Stay Where You Belong.
IONA Villas, Samara, Costa Rica
Reviews
Ani
December 2025 · Airbnb
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The best Airbnb experience of our lives
Staying at Iona with Erika was truly the best experience we’ve ever had. She welcomed us with so much love, attention, and care, and even shared a bit about her wonderful community projects with the kids of Sámara — the library, the classes, the café… everything she does is beautiful and inspiring.
Iona is a magical community that made us feel completely at home.
Our stay in the casita went above and beyond our expectations. The place is super cozy, comfortable, beautifully designed, and extremely clean. It had everything we needed for our family — twins of 1.5 years old and our 5-year-old daughter. Erika even gave us fresh coffee roasted by them for every day
Our kids loved going to the library to look at books and play with the cat. The location is perfect too — you don’t need a car, you can walk everywhere.
We are already planning to come back to Sámara, and we will definitely stay at Iona again.
See you soon, Erika — thank you
Bart
August 2025 · Airbnb
We verbleven 1 nacht, maar had hier graag langer willen blijven. Heerlijk pkekje op loopafstand van het strand. Gelukkig mochten we een late checkout doen, omdat er geen vervolgboeking was.
Met oog voor detail gebouwd en superaardige host.
Aapjes in de boom naast het huis
Enige minpuntje is het verkeer in de vroege ochtend.
Kristina
August 2025 · Airbnb
We had an excellent stay at IONA Villas. Erica was a great host - available to answer questions and offered help when ever we needed it. The location in town was fantastic, close to grocery stores and the beach. We loved watching the monkeys in the trees, lizards and iguanas from the window.
Geneviève
July 2025 · Airbnb
Ben et Erika sont vraiment gentils. Le café fourni était excellent.
Le logement est vraiment beau. Des singes étaient présents durant notre séjour. On a pu utiliser les boogieboards.
Séjour exceptionnel!
Andy
July 2025 · Airbnb
Die Unterkunft ist nahe am Meer und direkt im Zentrum. Ben hat uns super empfangen und während des Aufenthalt super unterstützt. Wir waren zu fünft und fühlten uns wohl. Wenn ich wieder in Samara bin besuche ich Ben auf alle Fälle wieder.
Julia
July 2025 · Airbnb
Fabulous stay with Ben. He is incredibly friendly and helped us with so many details - beach toys for the kids, contacts for tours, advice on shopping - and the villa itself was beautifully designed, with comfortable beds and attention to detail. It is one big space with a separate bathroom, and then an outdoor patio and outdoor private shower. Access to the centre of town and beach was easy. Samara and its environs are a gorgeous region with tons to do - we could have stayed much longer! Highly recommend Samara Adventures as well. We did two wonderful tours with them and the guides were top notch and super friendly.
Nicole
July 2025 · Airbnb
Pura vida here in spades! We had a wonderful stay at Ben / Erica’s place. Both were so friendly and accommodating, which made us feel right at home for our 3 nights stay. Our little girl loved it too and felt very comfortable with our hosts - a huge thanks to Ben for keeping her entertained!
Would 10000% stay again.
Tony
July 2025 · Airbnb
Location is right beside Samara town center, the beach is amazing (great for kids), and Ben was really great with recommendations and talking to as we were in and out over the weekend. Super friendly host- thanks a lot Ben! Kids totally enjoyed the boogey boards!
Matthew
April 2025 · Airbnb
2 adults and 3 kids, we were comfortable in the well laid out treehouse. Beach towels were provided and the outdoor shower for rinsing off sand were nice touches. Very friendly host. Location was ideal - few minute walk to the beach and center of town but out of range from music at various outdoor bars and restaurants. Was hard to leave such a beautiful place!
Amanda
April 2025 · Airbnb
Could not say better things about staying here. I have stayed in a lot of airbnbs but this is among my favorites ever..
The place itself and surrounding property are beautiful. We heard and saw the monkeys in the trees outside on multiple mornings. So magical. The inside space was exactly as pictured - if anything, even better. It was immaculate.
The hosts were incredibly friendly, helpful, and responsive. The coffee was delicious. If we are back in Sámara, we will absolutely hope to stay here again! Highly recommend. Thank you!
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