It was our second trip to Costa Rica, after 6 years… Bambula villa: Was a magical experience, a wonderful place...peaceful! It was a real pleasure to stay in this private villa. Pierre (the owner) is just so cool person…, helpful and cooperative host. He will arrange a pick-up/ drop-off if you need, can give you such good ideas on the... More

Playa Samara is located about 120 km from Liberia airport, and takes about 1.5-2 hours depending on traffic. Pierre (the owner) arranged for us a Taxi to come and pick us up, with a very friendly driver-Rodrigo. Taxi costs ($110-$130 depending on the time of day). Our family of four stayed in the Iguana suite during the holiday season. the... More

I stayed at Pierres beautiful place with a friend for over a month while we were going to language school in Samara. There are two beautiful, spacious apartments and two condos that are all a really great value for money and Samara was the perfect place for us, all the infrastructure you like to have (nice beach, some surf, restaurants,... More

My husband and I took a surf trip to Costa Rica and spent a few nights at Bambula. We had a great time and the owner Pierre made us feel at home and we met great people thanks to him. His staff is very friendly and the place is very clean and quiet. Many little cafe in Samara to enjoy... More

We stayed at bambula Samara for a couple weeks, me and my girlfriend, Nikole, and we loved it! It was fun to relax by the pool with the monkey running in the trees and the garden. The room was really clean and comfortable. We love the location, near by the beautiful beach of Samara where the waves were waiting for... More

This place was, what I had needed after all travel centro America,felt like very much my own comfortable place in the very naturel forest side as well as in village.Pierre(owner french guy) is really sharing his place with, who ever comes there with very friendly attitude.Full of greens and forest animals shows.Marvelous and Groovy place. Rooms are well desinged and... More

I had never been to Costa Rica before and had friends in Nosara to go visit but just did not like the area so a friend suggested Samara, which was great. Nice little sea side town with everything you could need or want for a beach side getaway. Nice people, great food and plenty of night life, beautiful beach for... More

Nice place, a ten minute walk past shops to the beach. The pool was a must for cooling down in the hot afternoons. The place is very roomy with a full kitchen and almost every thing you could want for kitchen tools. Great shower and large seperate bath tub. It gets a bit noisy with the wildlife until you get... More

On the outskirts of Sámara, & ~10 min. walk to the Pacific. Quieter than other lodgings in the town - a major plus for our middle-aged group of students of Spanish & artists. Clean rooms in the apt. on arrival. Spacious. Well-equipped kitchen (pans, knives, blender for tropical fruit smoothies, coffeemaker, etc.). Decent bathroom fixtures, i.e. clean, modern, & in... More