I stayed gardenside in Sept/Oct 09 and only lasted a night before switching to oceanside--it was too hot and the mosquitos were bad--plus I missed the convenience of wandering down some stairs and jumping in the sea. I upgraded to oceanside upstairs room with a view which at that time of the year didn't cost me too much more. The gardenside room I had was sort of octagonal wood cabin with a king sized bed in it --tiled floor and a good sized porch. I think another factor for my switching sides is that is was sort of isolated for me traveling solo--there was only one other guest gardenside at the time and their lodging was quite a ways from me. For a couple it probably would have been nice and secluded--but for me it was isolating.