Senda Monteverde Hotel Member of the Cayuga Collection

Fantastic staff and service, stunning jungles!

Amazing location with a fantastic view over the rainforest, amazing staff and amazing food! Everything was just perfect!

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Nice rooms, beautiful property, helpful staff. Breakfast was also decent but not the best I’ve had in Costa Rica. We appreciated the opportunity to plant a couple trees on the property.

The room smelled like bug spray after every cleaning, which I did not appreciate from a hotel self described as ecofriendly and sustainable. I couldn’t sit in the room for several hours because of the bug spray smell that was unhealthy and overpowering.

Staff was very friendly. Property is beautiful and well maintained. Staff takes care of your needs, and makes a genuine effort to make your stay memorable. No commercialism. I would love to come back.

We loved our stay at Senda! The staff was friendly and helpful. We appreciated all the assistance and advice they provided. We enjoyed the evening service. The hot water bottles were wonderful on the cool evenings. Our room was spacious. The bed was quite comfortable. The food at the hotel restaurant was delicious. Every meal we had was amazing. We also liked that they provided binoculars for our use during our stay. Overall, if you are looking for a wonderful and comfortable place to stay in the Monteverde area, you should choose here.

Overall pleasant stay. Cabins are nice but bathroom and shower are rather small. There is no TV in the room which we did not mind. Rooms do have AC which is useful as we did have one very hot day during our stay. Breakfast is very nice and portions are generous. Only comment to hotel is that they did not honor hotel.com booking confirmation regarding free tour for 2 people (if you are a hotels.com gold member). They tried to explain that this is a tour in a nature center on the hotel premise which is free to any hotel guest regardless.

We had the best service we have ever had at a hotel at Senda Monteverde. We felt like cherished guests. The property is beautiful, the restaurant is amazing, and we were so well taken care of. Even the mini bar and snacks are included in the hotel price. It was everything we hoped for and more. An absolute paradise.

Room was beautiful and very thoughtfully designed and equipped, bed was extremely comfortable. The hotel was very well equipped to deal with rain emergencies (umbrellas, golf carts, gym boots and the hotel even offered to dry our boots when they got drenched). Booking tours and activities was largely very smooth and the guides (Luis and Jessica) were great and very knowledgable and passionate about the forest (tours quite expensive, but as I would expect of booking through the hotel, and one issue with concierge booking us onto a different/more expensive tour option but we caught it). There were quite a few interesting animals walking around the property. Centre of town and nice restaurants walking distance (though return up a very steep hill - the price of being a bit secluded!). Breakfast was good and quick.

The hotel is reasonably secluded but does not have a remote feel- not necessarily an issue but something to be aware of when choosing. It also has a slightly “resort-y” feel (including daily schedule of activities), very minor niggle and entirely a matter of taste but it took away a bit from the atmosphere. We did not have hot water in the shower (it did not go above tepid), which wasn’t much of an issue for us (so we did not report it to reception - it may well have been fixable!). The bar menu is lovely and the staff incredibly nice, but the bar is not a very nice place to sit. We had dinner in the restaurant one day - it has a cosy space which was unfortunately fully reserved (it was the day we arrived), so we ate in the larger hall, which again is not a very nice space. Food is fine.