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Best places to stay in Central America
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Best places to stay in Central America

Lonely Planet authors have journeyed far and wide to explore the accommodation options available in Central America. Here, they bring you the best of the bunch, from classic backpackers to elegant hotels.

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Alajuela Backpackers

This four-story inn is more hotel than hostel, with private rooms and dorms surrounding a plant-draped atrium...

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Hostel Pangea

This industrial-strength, Tico-owned hostel – 25 dorms and 25 private rooms – has been a popular 20-something backpacker hangout for years...

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Caribbean Coral Inn

This small Hotel Caribbean Coral Inn, at the eastern end of town, offers a great alternative to staying in overcrowded Tela. Each of the rustic but comfortable rooms has its own porch with hammock...

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Hotel Casa Amelia

Amelia has an eye for aesthetics, and her artistic touches are evident throughout the 12 guest rooms and lobby of this inviting inn. The walls are hung with interesting exotic art; rooms are furnished in rosewood and mahogany...

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Barton Creek Outpost

Live out your wildest Peter Pan fantasies at this unique and remote 160-acre property surrounded by Mennonite farms and a protected jungle tapir reserve...

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Luna's Castle Hostel

From the same twisted minds that brought you Mondo Taitu and Hostel Heike in Bocas del Toro, Luna's Castle is bar-none the best backpacker spot in Panama City...

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Hotel Los Robles

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Eco Hotel Arbol De Fuego

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Ak'bol Yoga Retreat

Yogis, rejoice! Ak'bol, or 'Heart of the Village,' is a sweet retreat in a near-perfect location about 1 mile north of town...

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Gran Sueño

On the street going left from the Mansión del Lago is the Gran Sueño. Rooms here are ok sized, spotless with tiled floors, cable TV and good hot showers. Get one upstairs for glimpses of the lake.

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Lebeha

On the north end of town, the Garifuna drumming school set up by local drummer Jabbar Lambey and his wife Dorothy also has a dorm room, two beachfront cabins and three cabanas for rent...

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D&D Bed & Breakfast And Micro Brewery

American Robert Dale says he started D&D because he wanted a place to get a real hamburger and a real beer, and listen to good music...

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