Costa Rica Hotels
Dominical
Hotel Cuna de Angel
Newly opened in October 2005, this small and luxurious boutique hotel is built in the colonial style with ecologically grown teak furniture and all mod-cons. All sixteen rooms enjoy direct ocean and tropical rainforest views. Located near Dominical Beach, twenty miles south of Manuel Antonio, hotel facilities include a magnificent infinity pool and sun deck, spa services and high powered telescopes for stargazing and wildlife viewing. Energetic guests can also enjoy the world's richest deep sea fishing around the Isla de Cażo, diving and snorkelling, beach horseriding, canopy tours, mountain biking or hiking, or embark on whale-watching wildlife photography tours and bird watching.
Villas Rio Mar Hotel
This lovely three star property is set on the banks of the Barě River, surrounded by impressive tropical forests and just eight hundred metres from the beach. Offering intimate thatched roof bungalows with private terraces and hammock and all amenities, this friendly hotel also features a large swimming pool with wet bar and Jacuzzi, a tennis court, an in-house tour agency, and a romantic palenque style restaurant featuring many local and international dishes. In addition, the hotel provides Internet access, International telephone, conference centre, spa and transportation services.
Golfito
Esquinas Rain Forest Lodge
This charming jungle retreat located inside the thick forests of Piedras Blancas National Park is the perfect choice for eco-tourists seeking adventure off the beaten track. It is completely integrated into its environment so the visitor can truly experience the feeling of living in a Costa Rican jungle. The lodge offers fourteen comfortable wooden bungalow style rooms. The large main building with its palm fronded roof has a spacious, open living room, library, bar, and a restaurant offering high-standard cuisine - including vegetables from the hotel garden. The beautifully landscaped tropical garden attracts more than two hundred species of birds, colourful butterflies, coatis, monkeys, iguanas, caymans and many other animals. The warm chlorine-free pool is fed by a crystal-clear jungle stream.
Osa Peninsula
Jinetes de Osa Hotel
A friendly and relaxed beachside three star retreat located in the area of Corcovado National Park, Jinetes de Osa Hotel nestles between secluded beaches and pristine rainforests The hotel consists of fourteen simple and comfortable rooms in two of three buildings, and a dining room and kitchen in the third. During the months of December-May you can eat your breakfast on the deck of the dining room while watching the humpback whales migrate across the bay. The hotel also offers an excellent diving operation in the species-rich water off Cażo Island.
Lapa Rios Hotel
Consistently rated as the best hotel in the Golfo Dulce area, this exceptional resort offers sixteen stylish rooms containing locally made bamboo furniture, excellent service from knowledgeable staff, pool with ocean views and great food. Set in wilderness on a dramatic coastal overlook, Lapa Rios was built as a private nature reserve and is in complete harmony with the surrounding forest and beach environment. A striking open-air restaurant pavilion features a panoramic observation platform for viewing monkeys and a dazzling array of parrots and toucans residing in the embracing forest. Besides winning awards from Conde Nast Traveler, Lapa Rios is a pioneer in sustainable tourism employing only people from the local community and being committed to environmentally sound practices.
Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge
The lodge is the closest to Corcovado National Park, the last remaining Pacific lowland rainforest of sustainable size in Central America. Tucked away in the trees and cooled by the Pacific Ocean, the ecologically-constructed lodge is on a one hundred and seventy acre private rainforest reserve. There are no roads to Casa Corcovado Jungle Lodge, access is only by motor launch. Rooms are artfully-appointed individual bungalows offering unpretentious comfort with furniture by local artisans, spacious bathrooms and terraces with hammocks. There is twenty four hour electricity provided by hydro-electric and solar systems. Hotel also offers "The Forest" Swimming pool and the new"El Solar" Swimming Pool, private pristine beach, Bar "El Bosque" and an elegant jungle dining room.
Tulemar Bungalows and Villas
Marenco Beach & Rain Forest Lodge is a privately-owned nature reserve and lodge located in what is probably Costa Rica's greatest natural endowment, the rain forest and scenic coastal regions and beaches of the Osa Peninsula. Marenco's breathtaking coastal location provides unlimited opportunities for adventure, family recreation, nature study, research and rest and relaxation. This beautiful three star property offers lovely wooden hilltop bungalows with terraces and fantastic views of the coast and rainforest. This ecological resort runs on twenty four hour electricity generated by solar power and provides delicious food, excellent service and knowledgeable guides to accompany you on the tours.
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Climate
Costa Rica is a wet tropical country. The dry season runs from late-December to mid-April and this is the most pleasant time to travel here. It is still worthwhile visiting in the wet season though some roads can be impassable. May and mid-October to mid-December should be quieter while still avoiding the peak of the wet season.