Southern Costa Rica & Península de Osa
Attached to La Perla del Sur, this riverside motel is a place to lay your head before or after your boat trip. You'll find dusty rooms with wooden floors,…
Must-see hotels in Costa Rica
Caribbean Coast
Situated right next to the airstrip, this is Barra's budget option. The rooms are worn but come with hot water and TV. The attached restaurant-bar is a…
Montezuma
This beachside pensión is popular with shoestring travelers, thanks to the hammocks on shared terraces overlooking a rocky beach. Rooms are small and drab…
Southern Caribbean
Cabinas Sanchez offers five spotless cabins but no hot water. From the border, head north along the lower road and walk about 100m to the tunnel on the…
Puerto Limón
The ’60s-style modernist building is in a ramshackle state, but the place is generally clean. The 39 rooms are basic: bare linoleum floors, aged wooden…
Central Valley & Highlands
Though unspectacular in design, this centrally located chain hotel is clean and comfortable. Tile-floor rooms come equipped with solar hot water, plus…
Caribbean Coast
At this simple place in the center of town, six basic tiled rooms with fans surround a garden lined with hammocks. The open-air bar is a nice place for an…
Sarapiquí Valley
Set off the main highway, 1km south of town, the little square houses here have basic rooms with cold-water bathrooms, fans, tiles and colorful curtains.
Central Valley & Highlands
A couple of blocks up from the church, Hotel Zarcero is the only place to stay in town. There are 15 basic rooms with locally made furnishings.
Southern Costa Rica & Península de Osa
This new eco-lodge was closed during research and could not be visited, but neighbors say it brings a new level of luxury to the Golfo Dulce.
