A Day in the Life at Villa Firenze: From Morning Yoga to Sunset at the Infinity Pool 

Most luxury stays get described by what’s on the amenities list. A day at Villa Firenze is better described by what’s missing from it. No front desk. No schedule taped to a door. No shared dining room at seven in the morning with strangers reaching for the same coffee pot. 

What follows is one full day here, start to finish, built entirely around a single group with nowhere else to be. 

The Morning Begins Quietly, Before Anyone Asks for It 

The villa’s housekeeping team arrives early to look after the common areas, keeping the property pristine well before most guests are up.  

Meals are generally left to the group unless a private chef has been arranged in advance, which most stays do. 

Coffee, though, tends to show up the way people like it before they’ve fully asked for it. The kitchen team moves quietly through those first hours, and the house wakes up to Café 1820, one of Costa Rica’s most established national coffee brands, poured alongside fresh local fruit. 

Out in the Italian courtyard at this hour, the light comes in low and there’s almost no sound beyond Scarlet Macaws calling somewhere in the canopy. The day hasn’t taken a shape yet. It doesn’t need to. 

Guests curious about the coffee itself can read more in our guide to Costa Rican coffee. 

Yoga That Never Consults a Class Schedule 

Wellness at Villa Firenze doesn’t run on a printed timetable. There’s no group class to slot into and no other guests sharing the mat. 

The villa works with a set of instructors it trusts, and sessions get arranged around a handful of outdoor spots on the property, weather permitting, with the rainforest as the only backdrop.  

It’s a small distinction that changes the whole feel of it. Wellness here isn’t an amenity checked off a list. It’s simply part of how the morning unfolds. 

More on what a full wellness focused stay looks like lives in our guide to a wellness day at Villa Firenze. 

Breakfast That Skips the Buffet Entirely 

The culinary team builds breakfast around whatever arrived fresh that morning rather than a fixed menu. Local produce, seasonal fruit, eggs, whatever the group is in the mood for.  

Nothing comes off a buffet line. 

Sourcing happens close to home. The chef pulls fruits and vegetables from El Pueblo, the local market, and rounds things out with Automercado, the area’s main supermarket, for whatever else the day’s menu calls for. 

Breakfast lands at the long table in the courtyard with no clock in sight and no set start time. This is closer to what all-inclusive is supposed to mean than most properties manage. 

The Middle of the Day Belongs Entirely to You 

The infinity pool faces the forest, and time has a habit of disappearing here in the best possible way. 

The villa team keeps a short list of options ready without ever pushing them. 

Option	Distance from Villa Firenze	Feel
Private charter, Los Sueños Marina	About 5 minutes	Half day on the water, back in time for lunch
Playa Hermosa	About 10 to 15 minutes	Beach time without losing the afternoon
Rainforest walk	On property	No car required, no plan needed
Staying put	Zero minutes	Hammock, jacuzzi, a book left open on the side table

None of these get pushed on anyone. The villa was built with the last option in mind just as much as the first three. 

Anyone weighing a trip to the marina can start with our guide to Los Sueños. 

How Lunch Actually Arrives 

There’s no reservation to make, no walk to a restaurant, and no menu with prices attached. The culinary team reads the group and the time of day instead, and lunch tends to land lighter, more local, and considerably less hurried than dinner. 

Casados show up often here, Costa Rica’s classic plate of rice, beans, protein, and salad, served at the outdoor dining terrace or off the BBQ if the group wants something more casual. The bar stays open if the afternoon calls for it. 

The Afternoon Finds Its Own Pace 

Some guests head back out. Most, once they’re here, don’t especially want to. 

The in-house options stay simple and close by. 

• A golf cart ride to the edge of the property 

• A walk through the grounds at whatever pace suits the group 

• A few rounds on the X Golf simulator, no tee time needed 

The rainforest itself doesn’t stop at the property line either. Birds pass through on their own schedule, Scarlet Macaws and toucans most commonly, moving overhead without much regard for whoever’s watching from the pool. 

Guests looking to build out a fuller itinerary can browse our list of things to do in Costa Rica beyond the property. 

Golden Hour at the Infinity Pool 

The pool faces west, toward the jungle canopy with the golf course laid out behind it. It’s worth being clear here rather than romanticizing something that isn’t quite accurate. The ocean sunset itself isn’t visible from this spot on the property.  

What you do get is the light changing color as it drops through the trees, which tends to be reason enough for everyone to pause whatever they were doing. 

Wine gets poured as the sky shifts, without an announcement or a signal. It just happens, the way a good evening usually does when nobody’s forcing it. The fire pit follows shortly after. 

This slower, unscripted rhythm to the evening connects closely with what locals mean by pura vida, a phrase that shows up constantly in Costa Rica and describes exactly this kind of pace. 

Dinner and the Long Costa Rican Night 

Before arrival, guests fill out a dietary questionnaire covering food preferences, and the culinary team builds the evening’s menu directly around it. Nothing gets requested twice because nothing was left to guesswork in the first place. 

Dinner can take whatever shape the group’s mood calls for. A formal table set in the courtyard, an outdoor BBQ that runs long and unhurried, whichever fits the night.  

The wine cellar and bar are stocked well before anyone arrives. 

After the plates clear, the jacuzzi and fire pit tend to take over, and the property’s distance from any close neighbors means the quiet that settles in afterward is a genuine, uninterrupted kind. 

The Clock Villa Firenze Doesn’t Keep 

A day here was never built around a program. It follows the group instead, wherever the day naturally wants to go. 

Everything is prepared well in advance. Very little of it is ever announced. That gap, between service done well and something that feels more like hospitality, is really the whole difference this kind of stay is built on. 

Owning a stretch of Costa Rica for a week starts to feel less like a vacation and more like living somewhere, briefly, on your own terms. When a day like this sounds right, the villa is already arranged and waiting. 

For a closer look at the property itself, start with Villa Firenze. 

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