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Nayara Gardens

4.5 star property
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December 2024
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3 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; international cuisine
Premium bedding, down duvets, minibar, in-room safe
Arenal Pool Casita
Exterior
Arenal Pool Casita

Reviews

9.8 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
    Pool
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Gym
    Gym
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Spa
    Spa

Explore the area

Map
7 km West from La Fortuna Town Road 142, the entrance to the Volcano Lodge, La Fortuna, Alajuela, 21007
  • Arenal Natura Ecological Park
    1 min walk
  • Go Adventure Park
    14 min walk
  • Los Lagos Hot Springs
    3 min drive
  • La Fortuna (FON-Arenal)
    12 min drive

Room options

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Premium bedding, down duvets, minibar, in-room safe

Villa (Rainforest Pool)

  • 105 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Arenal Pool Casita

Arenal Pool Casita

  • 79 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

La Fortuna

Located in La Fortuna, Nayara Gardens is in the mountains, within a 15-minute drive of Arenal Volcano National Park and La Fortuna Waterfall. .This luxury resort is 8.7 mi (13.9 km) from Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park and 9.5 mi (15.2 km) from Costa Rica Sky Adventures.
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What's nearby

  • Los Lagos Hot Springs - 3 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Baldi Hot Springs - 4 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Tabacon Hot Springs - 7 min drive - 5.5 km
  • La Fortuna Waterfall - 14 min drive - 9.3 km
  • Arenal Volcano - 16 min drive - 11.5 km

Getting around

  • Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 132 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Virgita Ristorante - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Ginger Sushi - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪La Saca Restaurant - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Agua Ardiente Pool Bar - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante Ti-Cain - ‬12 min walk

About this property

Nayara Gardens

Luxury resort with 3 restaurants and a full-service spa
Nayara Gardens offers 50 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature private plunge pools and minibars. Rooms open to balconies. Beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. 43-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels and first-run movies. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, bathrobes, slippers, and designer toiletries.

This La Fortuna resort provides complimentary wired Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; local, long-distance, and international calls are all complimentary (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include laptop-compatible safes and hair dryers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include hypo-allergenic bedding.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Nayara Spa has 4 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a mud bath and a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy.
Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned rooms featuring private plunge pools and flat-screen televisions. Your bed comes with down comforters and premium bedding. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wired internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Grab a bite at La Terraza, one of the resort's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free valet parking is available onsite.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
La Terraza - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available.
Nostalgia Wine Bar - Overlooking the garden, this wine bar specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required. Open daily.
Asia Luna - Overlooking the garden, this sushi bar specializes in sushi and serves dinner only. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Happy hour is offered. Reservations are required. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Globe, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.
Nayara Gardens is listed in the 2021 Travel + Leisure 500.
The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World and the Leading Hotels of the World.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free wired Internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free valet parking on site
  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6:30 AM–10:30 AM
  • 3 restaurants
  • 1 swim-up bar, 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • La Terraza
  • Nostalgia Wine Bar
  • Asia Luna

Things to do

  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Outdoor pool
  • Sauna
  • Steam room
  • Wine-tasting room

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • Children's pool
  • Free rollaway/extra beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • 4 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment room(s)
  • Facials
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages
  • Massage/treatment rooms
  • Mud bath
  • Outdoor treatment areas
  • Hot tub

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Low-height worktop and sink
  • Raised toilet seat

More

  • Beach towels
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Ceiling fan
  • Down duvet
  • Free rollaway beds
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 43-inch flat-screen TV
  • TV channels
  • First-run films
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Minibar
  • Fridge

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Free international calls
  • Free local calls
  • Free long-distance calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone
  • Private plunge pool
  • Slippers
  • Turndown service
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Free rollaway/extra beds
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a security system

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work

Property is also known as

Hotel Nayara
Nayara
Nayara Gardens
Nayara Hotel Spa & Gardens Fortuna
Nayara Spa
Nayara Spa Gardens Fortuna
Arenal Nayara Hotel And Gardens
Arenal Nayara Hotel Gardens
Nayara Hotel Spa Gardens La Fortuna
Nayara Resort Spa Gardens La Fortuna
Nayara Spa Gardens La Fortuna
Nayara Spa Gardens
Nayara Gardens Resort
Nayara Gardens La Fortuna
Nayara Resort Spa Gardens
Nayara Gardens Resort La Fortuna

