 macaws in the almond trees right by property. We loved sitting out on the deck patio and watching them. The house was very well stocked. Most houses we’ve stayed in don’t even have salt/pepper in the kitchen. There were plenty of towels and pool/beach towels to use. Having the full sized washer and dryer was great too. The beds and pillows were on the very firm side but softer ones is a personal preference. The neighbor’s dogs barked off and on so during the night was a little nuisance. The fans and AC were able to drown them out. We love staying in this neighborhood with it being right on the beach and we love the community pool. And Yo-Yo’s is delicious as well. We had a fabulous week here and it went too fast! We love Costa Rica and would most definitely stay in Debbie’s home again. 💕

Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2023

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10/10 Excellent

Eden P.

Apr 25, 2017

The perfect springboard for a world of adventures!

We stayed at Casa Alma in Hermosa Palms from April16-23 2017. The weather was hot and humid and our little house pool was perfect for shady swims to give the kids a break from the sun. The house is an easy 5 minute walk to the beach and provided beach towels. There are chairs at the pool that people bring under the palm trees, we spent tons of time in the ocean and pool and loved the little cafe poolside for cocktails and reasonably priced good food that parents and kids all enjoyed (pesto chicken wraps, empanadas, quesadillas, and lots of drinks!). The service was great and we started a tab that we cashed out at the end of the week. Marco the property manager is very responsive and the community is safe and clean. The House was clean and had plenty of room for me, my husband, and four of our kids, we cooked a few meals (grill but no oven) but between the pool cabana and all the adventuring we did, we ate most of our meals out. There is a woman, Mikeal, at the beach that will give you an amazing massage under the swaying palms for $50. THINGS WE LEARNED:almost everyone took American $- downloading the "Ways" map app is great for getting around, just type in the name of the place you are going (ie:Hermosa Palms)and voila- Your rental car will cost at least double of what you thought...you have to buy insurance through a country mandate, we got full coverage & found with the back roads and the driving that was the way to go-We got suckered into a tour guide @ Manuel Antonio, you do NOT need one (although we did see sloths and bats up close that we would have missed)-bring cash for your exit fee out of the country $27 per person- learn to barter - Get a 4x4 car- Jaco is not cheap plan on spending lots of $ and having the most spectacular time of your life! THINGS WE DID: Manuel Antonio National Park, beautiful beached and hiked in with lunch and LOTS of water- Ate dinner at "el Avion"( you will see it!) on our way back to Hermosa Palms, Surf lessons in Jaco (Reimer Centeno 506-8433-8675 will give lessons or hook you up with some great guys)- Zip Lining @ Los Suenos, very safe with great instructors- Taco Bar in Jaco was awesome- Waterfall hike in Carara National Park, for a great workout and views we followed the signs going up from Garabito to Turrubares little hut on the right and we did not go up to the Pura Vida lookout- Costa Cat Catameran tour out to Isla Tortuga, it was a great Finnish with breakfast, lunch, bannana boats, snorkeling

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2017

6/10 Okay

Daniel E.

Mar 1, 2025

Liked: Check-in

Disliked: Location

Disappointed

The Community is built on top of itself (more concerned with development and not esthetics). There is lots of construction ongoing (02/2025). The beach is dirty with debris and trash (tires, plastic, etc.). The beds are extremely uncomfortable and the hot water was insufficient. The community pool ran out of water at the outdoor showers (used for cleaning sand off feet and legs) so use of the community pool was not possible. Wash and dryer was nice to have. Felt safe and was quiet at night. Lots of iguana and beautiful birds.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patricia W.

Jan 28, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous stay

Great spot and great time!

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kara K.

Jan 9, 2025

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A Milestone Birthday

We had an incredible stay celebrating my birthday and the New Year! Hermosa Palms Casa Alma is unbeatable! The house was spotless, modern, and well-stocked with everything we needed. The host went above and beyond to help us plan for meals and activities, which was especially appreciated since we didn’t have a car. The community amenities were fantastic with a wonderful menu at the pool restaurant, easy walk to the the beach with the most spectacular sunsets Highly recommend this property for a relaxing and memorable getaway!

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rita L., Holly, Michigan

Nov 28, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

The property was wonderful, clean and perfect for all our needs!

Would rent this again in a heartbeat

Stayed 9 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

T B.

Mar 22, 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Family Getaway

We greatly enjoyed our stay at Casa Alma. It is not easy finding a place that can satisfy six adults at various life stages, as well as a one year old toddler, but this house did it! PROS: We loved how non-busy the beach was in the mornings and evenings. It gave us lots of room for beautiful pictures and space for our toddler to run and splash in the shallow waves. While it isn’t a good beach for swimming, it is the perfect beach for walking, sunsets, shell hunting, and watching surfers. Having the option for the private pool was great for those that wanted to stick around the house, but our group also really enjoyed the community pool with swim up bar as well. Marco, the property manager, was very attentive and helped us with any issues that we had come up with our stay. Alvaro, the gardener, was extremely friendly and provided us fresh coconuts and bananas for our stay! All in all, the people that we encountered were the BEST and really wanted to make our stay as great as possible. Debbie and Bob were very quick to respond in the lead up to our trip and also had some great recommendations and information at the house to help us plan for restaurants and activities throughout the week. CONS: It is a vacation home (not a resort), so there were certainly times where there were some inconveniences that were outside of our control (or the control of Debbie and Bob). For example, it is a duplex type set up where there are two separate residences in a shared house. One of our nights in the house, the other resident was housing dogs that barked throughout the entire night. We also had a power outage for one of the mornings, which was a problem for those in our party who appreciated the A/C and wifi, and also made it difficult to get in contact with Marco. If you can survive some of these inconveniences, this is a great place to stay! In general, our week here went fast and it would have been great to have stretched it out longer. There is a lot to do and see in the area, and we feel as if we barely scratched the surface. Highly recommend making time to go to Manual Antonio for wildlife sightings and the beautiful beach (though do your research first!), as well as Rainmaker for some cool hiking.

