I spent two nights at the Casa Grande Mountain Retreat. It is a 30 minute drive on small country roads once you leave Utuado, the nearest city. The road is windy and narrow, but there really wasn't too much traffic getting there; it was manageable. From the name of the inn, I was expecting a more quiet experience, especially after having been at Ceiba Country Inn a few nights prior. The inn itself is well kept with a good, competent, friendly staff. There is an awesome yoga studio available for use if a class doesn't happen during your visit. Two or more people are needed to run a class. The pros: the place is lovely in a beautiful removed mountain setting with comfortable cabins. You can sit out on the balcony or hang in a hammock, you can sit in the common eating area, or lounge by the pool. In the afternoon the clouds come over the mountain and you can watch and listen to the rain fall. The cons: being that it's on a mountain side, you can hear all manner of noise from any nearby housing, and also from the few cars going up and down the road. Wednesday night is evangelical night, so we were subjected to loud speaker preaching and hallelulia singing for quite a while as the car with the mounted speakers made its way up the mountain. This was not very retreat-like. The sounds of nature were few and far between; no symphony of coquis here. We were fortunate to not have neighbors in our cabin, but it was obvious that sound carries easily from one guest accommodation to another. The trek from the car is up some steep steps which is hard for less mobile guests. The worst part is the remoteness of the place in terms of not having food choices. The restaurant there was great, and the chef really good, and I'm glad because there was no where else to eat! They only served breakfast and dinner, so you really needed to have your own food for lunch. I found this inconvenient if you didn't want to make the trek all the way to Utuado. I think we were hard up because it was holiday week and places were closed. No meals were included in the price. I didn't find Casa Grande idyllic enough for the inconvenience of the location.

We recently stayed here as part of a trip around Puerto Rico. It was very well maintained, clean, rustic, and charming. At night the bugs in the room were a bit overwhelming. The food was great, but slightly over priced. Rose was wonderful at the front desk. The server we had throughout the trip wasn't very friendly. I would have expected a quaint place like this to be more friendly and warm.

A very relaxing and beautiful place. You can really appreciate
nature from this retreat. Great place for family bonding. Great
afternoon naps in hammocks

After an adventurous drive to Casa Grande, we decided we weren't leaving until Checkout. It was a great retreat and time to be unplugged. However, 1 night would have been more than enough for us. We did the short hike, however, after being in El Yunque for two nights, it just didn't compare. Beautiful scenery, but as others said - the walls inside the rooms are paper thin.