11 of us had a wonderful 5 night stay at Villa Mandevilla. There was plenty of space for all of us in the house. We took advantage of German and Edgar cooking for us the first night we arrived, highly recommended. They did some shopping for us before we got to the house so we could have the basics waiting for us. Having the pool was great for early morning, afternoon and evening hangouts. The beach in front of the house was nice but if u don't have water socks/water shoes it is very uncomfortable to walk into the water.
Highly recommend bringing deet bug spray, there is a variety of bugs and the spray helped a lot.
German and Edgar helped us arrange golf carts for the week, I think it's a must to have a golf cart. You're kind of far out from everything at Mandevilla, but it's no big deal if u have ur own golf cart to go whenever u want.
Edgar was the go to man for water excursions, helpful tip we weren't fully aware of- Bring all the cash u are planning on spending. Any boat trip you take with Edgar it's easiest for u to pay him in cash, we found all the atms in town to be broken.
I would definitely bring cash for any money you are going to be spending in San Pedro, some places took cards but most were cash only, all were cash preferred.
The house was clean and spacious, great ac in every room. Just about every room had their own shower. The view at night from the roof top was spectacular. You can see every star in the sky. With a large group it was nice to have a house not too close to others so we could have music playing and be up late.
We did have the power go out 1 day, as soon as it happened Edgar was outside doing his rounds and had it fixed in 5 minutes.
Edgar took us on a snorkeling day trip where we got to go fishing and ended with lunch on a private beach, where Edgar and Tito made us an amazing fish lunch with conch civiche. Delicious.
We had very warm weather with a blazing hot sun- don't forget the sunblock!
We felt very safe at the house. It is pretty far south on the island, so if ur going to the main part of town expect to spend some time getting there and being out. But it's a fun golf cart ride, don't forget your drivers license, we were stopped at a check point once for them.
The house and hosts were wonderful and quick to reply. If I make it back to San Pedro I would def seek out staying at one of their properties again.