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Santa Elena Hostel Resort

3.0 star property
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Hallway
Front of property
Restaurant
Free WiFi
Property grounds

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Kitchen
    Kitchen
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
50 metros sur y 70 metros este, del Banco Nacional de Monteverde, Monteverde, Puntarenas, 60109
  • Bat Jungle
    3 min walk
  • Children's Eternal Rain Forest Bajo del Tigre
    5 min walk
  • Curi-Cancha Reserve
    7 min walk
  • La Fortuna (FON-Arenal)
    199 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Single Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Quadruple Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

Shower, rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries, towels

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Deluxe Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Large Twin Bed

View all photos for Standard Quadruple Room

Shower, rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries, towels

Standard Quadruple Room

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Shower, rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries, towels

Standard Double Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Standard Triple Room

Shower, rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries, towels

Standard Triple Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Double Beds

View all photos for Standard Single Room

Shower, rainfall showerhead, designer toiletries, towels

Standard Single Room

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

Shared Dormitory, Women only

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 3 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

Deluxe Triple Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Large Twin Bed

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About the area

Monteverde

With a stay at Santa Elena Hostel Resort in Monteverde, you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve and Bat Jungle. .This hotel is 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from Children's Eternal Rain Forest Bajo del Tigre and 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Curi-Cancha Reserve.

What's nearby

  • Curi-Cancha Reserve - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Monteverde Butterfly Gardens - 4 min drive - 2.1 km
  • Monteverde Orchid Garden - 5 min drive - 2.8 km
  • Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve - 5 min drive - 2.8 km

Getting around

  • Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 177 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Laggus Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Café Monteverde - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Las Riendas Restaurant - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Tree House Restaurante & Cafe - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante Sabor Tico - ‬4 min drive

About this property

Santa Elena Hostel Resort

Hotel with free parking, near Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
Santa Elena Hostel Resort offers 20 accommodations with designer toiletries and shared/communal kitchens. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. This Monteverde hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Stay in one of 20 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Prepare your meals in the shared/communal kitchen. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
You can enjoy a meal at the restaurant serving the guests of Santa Elena Hostel Resort, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, express check-out, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Santa Elena Hostel Resort has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • TV channels
  • Flat-screen TV
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Shared kitchen access

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 15

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 2 PM - 10 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

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
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Santa Elena Hostel Resort Monteverde
Santa Elena Hostel Resort
Santa Elena Hostel Resort Monteverde, Costa Rica
Santa Elena Hostel Monteverde
Santa Elena Hostel Resort Hotel
Santa Elena Hostel Resort Monteverde
Santa Elena Hostel Resort Hotel Monteverde

Santa Elena Hostel Resort Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 50 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 50 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was very helpful in helping me find transportation. Very well located- close to restaurants in downtown and close to the bus stop that goes to airport which was a huge savings in cab fares.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The room are ok. The beds are comfortable. Over priced for what one gets
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Justin, Seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable setting and friendly accommodating staff
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good value
This is a good home base if you are looking to hang out in Santa Elena for a few days. It's a nice hostel with private rooms. I wouldn't suggest sharing 1 bed, they were very soft. I'd upgrade to the bigger rooms with two beds. The walls are a bit thin, but that's very typical with all the places around there. If you want more, you need to pony up more money. Great location that is central to downtown Santa Elena. Overall, I'd return. Oh, and they have lots of monkeys and coati.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mixed
The location is great if you don't have a car. The staff were welcoming and helpful. Breakfast is simple but adequate. Night security effective! Our major complaint was the state of our bathroom, old and worn with not enough hot water to take a decent shower. I don't mind simple but hot water is a necessity.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not enough hot water. Heat Insulation and sound insulation are bad. But we like the location and staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Rose, Haco Lodge

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
This property had no restaurant and no bar as the Expedia information stated. This is not ok, Expedia needs to make sure things are as stated!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Alexandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hidden Gem!
Great 1 night stay. Better than most hotels and resorts at a fraction of the cost. Highly recommend!

8/10 Good

Rashmi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean room. Nice staff. Good location for different activities.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Dan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Generally good
As hostels go it was excellent. My only complaint is that the wifi was terrible and that is really a necessity these days. Also, the bar needed more people working at night. Felt bad making the one girl run around so much.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Retiree, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to everything
Convenient location and kitchen. The rocking chairs and garden are nice.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Nathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The forrest in the middle of town. Staff was very helpful in providing advice and booking.

