Hotel La Rana de Arenal

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Scored 8.6
Rated fabulous

Staff

9.4

Property highlights

About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: Hotel La Rana de Arenal in Nuevo Arenal offers family rooms with private bathrooms, garden or terrace views, and free WiFi in public areas. Dining Experience: Guests can enjoy a traditional restaurant serving American and European cuisines, including vegetarian options. Breakfast includes local specialities, juice, pancakes, cheese, and fruits. Leisure Facilities: The hotel features a garden, terrace, bar, and patio. Additional amenities include free on-site private parking, hiking opportunities, and nearby attractions such as Venado Caves (25 km) and Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park (36 km). Location and Access: Located 60 km from Fortuna Airport, the hotel is near attractions like Venado Caves and Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.

Distance in property description is calculated using © OpenStreetMap

Most popular facilities

  • Free parking
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Restaurant
  • Free WiFi
  • Family rooms
  • Bar

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.3)

Breakfast info

American

Free private parking available at the hotel

Availability

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Room type
Number of guests
 
1 double bed
3 single beds
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Guests who stayed here loved

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Israel Israel
“Everything! The owners are lovely, the place is so beautiful and relaxing. The food is delicious. Everything is excellent. Highly recommend. I enjoyed it so much here”
Rodrigo
Costa Rica Costa Rica
“Beautiful place, great Lake View… Peaceful and nice people”
Ashley
United States United States
“Views were amazing Wild life on property amazing Clean Comfortable Affordable Food at the restaurant was excellent”
Kathleen
Canada Canada
“This hotel is a bird paradise. The eccentric owner feeds them all day long, right beside the patio tables. He even offered to drive me into town when I had to visit the bank! My stay was wonderful and relaxing, enjoying the birds and gorgeous...”
Tomasz
Netherlands Netherlands
“The views from the room were just incredible! The staff welcomed us nicely and was flexible with the checkin times. It was quiet and we could see a lot of beautiful birds in addition to the lake. The room was comfortable.”
Isabel
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Nice little room. Bed was comfortable. Nice shower. Great parking for the bikes as the property is down a steep private drive and so not visible from the road. Nice chairs outside of the room with a fantastic view to the lake. Great location...”
Paul
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Incredible place to stay to see the birds at breakfast. Good restaurant. Good rooms. Great views. Plenty of parking. We stayed two extra days. As the owner says, why pay for the national parks when you can see more bird life here in one hour at...”
David
Canada Canada
“The breakfast was plentiful and delicious - a huge plate of varied fresh fruit, a platter of toast and fresh breads, jams butter and eggs as you like them with copious refills of delicious Costa Rican coffee. All this was served on the outdoor...”
Gerry
Canada Canada
“Beautiful, quiet place, beautiful views, beautiful jungle waterfall and swimming pool. Eat your breakfast with the birdies. Fish dinner was delicious.”
Marcus
United States United States
“The building with rooms, restaurant and terrace is beautiful. The entire property is meticulously kept and just gorgeous with fantastic lake and mountain views. You can do bird watching from your breakfast table and monkeys are all around. The...”

Hotel surroundings

Restaurants

1 restaurant on site
Restaurante #1
  • Cuisine
    American • European
  • Open for
    Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner
  • Ambiance
    Traditional
  • Dietary options
    Vegetarian

House rules

Hotel La Rana de Arenal takes special requests - add in the next step!
Check-in
From 14:00 to 16:00
Check-out
From 09:30 to 10:30
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children and beds

Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Accepted payment methods
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