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Casa de las Tías is a small B&B (six rooms) near San José airport and close to town. With very friendly and helpful owners it is a relaxing beauiful place to stay.
An excellent small lodge with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the cloud forest on the side of steep hills( at roughly 8500ft altitude ). The views are wonderful and the windows mean you can sleep with the curtains open to enjoy the night sky from in bed.
San Gerado de Dota, 80km south of San Jose on the Pan American highway, then 8km down the hillside from the highway.
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Phone: (506) 2740-1067, 2740-1069
www.dantica.com/
Google map: tinyurl.com/yemtzgn
It's a lovely home not too far from the international airport at San Jose - from where Steve will meet your plane. You will be taken to their beuatiful home overlooking a deep canyon full of butterflies and lush tropical plants that will amaze you. Steve and Rita will welcome you to their little patch of paradise and feed and wine you and if you want, even have someone come in and massage you or give you a pedicure to relax after that long journey. As wecloming a hostelry as you'll find anywhere. And if you need to get to places further afield in Costa Rica, their good friend Luis will be your private driver and guide!
www.casabellarita.com/
asa Bella Rita, Brasil de Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica
This is a nice cheap place to stay in Santa Elena from where you can easily visit the Monteverde attractions.
The rooms are basic and have shared bathrooms, but they are in quaint little wooden cabins set in a nice garden which has beautiful views over the forest.
There is a shared kitchen if you want to cook for yourself and which is a good place to socialise with other travellers.
They organised a horse riding trip with a local guide for us which was really worthwhile.
As a girl travelling alone in Costa Rica, I felt really safe here and was very grateful for all the tourist information they had. It has only just opened so isn't in the Lonely Planet yet, but is definitely worth a visit. Good value for money and a really good location on the main road.
www.molinorojohostel.com
Phone: 506 2221-6868
On Paseo Colon, the main avenue, in front of the Spanish Embassy.
The Nicoya Peninsula is on the west coast of Costa Rica, famous for it's beaches and surf. The south of the peninsula is dotted with small surf towns, generally the vibe is typical surf culture, very relaxed and low-key, more rustic than plush.
In Mal Pais I'd recommend Casa Colina. It's great value and good for either a couple or single traveller. I stayed as a single traveller and met some memorable people there. It only has six rooms, all rustic in style, but very clean and a good size. It's owners, Ari & Dave (German and American) are very friendly hosts. Ari will take you horse-riding, Dave runs the surf school, and both make fantastic breakfasts. There's only one table, so all guests eat together which creates a unique atmosphere. It's about a three minute walk to the beach (fantastic surf, ask Dave about where to swim) and five minutes into the small town. There is a plethora of fantastic restaurants - don't go judging them by the furniture ... the food was an amazingly high standard. Ask Ari to book you a massage (there's a place almost on the beach near to the B&B, so you can hear the waves while letting the post-surf lesson aches and pains melt away) and also do the zip wire - it gets you up above the tree tops and gets the nerves a little jangly too.
The beaches are beautiful and not at all crowded. Although don't leave anything unattended. Even flipflops. You'll notice people bury their flipflops in the sand so they don't get permanently borrowed.
Further up the hill from Casa Colina (which literally means 'house on the hill') is the Argentine restaurant which is a perfect sundowner. Spectacular views over the sea and delicious coolers.
Last word - don't go to Casa Colina if steps aren't your thing. Do go if your bottom could do with a little more tone.
San Jose in Costa Rica tends to be a one-night, pass-through, get me out to the beach/volcanoes/rainforest quick kind of place. But, in Santa Ana, which is a suburb of San Jose, there is a perfect boutique B&B to use as a pit-stop while covering the rest of Costa Rica. Owned by Rita and Steve, originally from Michigan, Casa Bella Rita is far enough from the city to relax, but near enough to airports for zipping around.
They have just five colourful and spacious rooms, a small swimming pool and great views, but the key to this place is the hosts. Rita and Steve are like friends of friends in the first 10 minutes. And after that, like your friends. They'll cook for you, take you to dinner, take you and pick you up from the airport, recommend or warn you about local sights.
It's a lovely stop-over for one or two nights, or use as incredibly handy base while in Costa Rica. Nearly all travel goes through San Jose, so there's something special about dropping back into the same place after a few days in the Nicoya or Osa peninsula, or the Caribbean or Central Pacific coasts. Fly NatureAir for a super quick, super cheap way to get around. They are a carbon neutral airline so you will be assuaged of your guilt.
It's not cheap at $100 per night, but if you can work it into your budget then do. I'd be surprised if you found anywhere nicer in San Jose.
Easily the best hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica. Bekuo has amenities that you can't find at any other hostels in Central America, like: A Wii for the guests, private rooms with their own desktops and internet, a REAL kitchen, and an awesome staff.
Located near the University of Costa Rica, the best bars, a huge grocery store, a block from the main street in San Jose, and too much more to list.
325 metros oeste de Spoon Los Yoses,
Los Yoses, San Jose, Costa Rica
Phone: 506-2234-1091
www.hostelbekuo.com
Costa Rica is a favourite holiday destination for its active volcanoes, wildlife abundant rainforest and picture postcard coastline. Its capital, San Jose, is less celebrated but is unavoidable if you are flying in and out of the country. Hotel Aranjuez is the perfect way to begin and end your trip in stress free, simple style in San Jose. Costing the same as the hectic hostels in town this hotel is a beautiful rambling colonial house that offers lots of communal space, pleasant courtyards, beautiful clean rooms and an included buffet breakfast to die for. I would highly recommend it.
A family-run affair of two cabinas, simple, but well-equipped and super clean, in the hills one hour from the capital San Jose.
To see the real Costa Rica, not the meretricious zip lines and canopy tours offered by exploitative ex-hippies, stay with Don Freddy and Dona Barbara. He has reasonable English and French, comprehensive knowledge of local wildlife and can show you how real local people live their lives. There is even a frequent bus service if you don't want to drive, as far as the capital for just over one pound each way.
Don't overlook San Jose either. Chaotic it is, but has some interesting backwaters like Barrio Amon; see the areas south of the Central Avenue before they get developed. Great little sodas (cafes) abound and, if you want upmarket, then try the Argentinian restaurant near La Solidad church; a timbale of green apple and prune accompanying a pork fillet in brown beer and honey sauce is worth taking the trip!
Bamboo Inn
1 kilometro al suroeste del cementario (porton verde)
Barrio San Martin
carretera a San Juan
Santiago
Puriscal
San Jose
Costa Rica
e-mail: bamboo_inn_puriscal@yahoo.com
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