Oceanview Condo with shared pool.
When you go to San Pedro is a significant impact on options and costs. This review is for the beginning of the high season. November 25th through December 5th. This specific property at the Mara Laguna, C102, was a fine stay versus the price point. There are other units on the property that may offer a different ambiance.
Our stay was a lengthy stay at 9 nights. This offered plenty of opportunities for miscommunication and annoyances to set in. Keeping an eye on the big picture, the stay was worth the price point. The condo design offers an entrance on the interior of the resort and floor to ceiling windows (very dirty however that flaw became a feature as we stop worrying about being seen with the curtains open) and sliding glass doors (which fail to smoothly open, however once again, this flaw became a feature as we couldn’t get out without significant effort…no one else could get in without significant effort thus offering an added level of security) facing the ocean. Your visibility of the ocean could be challenged by construction or debris.
The days ONE through FOUR were for the most part flawless. The adjacent nature to the street and being street level offered a wide range of noises from the morning commute starting about 545am. By 615am EACH morning a single gentleman moving at a snail’s pace on bike would serenade your slumber with music across genre but sharing the same very loud volume. (BRING EARPLUGS IF YOU ARE A LIGHT SLUMBER or ADVERSE TO EARLY ROUSING). By DAY FIVE through SIX, we were awakened by CONSTRUCTION on the front porch of the unit, with a very aggressive jackhammering of concrete. (WE contacted VACASA with the complaint and they work to remedy the annoyance to our satisfaction.)
Also by DAY FIVE, we had exhausted the paper towels and toilet paper in the unit. I surmised that these things were replaced between stays but because our stay span a longer period between cleanings, they didn’t get replaced. By DAY 8 we learned these things could have been requested. We bought them from the local market (CULTURAL IMMERSION OPPORTUNITY).
The roadways of the resort area are without paving. This will change in the future as new larger water pipes are laid.
The pool area with bar and restaurant were there. The bar was not open as the high season was just getting started thus no info on pricing or service. The restaurant was also closed during this period. The pool was available. The nice lounge chairs shown in some pictures with units associated with the resort were NOT present. The chairs that were available were broken and/or uncomfortable. This limited our ability to enjoy the very clean and well-maintained pool.
All in all we would stay here again as the proximity to other spots is ideal.