When we arrived at the pier they sent their van to pick us up. We had reserved a triple room that stank like mold (like old pee) but this cleared up once the AC had been on for a while. This meant it was back each time we turned it off for when we were at meals or at the beach.

On the good side, breakfast is included and can be taken at any time of day. We once slept in late and they agreed to make us the breakfast around lunch time. Quality of the ingredients is good bearing in mind this is an island and made fresh to order each time. Service takes a long time for any dish that's not only toast and eggs so we got used to coming in and ordering then retiring to our room to clean up after the beach, before coming back to eat. Food is reasonably priced and fresh with quantities suitable for sharing. The island does provide a couple of options to eat other things in Santa Fe town but overall quality-price makes it still a good bet to stay in.

After a couple of days, we booked a beach front room - it was smaller and had little room for the extra mattress they added free of charge (we were still paying the price of the triple) so we only put it down on the floor at night. It smelt fine and the bed was good. but the shower had no water pressure at all so we had to fill a bucket if we wanted more water at one time.

The beach is magnificent and well cleaned. Several times a week, a couple of people would spend the day picking up sea weed and cleaning the low-tide refuse. It's the most beautiful view you can imagine and made me think of the Maldives and other white-sand-turquoise-water places - the beach alone saves this place from being only an average gig.

The "resort" caters almost exclusively to locals (we were almost frowned on by some guests for not being local but that's a small price to pay to avoid painful tourists who squat the sun beds from 5am onward).

We booked the snorkeling trip. I would not recommend if you think you will pay the announced price. The price announced at the reception only covers the food and the boat. When you get to destination, you need to pay an entrance fee to the destination island, then they want you to pay for shaded seating for lunch and then there yet another fee for snorkeling and another one for gear rental. In the end, it's double price than what you signed up for. Personally this did not go down well. Also the boat that came was the noisiest I've ever been on. I cannot speak for the snorkeling quality as after they asked for extra money once, I got kind of angry and made sure to clarify all we were going to have to pay (after lots of shouty conversation) and when it was clear we were going to be carried along adding fees along the way I insisted we abort the trip and go back.

On the plus side they served us the fish they had bought for the trip in the restaurant. It was excellent and was supposed to be for 6 people (us plus the two boat men and one of the hotel people) so I insisted the other participants get what was planned.

Overall it's a peaceful budget place if you want to get away from it all without breaking the piggy bank, with a great beach.