Can't go wrong - this is our favorite place in CR
David, Colin and Roberto are wonderful - our stay last July (2010) was amazing. My husband and I traveled all over Costa Rica, drove across the country, up and down both coasts, and Banana Azul was, and still is, our favorite place we stayed! We cannot wait until we can go back!
Something about the place - the super friendly and genuine staff, the doggies, kitty-cat, monkeys howling and birds waking you up at 5am (hubs slept through that) or was it the lack of TV's blaring, only the sounds of the waves crashing on the shore that lulled us to sleep every night? Whatever is was, we loved all of it.
We stayed in an upper floor room, no AC (didn't need it!), with french doors opening onto a large balcony, view of the ocean through the palm trees, hammock at the ready, and our last night stayed in the tree house apt because they couldn't accommodate us for the last night in our current room. Um, we booked a simpler room and yet they upgraded us!! Gorgeous treehouse apt! And....since we had to leave so early in the morning for our drive across the country, David took the initiative and went ahead and asked the kitchen gal to make us a special "travel/car friendly" breakfast instead of the pancakes that were being offered that morning. We had cups of fresh fruit, coffee, and egg sandwiches all wrapped up, ready to go when we were. AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR THIS!!!
I love this place. My career is in the hospitality business, and Banana Azul has it down pat. These people KNOW hospitality!
Tami and Ken
Huntsville AL