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Jorge A.

Jan 17, 2020

Liked: Communication, location

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in

Didn't return Deposit.

Bathrooms were dirty especially toilets.

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jeff N.

Apr 8, 2019

Great vacation!

Loved staying at Casa Alma! We enjoyed the location, the pool at the house and also the community pool! Used the swim up bar almost every day and Yo-yo is great! The food and drinks were wonderful. My son fed Don the iguana bananas that lives there :) The only thing that was a concern about the house were the stairs- three of us fell going down them :(

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth B.

Mar 31, 2019

Great Stay at Hermosa Palms

We had a terrific stay at Casa Alma. Perfect location to take day trips up and down the pacific coast. We loved being able to walk to the beach and the community pool that boasts a swim up bar, fresh food and small market. Definitely head to the beach at sunset. We went to local places like the Backyard Beach Bar and Vista Hermosa located directly on Hermosa Beach. The kids loved the private pool and sat outside every morning enjoying the bird watching. We took a day trip to Tortuga, went ATVing, Ziplining and explored the local beaches.

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Janelle S., New Brunswick, Canada

Mar 13, 2019

A taste of paradise

Everything was perfect from the location to the pool at your doorstep. Lovely property and I hope to be back.

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Helga G.

Jan 1, 2019

Navidad 2018

This was a long awaited family vacation. One year in the planning. We arrived in San José, and drove to the house at 11:00pm. We rented a GPS from the car rental company, but also had downloaded the WAZE App. We used the App all the time. It lets you know of slow traffic and alternate routes. Highly recommend getting an international phone plan for your visit. The drive was easy, a bit dark, but with caution everything went well. From the time that we arrived at the house, it was everything that I was expecting. The house looks exactly as it did in the pictures, but a lot better - a little hidden paradise. We all loved being able to swim in the pool after a morning run in the beach, or after a long day sightseeing. The community pool was amazing and so were the Piña Coladas. I have never had a better one, and I grew up in Puerto Rico. The fish tacos at the bar, were more like fish burritos, they were huge. I had a one hour massage by the beach, and it was absolutely a delight and so relaxing. Highly recommended. The AC in the house works great. It took a while to figure out the washer, sometimes it would take along time to drain, but it was nice to have both, washer and dryer, available. We always had plenty of hot water for showers. The bed in the master bedroom is very firm, There were plenty of beach towels available, and everything we needed to make a home cooked meal. The Wi-Fi signal is very strong. At night all six of us were able to connect to the Wi-Fi and text, call or check e-mails. Marco, the house manager was always available and very helpful. I contacted him before arrival, and he was able to get us some drinks, fruits and breakfast items for the next morning. There is a small convenience store by the Pool Club House, where you can get drinks and some food as well. It was really easy to get to Jaco for groceries, dinner or just walk around town. We felt safe at all time. But make sure that you don't walk alone, specially ladies. We went to Manuel Antonio, Vista los Sueños Adventure park, Rainmaker Park, and Tortuga Island. The trip to Tortuga Island had its pros and cons. We were picked up and dropped off right at the door of Casa Alma. The food was amazing and so was the trip. However, I would of preferred to have more down time, to relax by the ocean. It was a full packed day. Bowies Point is a local restaurant very close to the house. The food and service was great. Thank you Debbie, we had an amazing stay.

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2018

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10/10 Excellent

Kathleen K.

May 29, 2018

A week in paradise!

All I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW! Planning a trip for 8 adults in a foreign country, a wedding, and dental surgery is VERY stressful HOWEVER the moment I walked into your home at Hermosa Palms, the stress melted away. We decided to walk through your beautiful neighborhood and we found heaven. The stunning black sand beach combined with inviting warm water, like I said…wow.wow.wow. The beach was above and beyond what we ever could have expected. Quiet, secluded and absolutely breathtaking! I have to say I am hesitant to write a good review, for selfish reasons…I don’t want others to learn about Hermosa Palms at Playa Hermosa, Jaco...I want this little gem to stay a secret. The house was convenient for daily excursions, but far enough from the Jaco party scene. The beds were comfortable and the rooms were spacious. The house was clean and it had everything we needed for our memorable vacation. Enjoying coffee sitting by the pool watching the scarlet macaw’s eating in the tree behind the house, yup, PARADISE FOUND! The management company and security people were all very friendly! The Wi-Fi was strong, the neighborhood was quiet, any communication was prompt. The pool’s were clean and warm. The new Beach club was lovely! Yoyo was an absolute sweetheart! Her team, her food, her personality and her drinks were all second to none! She alone is a reason to come back! Yes, there is always a few flaws, but none that the homeowners had control over, such as the inconsiderate person who allows their little yippie dog to bark, at all hours of the night, outside of our bedroom window (and the lower level bedroom window). My daughter’s beach wedding on Playa Hermosa was icing on the cake. It was the most breathtaking wedding I have ever seen! I could not have asked for a more perfect day for my daughter to marry her prince charming! Thank you so much for allowing us the opportunity to rent your home. Thank you for the enjoyable, unforgettable experience. When we return to the Pacific side of CR, you can bet we will be back!"

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