6/10 Okay

PAUL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
THE PLACE WAS OK...FRIENDLY STAFF AND CLEAN ROOM ALTHOUGH A LITTLE SPARSE....WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE A TABLE AND CHAIR TO SIT AT WITH THE COMPUTER.....ANOTHER ISSUE WAS THE FACT THERE WAS NO HOT WATER

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Too cold up there 4 no hot water!
Smallest hostel rooms I've ever been in! Rooms were clean but they pack you in like sardines. Walls were so thin that we could hear everything through the walls, EVERYTHING!!! The main discouragement was the cold showers. It is far too cold that high up in the mountains to not have even luke warm water. I didn't get a proper shower my whole stay and nearly froze trying!

10/10 Excellent

Pat, Groveland IL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable hostel resort in Monte Verde area,
This was a neat hostel resort, with basic facilities, very friendly and helpful staff. Landscape was beautiful, loved the local monkeys who visited, found our room to be more than sufficient, outdoors there were hammocks and even some workout equipment. Liked that they had a kitchen with facilities that could be used to cook, store food, etc. if you didn't want to eat out. Very happy with the accommodations and would definitely stay here again. Also loved the little town of Santa Elena and being able to walk from the resort to the stores, restaurants, and shuttle services.

10/10 Excellent

Nick, Valley, Alabama

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff and close to town.
They always make sure you are taken care of. They schedule plenty of things to do and provide transportation.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
Not really in control over reservations - room or transport. Maybe a little bit to laid back attityde in performing their job.

6/10 Okay

Not Provided, Houston, TX, USA

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Good bargain hostel
Friendly staff, secure parking(guard). Bed was quite uncomfortable but still bearable. Good location.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bed Bugs
I tried contacting the hotel at least two times in regards to my stay and was ignored. I arrived at the hotel and was unaware that they only accepted cash due to the fact that my credit card was already billed. They claimed that was just the deposit and they only take cash, so luckily I had some extra cash on me. Everything seemed okay with my room. I had the mountain view, which was a view of the parking lot. My friend and I were freezing the whole night. I'm surprised they didn't have some form of a small heater or something to keep you warm because the blankets are really thin. I woke up the next day with extreme itching all over my legs. I didn't think much of it because I figured it was just mosquito bites. When I arrived at my next hotel I actually looked at my legs and there were full of bites everywhere and the extreme itching lasted for 3-4 days. I knew this wasn't mosquito bites. Upon further research of bug bites, I realized that they were characteristic of bed bugs. I'm so glad the hotel totally ignored my email in regards to wanting a refund back from my stay. I spent the rest of my vacation trying to hide my legs because they were so bad. Just a heads up for anyone wanting to stay in the mountain view rooms. I can't remember my actual room number though.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Beware of this hotel!!!
We arrived only to find out they overbooked, and arranged for a "cabin in the woods" for us. We didn't have a choice, because we needed to sleep somewhere, so we were taken to a family member of theirs, that had a "cabin in the woods" behind their home... The family was really nice and did their best for us. Their hosting cabin was very basic, but we really didn't need much. However, since the cabin was made out of planks of wood that didn't fit very well together, and being in the middle of the rain forest... we found 4 very large spiders inside the place. I mean big, fat, 3-4 inch spiders... At that point, my daughters decided they can't stay the night, and rightfully so. It was late in the evening, and I went back to the hotel's reception, and asked for a decent room. The staff really tried to help, and after 90 minutes on the phone, they came up with only a single option – a smelly 4x2 meters hostel room with two bunk beds and shared bathrooms. Obviously we took it. Better than to get bitten by giant spider at night. The next morning I asked for all my money back and the nicest room available. They did get me a room on premise for that night, because some people have checked out. But refused to give me any refund. The staff was empathetic and tried to help. It is the hotel owner and his over-booking policy that caused this. This is no way to run a business, and I urge you not to book with him, because he doesn’t deserve your business, and you may get stranded as well

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quick and easy
It was a quick stay to interrupt a long travel day between Fortuna and Tamarindo.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities