Been going crazy looking at airbnb etc. Lady friend wants to stay in Santa Teresa/north.
anyone stayed in that zone and have any recs.?
Just there with the fam -- stayed in a place right by suck rock (north end of ST). That town is busy right now -- even a bit busy on north end of town, and north end of town is definitely more laid back than the main town area. If you're sold on the location, find something off the main road or you're going to be listening to dudes revving their bike engines at night. Read reviews about the places you're considering to see what people are complaining about these days. You might be good with a little noise if you're staying up later with the special lady friend, but we weren't super stoked about that sort of thing. We had kiddos with us.
At our spot, in addition to the revving bike noises, we had some dude across the street who fancied himself a DJ, playing 10 seconds or so of random songs and hooting -- all clearly audible inside our cabina despite the white-noise sound machines provided by the hotel (when we got there, I saw them and thought it was a bad sign).
If doing it over, I'd find something right on the beach (thus off the main road) but not near the disco (La Lora) or something up the hill a bit. Or I'd just go somewhere else.