Love Arenal, have visited for years and never tire of it. Beautiful beach and clear sea. Lovely surrounding area with a few eateries and bars. Walk through an area of shrubs, or by road, to Macaret a quaint fishing village.

We arrived early evening. Firstly we grabbed a drink from the downstairs bar in block A. We were so thirsty as we had travelled from the UK. We had been awake since 5:30am. We were greeted by a beautiful young lady called Ada. I have a difficult name to remember or pronounce. So this meant a lot that she remembered my name from telling her once. Ada always served with a smile. Made conversation. We felt so welcomed by her especially. We also met a lovely chap in the food truck outside, Joel I think his name was. What a beautiful resort. So clean, with enough to do and places to relax to. Plenty of food choice for an all inclusive. The beach is also phenomenal!! This was our first EVER family holiday abroad. And I honestly do not want to go home tomorrow. We infact (myself and my 3 boys) joked of cutting up our passports and living here, growing our own food and even pot washing to pay the bills. If I had the money, we would move to this beautiful island. We bumped into a family we knew from the UK. So my son had someone to play with the whole time. My elder two boys met two lovely girls who they played pool with or went swimming with and I (I've been single for a fair few years now) met the most wonderful man unexpectedly who lives about an hour away from me in the UK. We will be staying in touch and plan to meet next week, when we are home and caught up with the washing! Honestly, this has been our dream holiday. Not just the venue and amenities, but the staff and people have really made this just perfect. I now have a new retirement plan. Thank you Adda and Hotel Aguamarina!!! We will be booking for the same dates next year!!! ❤️

The beach was lovely and clean, with golden sands and crystal clear water. The shallow waters and graded depths also made it ideal for families. It is a beach with lifeguards, which, combined with the shallow waters, make it lovely and safe for little people or those who are less confident swimmers. Great snorkeling opportunities close to the rocks, and on calm days visibility was superb. On the east side of the cove, there are amenities available, with a beach side restaurants, sun beds and pedalo/paddle board/kayak hire, with the latter being cash only. There is a board walk that runs along the back, making it easy to access most of the cove without difficulty, but there are steps down from the board walk on the eastern side of the cove - I did not see a ramp though this may have been available further round the bay.