Rana Roja Lodge & Cabina
This Tico-run spot offers one of the best-value options in the area. Small, earth-colored cabins – all with private terraces and rockers – are connected by elevated walkways...
This Tico-run spot offers one of the best-value options in the area. Small, earth-colored cabins – all with private terraces and rockers – are connected by elevated walkways...
This industrial-strength, Tico-owned hostel – 25 dorms and 25 private rooms – has been a popular 20-something backpacker hangout for years...
This graceful neoclassical home once belonged to José Figueres, the Costa Rican president who abolished the army and granted women the right to vote...
This four-story inn is more hotel than hostel, with private rooms and dorms surrounding a plant-draped atrium...
This sweet little backpackers’ abode has spic-and-span rooms tucked into a vintage home on a quiet street, 50m west of Hospital San Rafael. There are also three private rooms, with shared bathrooms, a communal kitchen, a TV lounge and free internet...
In an area that is hopelessly overpriced, it’s a relief to find such a great budget hostel...
This converted elementary school is now a chic loft hotel, and would definitely feel more at home in trendy Miami than in humble Guanacaste. The saturated tropical colors of the lofts manage to be understated and minimalist...
For backpackers seeking something a little unconventional, Tina's might do it for you. This complex of little rooms and cabins has paths leading through the garden to each room...
A mellow spot, this nine-room Spanish Revival–style house from 1949 is perched on a hill that offers lovely views of the valley from the front garden...
Say it five times fast to ingrain it in your brain, because you'll want to take advantage of this terrific budget deal when you land in Monteverde. A new hostel on the block, this place offers loads of reasons to recommend it...
This extremely popular hostel has 15 dormitories and 13 private double rooms spread out over several structures that surround a spacious garden with hammocks and a free-form pool...
Named after a tasty bread pudding, 'Mama's full' is an appropriate moniker for this new hostel that will be short on vacancies once word gets around...
This is the most hostel-like of the near-the-airport options. Rooms are mostly set aside for dorms, which are airy and spacious, but there are a couple of reasonable-value private rooms...
A welcome newcomer in the often-overpriced Zona Viva area is this comfy little hostel. Dorms are spacious and airy, separated into male and female. Rates include a light breakfast and free internet...
This posada (country-style inn) is at a diagonal from the Museo Nacional, in a 1928 structure with a dramatic entrance that features a Juliet balcony overlooking the foyer...
This attractive hostel is adorned with hanging plants, historic photographs and antiques. The rooms themselves are a bit modest, though the perk here is that they all have private bathrooms (even the dorms)...
This Italian-owned property is a solid midrange option, with Mediterranean-inspired grounds, an attractive swimming pool lined with potted plants and one of the town’s best restaurants, ConFusione...
Rooms in this bright, kitschy lodge are well kept, the showers are hot and the owners will make you feel right at home. The upstairs balcony rooms ($5 extra) have great views of the rainforest and, on a clear day, the Golfo de Nicoya...
Set out on its own, this self-proclaimed ‘five-star hostel’ with volcano views is among the cushier hostels in Costa Rica. Dorm rooms have private hot-water bathroom, and you’ll sleep easy on the thick, orthopedic mattresses...
Tranquilo radiates with mellow vibes and relaxing times. Big common rooms are decorated with zen-inspired Japanese lanterns, comfy couches, ample hammocks and enough mounted guitars to satisfy all your impromptu needs...
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...
Some hostels just work, for no apparent reason. This one skimps on just about everything from kitchen access to hang out areas, but still turns out to be one of the most popular and happening hostels in town...
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