OK, if a pool is a big deal don't stay at Mata Chica. The plunge pool at Mata Chica is great and very clean, but not a swimming pool. we live down south so a pool is not a big deal. Everyone has one. As for Mata Chica being run down...this place is fabulous and spotless. We have been there twice and have a third trip planned for May. I am a nurse and germ freak. I take anti-bacterial wipes everywhere I go because I know that everyone around me has a cold or worse. Sooo, let me make it clear...MATA CHICA is clean, chic, hip whatever. You could not want more in a resort. It is not snobby, but like I said I'm a Southerner and do not meet a stranger.

Enjoy....kayak4