I am not too fond of these feedback sites, but I was so happy with our trip that I had to share it with others. I'm so glad my wife convinced me to go to Verana for our anniversary; and came back counting the days until our return. We stayed in the Mayan House and loved sitting on the lounge chairs on our deck, sipping on a glass of wine, and listening to birds at dusk. I enjoyed the fact that the terrific hostess took care of all our details and we just needed to show up for any activity outside the property. Fortunately, the other guests at this small property were wonderful and it was fun sharing stories over meals.

Verana is perfect if you're seeking anonymity or complete privacy. I know some people may want that on a honeymoon. On the other side, while it is a very relaxing and serene place, and the service is unobtrusive, you can interact with other guests if you wish.

Some other special touches include the opportunity to hike with staff members into the local village of Yelapa where they showed us around. The massages were excellent and we especially loved the romantic bath one night (this is a must). My wife loved the Yoga in the mornings, she said the instructor tailored the class to suit the students' abilities and that you couldn't imagine a more wonderful setting for a morning yoga class. Finally, we couldn't get enough of Many's margaritas! He and Chris happily made as many as we requested throughout the day. So cool that I saw one of the gardeners pick some limes from their trees to be used. A true treat for us city dwellers.

Excellent! Our stay at Verana exceeded our expectations!

If you love wonderful accommodations , beautiful, natural surroundings, gourmet food, great conversation, laughter and lots of fun . . . then Verana is for you. Whether you want to lay quietly by the pool or venture out to Yelapa, or one of the many activities Verana has to offer, you can decide.

The hostess at Verana, Paola, and the entire crew, Fabian the Chef go above and beyond to ensure you have a perfect holiday. Do yourself a favor and include Tuesday's Taco Night . Fabian's food is the best. Enjoy your breakfast outside on the restaurant patio watching the parots fly back and forth. What a view! Paola made sure that we saw everything we wanted during our vacation including a trip to the waterfalls - absolutely gorgeous - a little piece of paradise. Our fellow guests (you know who you are) were "the icing on the cake". What a great time we had!

You guys are great! Thank you seems hardly enough. Our vacation was more than we could have wished for. We are looking forward to our return. We will be back!

My wife and I were having a great vacation in January (17-22) until the last night.......

The setting at Verana is spectacular, and the food (priority #1 on our holidays) was excellent - an interesting tidbit is that the chef is a local Yelapian who came home after training around North America. We found the staff to be friendly and unobtrusive. If you're interested, you can get excellent local 'color' from staff members. We took a long hike to a nearby beach with a local from the resort who opened our eyes to rural mexican life - and another staff member who spent some time with us around Yelapa itself (thanks Valdo and Alfredo - this was the highlight for us).

But........on the last night as I climbed into the mosquito netting and pulled back the sheets......there was a coral snake trapped in our bed inside the mosquito netting (very venomous, and yes it was definitely a coral snake).

We weren't able to contact anyone to help us at first. No one told us when we arrived that there is an emergency phone on site nor where it is. When I found it myself walking around at midnight and tried to use it, there was either no answer at some numbers or just a Spanish voicemail recording. We had to find, trap, and kill the snake in our room ourselves at 12:30am using a broomstick and a rock with some help from a bartender who we caught just as he was about to leave the resort for town. He told us that there was supposed to be a night watchman around, but no sign of him the whole hour we were dealing with this or after either.

Now, I'm not squeamish and appreciate we're staying in the jungle and might come across something dangerous, but my issues are these: 1) the resort didn't seem prepared for a problem at night like this or otherwise - there should be a way to contact help and it should be made clear to guests on arrival - you are remote here, Yelapa is an hour by boat from PV, and there's seemingly no emergency care in town 2) how does a snake get into your bed anyhow? Maybe the turn down service should include a look for the odd jungle critter in the sheets when they tuck in your mosquito netting (it couldn't of got in after...) and most of all...... 3) despite telling the staff about it the next morning and it being the topic of conversation among all the other guests, we didn't hear a word from management that day and haven't since. I've waited a few weeks now to write in case we did.

Can't imagine what we would have done if my wife had slid into bed first and would have been bit by a venomous snake.....at midnight......20 minutes from town.....and an hour by boat at night from PV.

Other than this episode and my beef with the management over this, it was a decent getaway. But for us next time when we're looking for luxury away from our kids, it won't be in close proximity to poisononus reptiles.

Stayed in the PV house the nite arrived in PV and the nite before departure then 5 nites at Verana.

What a great experience - the staff wa great and made the trip very special. The were so detail oriented and took care of everything. It was a great way to decompress and be pampered