Name: Hotel El Descanso
Address: 300 mts al este de la s oficinas del Minae, San Gerardo de Rivas, Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica., Alfombra, Alfombra, Alfombra, 11703, Costa Rica
Rating: 10

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Buenos Aires Airport (Costa Rica)

Palmar Sur Airport

Quepos Airport

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This hotel is located in downtown San Jose Costa Rica. I highly recommend this hotel. It has access to all of the shops. marketplace and stores, again as I said downtown San Jose. The hotel itself is very nice. It’s run by very very nice people. The rooms are nice convenient you have Access to TV and restaurants. I highly recommend them. I enjoyed myself and felt extremely safe.

A quaint hotel in downtown San Jose Costa Rica

Hazel is the best host you could ask for. She answered all of our questions that we had prior to our hike of Chirripo. They also prepared a packed breakfast so we could bring it on our hike (including a vegan option for me!), minded our bags while we were staying at Base camp and also had a pick up / drop off service to the trail head so we could save all our energy for the actual hike. Jorge was our driver and his welcoming smile was just what we needed to see at the end of our hike. We were able to use the showers when we got back to Descanso and Jorge even brought us to the ATM / grocery store and helped us to our next accomodation. This place feels like family and I highly recommend staying here if you are coming to San Gerado.

Perfect place to stay for Cloud Forest or Chirripo

Surprisingly had a very delicious dinner at El Descanso last night - quite sophisticated flavor of the sauce of the grilled chicken (marinated in tangerine and rosmarin) and also sweet potato fries were good ! Recommended if you want to eat something different than the asado...

Delicious Dinner last night 

We stayed here 3 nights with a hike to chiripo mountain in between. We felt very welcome here, lovely people. The rooms were clean and nice. They have a lot of yummy vegetarian options for diner. The surroundings are also very beautiful. We can recommend anyone to stay here.

Lovely stay in beautiful area

We stayed here for one night after hiking Cerro Chirripó. The room was comfortable, but could have been cleaner. Otherwise we had a vey positive experience. We were the only people who made use of the restaurant for supper and breakfast the days we were there, but we received wonderful hospitality and delicious food. Definitely eat here! Everything is local. We even had craft beer from Chirripó brewing. Overall an enjoyable experience. Thanks for the great hospitality! 

Good post-Chirripó stop

Hazel could not have been more helpful; we really appreciate the extra effort she made to make our stay perfectly enjoyable.  Our arrival could have been chaotic as a special soccer tournament had started and some of her family members and friends were participating.  But she took the time before our arrival to make sure someone would keep an eye out for us, and she had prepared a very detailed map of hiking trails, restaurants, and other attractions to get us started.  Fabulous.  That hand-drawn map became our guide for our entire stay; perfect.  (Maybe she'll make a permanent one someday!)

We visited during the dry season, late February, and stayed in the Mountainview Suite for three nights.  We enjoyed the Suite, but the other rooms would have been fine as well.  Breakfast was a treat every morning with the friendly and effervescent waitress and chef.  If you're a coffee drinker, you're in for a treat!!  Every b'fast was delicious and ample; the chef obviously has formal training.  Our only regret is that we did not have dinner at the restaurant because of an unexpected conflict.

San Gerardo de Rivas is a genuine Costa Rican village with a diversity of natural resources for which this Special Country has become famous.  PURA VIDA!

Highly Recommended Bed and Restaurant

I arrived having booked for 2 nights and immediately upon arrival extended my stay - what a wonderful, cozy place! Within minutes Hazel had given me a map, shown me the room and facilities and booked me a table for dinner - just WOW! As I am backpacking at the moment I am always glad to find quiet places that give me the chance to restore both body and soul, and El Descanso (as implied by the name) does just that; I would come back here any time for a regular holiday, to enjoy nature, Hazel's hospitality and Esteban's outstanding food! ¡Muchas gracias por una estancia inolvidable!

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