The pool and how close it was to the beach

The distance to the apartment

Super Location near beach facilities. Room was perfect for us and as expected.

The bad communication of booking .com because the large SwimmingPool (top feature of location) was closed due to refurbishment. Also the Restaurant closed after 3 days until may-june . We have eaten and drinks were OK. The restaurant we did not missed after all. Small menu card and Hamburgers were pretty good! Pizza's ..? These were NOT pizza's ..

We enjoyed the Villa we booked very much, excellent location.We had breakfast on the veranda every day.The pool was also very beautiful. It was a short walk to the beach and the market nearby. All in all I would definitely recommend Livingstone Resort if staying in the Jan Thiel area

I was surprised at the lack of daily maid services.I had asked at reception and was told it was on our third day of our stay.

Tanya at the front desk went above and beyond her duties to accommodate us, she was the entire difference between a good stay and a great stay, she directed us to all of the right places to enjoy everything that the town has to offer. If you ever visit Livingston resort be sure to check out Tanya at the front desk. Tanya if you are reading this, thank you for making our stay memorable.

I stayed in a 1 bed room apartment. Very spacious and updated. It was excatly as pictured. Location is great, can easily walk to the beach, grocery store, and shops.

They only clean the apartments once every three days. I stayed there for four nights. I thought it would make more sense to have the cleaning one once in the middle of my stay not at the end. They don't provide anything to help you keep the apartment clean, no dish soap, pods for the dishwasher, paper towels, broom etc. I also stayed at Blue Bay those apartments did include that. There was one day where there was not enough pool chairs while some people had lounge beds and chairs. The staff did not help. This was not even at a prime time or season.

Very helpfull team ! Especially Dyna, like her name says it all, she acted like a dynamite! Ruben! Somethings can not be said by words. Keep on being YOU ! Such a great Vibe! Very grateful for their addition to our experience at Livingstone. Thanks to all who we most of the times dont see but are also part to make the experience pleasant! Service is key and that ur superpower! Roxx

6 minute walk from a beautiful beach. Beach passes were provided, but no one at the beach ever asked to see them. There was live music one night at the beach. 5 minute walk from a great grocery store where we picked up croissants, bananas and fresh squeezed OJ for breakfast on our beautiful shady porch. We were in a ground floor basic unit that had a view onto the garden. We saw beautiful birds including parakeets in the morning flying onto the trees. The pool was huge, very clean. Washrooms were provided at the pool. We spent an afternoon at the beach (where there are loungers etc for rent), but came back and preferred the quiet, lack of crowds and no sand at our pool instead. Everything was super clean and we regularly saw maintenance painting to freshen a unit.

Breakfast at the restaurant was very very expensive. Front desk clerk was quite unfriendly. When we arrived, they 'upgraded' us to an upstairs unit. Do not accept this upgrade if it is offered to you!!! The ground floor units have beautiful shaded porches. The upstairs units only have a canvas tarp, very inadequate for the sun. Some of them were even missing the tarp. It was quite dishonest to try to give us this 'upgrade'.

The location is 5 min walk to Jan Thiel Beach. The cottege was newly renovated, specious and nice, had a separate kitchen +dining/living room+terrace balcony. The kitchen was fully equipped with appliances, which is very convenient for someone who prefers to cook. And there is a Dutch supermarket by Papagayo Beach. The bed was comfortable, but the pillows were not, and only 2. The bathroom was nice with good water pressure and clean towels. In general, it is a good place for money if you are not too picky and don't expect anything fancy.

The doors in a cottege were weirdly placed (cross each other). A/C worked only in the bedroom, and crossed doors didn't let air out to the kitchen. This place has a bigger potential if put together some small details for its guests, like providing rags and a small dish soap, dishwasher tablets in a kitchen - to make it easier to maintain cleanliness; shampoo and conditioner which is standard, something for mosquitoes on the balcony otherwise it's impossible to be there; and to update beach chairs by the pool, they are almost all broken. Also, there is construction going on the resort territory, and they start pretty early.

Nice area, close to the beach.. Thanks everything to Marisan at the restaurant and Dayna at the front office. The pool area is ok, pretty garden.

It 's an old hotel, try to keep it up.. The restaurant looks not so nice and there is no lobby at all. The room is okay, we have always problem with the bathroom's lightening. We spend 5 nights there, but the towels haven't been change at all.

We stayed at Livingstone with two young children. Everything was very clean and looked recently refurbished. Spacious rooms and fully equipped kitchen. Big size terrace and beautiful fully grown garden. Nice big pool with towel service. Staff was always helpful and kind. Just a short walk (3 mins) to the beach. We will definitely go again.

There are very nice cabana's around the pool but when they're full there is not much shade around the pool.