Name: Que Tuanis Hostel Monteverde
Address: Contiguo al Restaurante Acachete, Santa Elena, Santa Elena, Santa Elena, 60109, Costa Rica
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

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No elevators

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Laundry

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

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Multi-language staff

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Picnic area

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Parking

Pets Not Allowed

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Extra decontamination measures

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Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hostel

Chacarita Airport

Fortuna Airport

Que Tuanis Hostel Monteverde

Santa Elena

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lounge

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bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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river-view

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basement

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wired-internet-access

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I stayed here a little over two years ago (November 2017 - trip advisor only allows me to go back a year so ignore the incorrect travel date below) and as king of procrastination, I'm finally following through with writing a review of this place :-)  The staff were extremely warm and welcoming and went above and beyond to spend time finding a local horticulturist for me to connect with for a guided tour through the cloud forest I was seeking out.  They found one and he was great, incredibly knowledgeable and exactly what I was looking for :-)  We saw a python coiled around a branch wayyy up in the canopy and he lead us to a tarantula nest/den? he must have had previous knowledge of, super cool!  The morning breakfast coupled with the beautiful view was the perfect start to my day of incredible exploration and adventure in Monteverde.  There was a super cute resident dog at the hostel and I can't recommend this place enough to anyone looking for a cute, quaint, welcoming home away from home with very hospitable and helpful hosts.

Above & Beyond Customer Service

Hostel/hotel is basic- but is very clean, warm staff, and great breakfast.  The patio outside has views of the mountains, and the interior kitchen is well equipped for cooking anything.  The lady at the front desk is very knowledgeable and helpful with tours, info, travel, etc.  Definitely would stay again

Great value!  Amazing view!

Nice & quiet place at a good location with nice views over the mountains and the pacific ocean. Walter is a very friendly and helpfull person who takes good for the guests. He offers al kind of tours in the area. Would come again and recommend it to friends.

Nice and quiet place with mountain view

Really lovely view on a nice balcony. Extremely relaxed staff -they live downstairs and so aren’t always in the actual hostel-  so it was very quiet and peaceful for me. Breakfast was only cornflakes, milk and coffee. Rooms were fine but there were mosquitoes in there at night

We stayed 3 nights. The staff is amazing! Very friendly and helpful. They can organise everything for you. The place was beautifull and the views breathtaking. Well located. The only thing was the kitchen... disgusting!

Staff is worth 10 stars!

We were in Monteverde for 2 nights. We honestly should of skipped it all together. We did most our activities in La fortunal which was a nicer town, more to do. It's pretty much all the same main activities in both towns, like zip lining and hanging bridges and waterfalls. The hotel Que Tuanis also wasn't that nice. There breakfast was really good and then gave u options to chose from. but the beds were not comfortable. Lots of bugs everywhere compared to other places we stayed. The window was broken in our room (room 6) and we had tons and tons of moths flying in at night if there was any light on in our room. The view from the communal balcony is nice tho. But the whole place is very old and smells funny.  You just felt dirty being there.  Also it didnt feel safe the fact that the main doors to enter the building are all left unlocked through out the night and there is no workers or security what's so ever. Would be very easy for anyone to walk in and steal some stuff. Was happy to leave to our next destination!

Wouldn't do it again

I stayed here 3 nights in a private room. The room was clean, pretty bare but fine. I had to walk through one of the dorms to get to it. The shared bathroom was between the dorm and the private room. It was more or less  toilet and shower in the hallway with a shower curtain that came down to mid calf. The bathroom wasn't cleaned once during my stay, there was bread in the waste basket the entire time. The dorm opened up right to the street, and it was missing a handle to pull open the sliding door. I cut myself on a screw where the handle was supposed to be trying to get out one morning. Breakfast was included, toast, fruit and coffee. They do not provide towels, you can rent them I think for $2? The common area was very worn down and not very comfortable. There was only a small area out front by the street to sit outside. 
The staff were friendly and helped to organize different tours. Some small improvements would go a long way at this place, but it still needs a lot of work, especially for the prices they charge. $83 usd for 3 nights! I saw a room for $25 per night on my last day at the "taco taco" restaurant. It was very nice, clean, bright, private bathroom and right in the centre of the town, and included towels. These two places were like night and day from each other. If you are looking for a private room I would recommend looking elsewhere. 

Expensive and in need of repairs

room: smelled of sewer, mattress well past its useful life, noisy and not private (2 windows open onto public areas of the hostel that are used by guests to hang out.

property: not very clean, a bit run-down, amenities are not appealing at all. rules of the house are not clearly established and i had to fish for information regarding certain aspects of the hostel. i was told that i was given a key to the front door but found myself locked outside one night when coming late. if i hadn't been able to get one of the two hosts on the phone i would have had to spend the night outside. not an appealing proposition.

hosts: alex and yeltsin are friendly enough and helpful when it comes to finding activities (don't forget that they get commissions when booking you for tours). however, for the rest, they don't seem to care about the guests experience and well being and i personally experienced the worst of the pura vida lifestyle. despite my best efforts to communicate in -poor- spanish, the hosts make no effort to switch to english when convenient even though at least one of appears to speak very well.

VERDICT: AVOID IT

sub-par hostel

The room hade good view but were very noicy with thin walls and roof. The common areas was a bit worn out and the breakfast was small. But the staff were helpful and nice, helped us with tours, restaurants and transportation 

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