Hotels in San Jose

Almost all year round hotels in Costa Rica are filled with tourists, and sometimes finding a place to live is quite a challenge. But, on the other hand, a large influx of tourists forces hoteliers to hunt for customers, reduce prices and improve the quality of service.

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Local hotels can be conditionally divided into 4 price categories: very expensive - from $ 200, expensive - from $ 125 to $ 200, moderately - from $ 60 to $ 125, inexpensive - less than $ 60. Prices are for a double room, excluding the 13% tax that is levied on Costa Rica from each number. Naturally, the price depends on the area of ​​the room, interior, service level, but you can be calm: in any hotel in Costa Rica there is everything you need.

Types of accommodation in Costa Rica

Costa Rica has many hotels of various classes, among which everyone can find the right option. Here our services are offered both by cozy boutique hotels and by international chain hotels - Hilton, Holiday Inn, Hotels Group and InterContinental.

San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, mainly presents luxury hotels 5-star hotels . Top class hotels are also located in resort centers on the ocean coast.

Another distinctive feature of the capital hotels - many of them are organized in old residential buildings, the bulk of such establishments are concentrated in the city center, the districts of Barrio Amón, Paseo Colón and Los Yoses. These are quite lively areas, so you will have to tolerate a sufficiently high concentration of exhaust gases in the air, but the situation is saved by the unique atmosphere of "home" hotels.

The list of hotels in Costa Rica is not limited to standard offers: you can find very original hotels here. For example, the Costa Verde Resort is equipped inside the Boeing 727, which fell in 1965 in the jungle at a distance of 160 km from San Jose. There are also hotels that specialize in the treatment of various diseases, hotels in the deaf Costa Rican jungles and nearby waterfalls.

Features of accommodation

Air conditioning is not all rooms, even in high-end hotels. But in well-located hotels, which do not heat up during the day in the sun, there is enough ceiling fan.

If comfort does not play a primary role for you, hotels at $ 50 for a double room will suit you perfectly . But beware: for a low price, at times, truly spartan conditions of existence are hidden . For example , a common shower, or lack of hot water . With the last owners of some hotels are coping in a very extravagant way - they install special heaters on the shower ducks . Such a device has been called "Souls for Suicide" . But this is extremely rare and usually reported in advance to potential guests .

One of the most interesting features of Costa Rica hotels is the opportunity to meet on their territory parrots, iguanas, coats (local representatives of the family of raccoons). Sometimes restless animals even get into hotel rooms. Naturally, this feature applies only to hotels located far from noisy cities.

Costa Rica is famous for its nature reserves, in which you will have the opportunity not only to see the wild nature in its original form, but also to live very close to all this splendor. Price per night is quite low, but stopping for a few days with excursions and meals will cost quite a lot.

Almost all San Jose hotels have representative offices of local tourist companies, which organize tours around the country. It offers trips to active volcanoes, the coast of the Caribbean Sea, as well as to rafting, especially popular among tourists.