VISTA CARIBE

Vista Caribe was in the middle of a national park surrounded by numerous exotic animals and plants.

I thought breakfast was included in the price only to find out once we arrived it was a separate price.

L’accueil, la gentillesse et les conseils de Franck et Fabienne, la vue exceptionnelle, le plus beau logement que nous avons eu sur un mois de séjour, l’excellence des repas servis .

Rien

Super schöner Blick! Das leckere Frühstück mit selbstgemachter Marmelade und wirklich guten Beilagen (Schinken/ Käse/ Omelett/ Fruchtsalat) wird im tropischen Garten serviert. Im Hintergrund hört man Affen und viele Vögel. Der Gastgeber vermittelte uns eine Bootsfahrt durch Mangroven zu einer Karibikinsel zum Baden. Sehr schön! Gut und mit schöner Lage bei Adriana gegessen.

Schön wäre etwas Trinkwasser im Zimmer und ein Safe. Aber nur als Verbesserungsideen.

Beautiful remote location, able to see sloths, toucans and hear the holler monkeys from the terrace.

The establishment does not follow booking.com policy. It is listed as free cancelation prior to a certain date. I had originally booked for new years, but canceled a week prior to the listed deadline as my friend's flight was canceled. When I re-booked 3 weeks later, the owners wrote me to say that- while the property was again listed as free cancelation, that no longer applied to me. I would have to leave a 200$ payment if I wanted my reservation. I should canceled then. It is not a boutique hotel and it does not have a restaurant. It is a bed and breakfast owned by owners that seem overwhelmed and are at times (unintendedly?) rude and offer poor service. When we arrived, the owner asked me "if my daughter was clean". His Spanish (and English) are a bit rusty, so I assumed I was misunderstanding. However he repeated it asking me if my daughter "is clean, or if she was going to make "chichi" in his beds" (while pointing at his groin for clarity). This may be a language barrier, but we are in Panama, it would be useful to know how to not offend your guests in Spanish. I had previously written asking if we needed a car or if we would be able to walk to the beach etc, I was told no car necessary. When we arrived at 5:30 pm, after the rude comments, we were informed that Booking.com was wrong, there was no restaurant or dinner for us. Dinner had to be requested in the morning at breakfast. Instead we could walk in the dark (this place is secluded) to a local Fonda. The Fonda was super close (200m), but it is a dusty, empty, remote, wooded road, where the light from a phone does nothing to illuminate the path. The next night, the fish plate was good. But we explained that one was a celiac who can't fish and asked for simple rice and vegetables. Instead he made couscous and was offended that they couldn't eat it. We were charged the full 25$ for the plate of vegetables.