Costa Rica Hotels

After waking up at 4:00AM my boyfriend, Matt, and I took a $65 cab ride to Reagan National. By about 5:45 we had checked in, checked the bags, made it through security, and found our gate. The waiting game began and we filled the time by practicing Spanish and eating airport food which just never ends up being as good as it looks/should be for the price. We boarded the plane at 7:00AM and had an uneventful flight to Houston, TX. However, once there, we learned that there was no pilot for the next flight – he was somewhere else in TX. We ended up delayed for two hours which had us up in arms ...

If we were to travel to San Jose CR again, we would definitely choose to stay at the Hotel Grano de Oro. We tried several hotels in San Jose and Grano de Oro was by far the best quality for a reasonable price. The price is about the equivalent of staying at a Holiday Inn in the USA but the quality is more like a higher-end Hilton or Marriott. We spent our second day touring the city and stopped at a number of museums. We started the day with a great breakfast on the patio at Gran Hotel Costa Rica - I highly recommend it for breakfast (more so than dinner). My favorite place was the Teatro ...

We arrived in San Jose as scheduled and met up with our friend. Our taxi took us to Kap's Place, sort of like a hostel but with a more homey feel to it. After settling in we had dinner at Soda Isabel (recommended in the Lonely Planet guide). In the morning we walked to Museo Nacional and learnt about the history of Costa Rica. After having breakfast at Cafe de Pasada, we headed back to Kap's Place to catch our ride to the airport to pick up our friend. Her flight was slightly delayed, but after we finally found her, we headed straight to Monteverde. After having tipica comida in a local ...