There are three important things to know about this listing:

1) It is drop dead gorgeous. Just — lovely. The most cunningly designed and thoughtfully decorated vacation rental I've ever stayed in over the years. Every touch inside is beautiful, and the feeling of the place with all of the windows open, with vines trailing on walls over the bed, with birds singing above as you shower — incomparable.

2) This place is very much neither private nor quiet. The photos don't show how the main house is feet from those gloriously open windows. Sheer curtains on only one wall are all that stands between you and a very active house. The hosts seem to be lovely people, but they live noisy, cheerful lives, often in their living area/ back porch, feet away from the rental, beginning first thing in the morning and, on one night, entertaining outside until midnight. Their dogs are contained, but do bark at Things of Interest, which sometimes included us in the outdoor shower. It was a pity, because the atmosphere of the rental encouraged open windows and lounging . . . which was impossible for the days we were there.

3) It was such a beautiful little place that I feel I should state it again as the third point.

I would come again in a heartbeat — but only if the owners were on vacation.