Casitas de Las Flores & Villas

From the moment I saw it from afar, I immediately fell in love with the Casitas de Las Flores. This cluster of adorable, brightly painted casitas—tucked on a wooded hillside overlooking a beautiful small bay—doesn’t look like a hotel at all, but more like a charming, tiny, picturesque village. There are from one- to three-bedroom, bougainvillea-draped casitas available. The larger ones all have a small private plunge pool on the terrace. Although this is technically not a hotel, you enjoy all the services that you would find at a fine boutique hotel. A steep path from this “village” leads down to an incredibly picture-perfect cove with a palm tree-studded private beach called Playa Rosa. Here you find additional accommodations in three romantic bungalows set directly on the beach where you can just open your door and walk across the sand for a dip in the crystal clear sea. Also on the beach there is a charming, casual, open-air thatched restaurant that is a favorite gathering spot, not only for guests of the hotel, but also for yachtsmen who come ashore to enjoy a delicious meal. In addition to the casitas and bungalows, there are also sumptuous, ocean-view villas (some with eight bedrooms) that can be rented. Each of these stupendous homes has its own swimming pool, along with many incredible amenities, as well as chefs and servants available to make your stay extraordinary.