from $57 per night

Lodge

Mundo Milo Eco Lodge

Dutch owned and easily the most creative nest, choose from a fan-cooled African-style bungalow with a so...

from $29 per night

1 Star Hotel

Rana Roja Lodge & Cabina

This Tico-run spot offers one of the best-value options in the area...

from $11 per night

Hostel

Hostel Pangea

This industrial-strength, Tico-owned hostel – 25 dorms and 25 private rooms – has been a popular 20-some...

from $13 per night

Hostel

Hostel Toruma

This graceful neoclassical home once belonged to José Figueres, the Costa Rican president who abolished ...

from $12 per night

Hostel

Alajuela Backpackers

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

from $17 per night

Hostel

Maleku Hostel

This sweet little backpackers’ abode has spic-and-span rooms tucked into a vintage home on a quiet stree...

from $11 per night

Hostel

Hostel Vista Serena

In an area that is hopelessly overpriced, it’s a relief to find such a great budget hostel...

from $26 per night

Hostel

El Punto

This converted elementary school is now a chic loft hotel, and would definitely feel more at home in tre...

from $80 per night

3 Star Hotel

Rip Jack Inn

This comfy, convivial inn has a handful of clean, modern, artfully painted rooms, lovely floor lamps, an...

from $80 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Don Carlos

Built around an early 20th-century house that once belonged to President Tomás Guardia, this lovely Barr...

from $79 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Tilajari Hotel Resort & Conference Center

This former country club turned luxury resort has well-landscaped grounds overlooking the Río San Carlos...

from $50 per night

2.5 Star Hotel

Atlantida Lodge

Attractive grounds in central Playa Negra.

from $69 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Poseidon

It’s hard to miss the huge Grecian wood carvings that adorn the exterior of this small European-run hote...

from $87 per night

3 Star Hotel

Casa Caletas

Down at the end of the road before turning toward Mal País, this beautiful boutique resort sits on the b...

from $78 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Sirena

This intimate boutique hotel is a welcome and warm addition to the Quepos scene, and is easily the bes...

from $90 per night

Hotel resort

Colours Oasis Resort

This longtime gay and lesbian hotel in the elegant Rohrmoser district (to the northwest of La Sabana) is...

from $78 per night

3 Star Hotel

Grand Hotel Costa Rica, An Ascend Hotel...

The city’s first prominent hotel was constructed in 1930 and is recognized as a national landmark (John ...

from $83 per night

3 Star Hotel

Ecoplaya Beach Resort

There are things we love about Ecoplaya...

from $67 per night

Eco hotel

Playa Chiquita Lodge

Eight brightly painted wooden cabinas are slightly worn, and the water pressure is iffy, but th...

from $53 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Iguanazul

Gorgeously perched on the bluffs, rooms aren't fabulous but they are set in a number of canary-yellow, t...

from $67 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Fleur De Lys

A pristinely maintained, century-old Victorian mansion painted a bright shade of lavender that houses 31...

from $75 per night

3 Star Hotel

Copacabana Hotel And Suites

This three-story resort hotel gets good marks for offering a variety of rooms and suites to meet the siz...

from $70 per night

3 Star Hotel

Best Western Tamarindo Vista Villas

Perched on a hill overlooking the entrance to Tamarindo, this hotel is one of the most popular places in...

from $86 per night

2.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Mardeluz

This adorable little hotel with Dutch-inspired murals of windmills and tulips has tidy and attractive ai...

from $14 per night

Hostel

Tina's Casitas

For backpackers seeking something a little unconventional, Tina's might do it for you...

from $11 per night

Hostel

Casa Yoses Hostel

A mellow spot, this nine-room Spanish Revival–style house from 1949 is perched on a hill that offers lov...

from $9 per night

Hostel

Sleepers Sleep Cheaper Hostel

Say it five times fast to ingrain it in your brain, because you'll want to take advantage of this terrif...

from $13 per night

Hostel

Costa Rica Backpackers

This extremely popular hostel has 15 dormitories and 13 private double rooms spread out over several str...