Nayara Gardens Reviews

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 566 out of 616 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 616 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 616 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 616 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 616 reviews" "

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

9.8/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stunning :)
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This resort was like being in paradise. Exquisite villas with private plunge pools but also numerous other large pools and thermal spring pools. Exceptional staff across the whole resort, and wonderful food in all of the restaurants.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Manoucheka, Miami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Matthieu

Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Grettel, Miami

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was so friendly that compensated for everything else. We had an unfortunate event on our first night with Housekeeping, and they tried to compensate us as much as possible, kindness and attention was our favorite reaction from all their personnel, from cart drivers, restaurants, SPAs, and the stars were the reception team. Alonso is a great asset for this property, he made us want to come back and resolved every request we had. Great property, PURA VIDA! Memorable experience for our family.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Namas, Johns Creek

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
If you want to be pampered in your suite, have infinite pool within, launder your clothes for free every day, have a refrigerator full of eatables free, twice a day turn down service twice, see all kinds of animals and birds within the property, and have a lava-fed hot spring, and a golf cart service in the very hilly resort Najara gardens is the right place for you. I have stayed in many upscale hotels and this I would consider among the top except for a few minor blemishes. Upon arrival, both Noelle and Alonso welcomed us with the true Costan Rican spirit of “Pure Vida” and lived up to it through our three-night stay. Their tours are conducted by Jacamar (we took two of them, a real highlight to our trip-separately reviewed). You are inside the rain forest very close to the just now inactive Arenal volcano. So expect rain anytime of the day or night with significant wind and humidity. We were in April 2024 that was still considered to be a dry season, but it rained so heavily in the night that we were afraid to go on tour in the early morning at 5 am; we changed our mind, and we are glad we did. They have several restaurants that cater to a variety of food that are reasonably priced. The breakfast was very moderate considering all other aspects of the resort, and they even charged for cappuccino while it was free in the room. Compared to all the other staff, the staff at La Terraza were not that courteous or extra-friendly. Also, there is no easy way to go to the La Fortu
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

arvinder

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tatiana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay, staff was super friendly and kind. Beautiful rooms, you don’t even need to go out.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vicki

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nayara Gardens is a gorgeous luxury property. Our rainforest pool villa was even better than expected & I had sky high expectations. The grounds are amazing! Lush flora and fauna ♥️. We saw Sloths and many beautiful birds that you don’t see in the US. The varied dining options, the eager to please staff and various activities made this an unforgettable vacation. I would definitely go back and stay at this resort again & highly recommend it. The thermal spas were a beautiful place to relax. I cannot say enough good things about this property. Again, the rainforest villas with that thermal private infinity pool, outdoor and indoor showers & roomy layout are simply stunning.

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely beautiful resort. The newly renovated Casita's are stunning!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our 2nd stay here. Amazing hotel. Nothing compares in the region. The private pools are so unique and the rainforest setting surreal. This brand knows hospitality Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

MAURICIO, Tamarindo

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

haiying

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the best hotels in Costa Rica. The rooms were all very spacious, amenities & services were great. The hotel is situated in a very great and lush area. We saw a lot of animals during our stay! Would definitely be back.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Irfan

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Meko

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing from the moment you step in the property. I can’t wait to come back, they are so attentive
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top of the line
Amazing. Place. A bucket list item
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Coupe retreat
Everything about the resort is 10/10 and highly recommended. Service 10/10 Staff friendliness 10/10 Room 10/10 Resorts 10/10 I’ll definitely be back very soon
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We hated to leave! The grounds are beautiful. Jurassic Park meets Disneyland (but authentic and so so clean). The staff is the defining point on why I would come back over and over again. Beyond friendly, professional and make you feel so welcome. Yerlin in the Ayla’s dining room has an infectious smile, every bellman greats you and is happy to help you figure out what to do next or drive the property looking for sloths (Blanco, Jason and Jack Danny to name a few but all are fabulous). The food is delicious- you could stay on property and not miss a beat! Treat yourself to the spa - best!!! Yes, already planning our next trip - it’s that good!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was amazing.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dmitrijs

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel, highly recommended
Generally - one of the best, if not the best hotel here. I recommend to stay here at least few nights. There are things which can be improved, but they are doing their best.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023