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Situated in San José and within 4.3 km of La Sabana Metropolitan Park, Casa Mayela Guest House has a garden, allergy-free rooms, and free WiFi throughout the property. The property is around 8.8 km from Parque Diversiones, 21 km from Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium and 26 km from Jardin Botanico Lankester. The property is non-smoking and is located 5.8 km from Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica. Good location. The place seemed very secure.

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9
Superb
353 reviews

Featuring city views, Lolas Hostal, Habitacion Exclusiva para Mujeres, 2 camarotes, precio por cama offers accommodation with a shared lounge and a terrace, around 4.3 km from La Sabana Metropolitan Park. Among the facilities at this property are a 24-hour front desk and a shared kitchen, along with free WiFi throughout the property. The property is non-smoking and is set 5.7 km from Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.

Parque Diversiones is 8.7 km from the guest house, while Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium is 21 km away. Juan Santamaría International Airport is 20 km from the property. The place was clean, cozy, and exactly as described. The host was incredibly friendly and helpful

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9.1
Superb
35 reviews
Price from
US$22.50
per night

Located in Palmares, 46 km from Cerro de la Muerte and 30 km from Nauyaca Waterfalls, Hospedaje Adrimaran offers a garden and air conditioning. This property offers access to a terrace, free private parking and free WiFi. The property is non-smoking and is situated 47 km from Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary.

The guest house is equipped with a flat-screen TV. For added privacy, the accommodation features a private entrance.

The guest house features a children's playground and a picnic area. Comfy, responsive host, Air conditioner, TV, shared kitchen, quiet, HUGE ROOM AND BATHROOM.

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9.3
Superb
44 reviews

Featuring a balcony with garden views, an outdoor swimming pool and a garden, Paradiselodge Jungleguesthouse can be found in Platanillo, close to Nauyaca Waterfalls and 18 km from Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary. This property offers access to a terrace, free private parking and free WiFi. Staff on-site can arrange a shuttle service. Staying in wooden house surrounded by jungle, nature, animals sounds, flying birds and all the green around was amazing! View from the balcony is spectacular, we relaxed and had a great time, even saw a Tuckan very very close :) kitchen is well equipped, we didn’t lack anything and felt very comfortable. Swimming pool was clean and kids had a lot of fun there :) 10/10, worth recomanding! As an advantage I can add closeness of Nauyaca Waterfalls, if anyone is planning a visit, the bungalow is a perfect location.

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9.2
Superb
39 reviews
Price from
US$115
per night

The colonial-style Costa Rica Guesthouse offers a green tropical garden and patio with complimentary Wi-Fi, Co-Work space and two private parking.

Costa Rica Guesthouse offers coffee and tea throughout the day in the communal lounge and a breakfast for 3500 colones only! There is also a TV lounge with a licensed bar and restaurant. A business center is available for meeting. What an amazing help and service from the people there

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8.2
Very good
2,713 reviews
Price from
US$9
per night

Offering a casino, gym and free WiFi zone, this modern Sleep Inn Hotel Paseo Las Damas is situated opposite España Park and the Modern Art Museum.

Costa Rica’s National Museum and Atlántico Train Station are just 500 metres from Sleep Inn Hotel Paseo Las Damas. Juan Santamaría International Airport is a 20-minute drive away. The hotel offers free private parking. The hotel exceeded our expectations! The room was big and comfortable and the staff was super friendly and helpful with everything we needed!

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8.6
Fabulous
3,140 reviews
Price from
US$80.33
per night

Situated in San José, 5.7 km from La Sabana Metropolitan Park, Luca hostel features accommodation with free WiFi and free private parking. The property is located 7.1 km from Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, 10 km from Parque Diversiones and 21 km from Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium. Barva Volcano is 33 km away and Ujarras Ruins is 36 km from the guest house. Great location, very large hostel and the staff super friendly

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8.4
Very good
102 reviews
Price from
US$7
per night

Featuring a garden and views of inner courtyard, Haven Hotel is a recently renovated guest house located in San José, 5.5 km from La Sabana Metropolitan Park. Boasting a 24-hour front desk, this property also provides guests with a picnic area. The guest house also provides free WiFi, free private parking and facilities for disabled guests. Perfect location, super friendly family managing the place. Can only reccomend it. Thank you for everything!

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8.5
Very good
193 reviews

Boasting a garden and views of city, Viva Guest House is a recently renovated guest house situated in San José, 47 km from Poas National Park. This guest house features free private parking, a shared kitchen and free WiFi. The accommodation offers luggage storage space and a minimarket for guests. Great service. The reception assistant was so kind and sweet! Great breakfast, fast and yummy!

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8.8
Fabulous
559 reviews
Price from
US$39.60
per night

Located within 48 km of Poas National Park and 800 metres of Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica in San José, Casa Jardin del Mango offers accommodation with seating area. This guest house provides free private parking and a shared kitchen. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with an outdoor fireplace. We had a fantastic time at Casa Garibaldi Monteverde. The house had everything we needed. Enough rooms for all 5 of us (we were 3 adults and 2 children); 3 bedrooms in total in the house. The beds were comfortable and large; there was enough variety of blankets to chose from according to the weather. The house had no air conditioning and did not really need one, it was a pleasure to listen to the birds instead. There was a washing machine in the house, which we did not need to use (but can be very handy if needed). The view from front of the house was gorgeous. It was a very unique experience to sit to the private lookout early in the mornings and look around to the mountains surrounded by clouds!! Annie and Johnny did everything to make our stay pleasant. For this trip of ours we ended up not renting a car and forgot to inform the hosts about it (how smart, right?....). Well, Annie made sure that we always had a driver available to take us to our activities (5 people.... not 4!). She even used her own car once to drive us!! She is a very sweet person! Anything we needed we just asked Annie. We asked Annie for restaurants, where to purchase groceries, etc. She was always ready to help! I really recommend to ask Annie about activities weeks before your trip; she will make sure you get the best! If you like wildlife, I really recommend the night and day tours with Johnny. He is a certified natural guide and he knows a lot, a lot! Thanks to Johnny, we saw all sort of exotic animals in the forest on the first night in Monteverde. Just to mention a few, we saw a slot, two tarantulas, a toucan, a beautiful green snake (venomous of course), and many birds and a kinkajou (all these at the first night! My 7-year-old was really completely taken away). The next day, Johnny took us to a day tour animal watch. It was just unbelievable. Johnny was very quick to spot animals and through his telescope we saw rare exotic animals (quetzal, for example.

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8.9
Fabulous
630 reviews
Price from
US$59.40
per night

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