Lavas del Arenal

The service was excellent. The very friendly owner helped us in every way he could have, offering rides, a gorgeous view of nature, a clean pool and room, delicious breakfast, and some great advice. I would definitely stay there again and recommend it to anyone. It's a quick drive to the nearby hot springs, downtown, and the volcano. It's quiet, comfortable, and beautiful.

This hotel is located 10 min out of La Fortuna down a rough dirt road. The room was clean and neat. There is not TV or internet in the room. The minimal kitchen was adequate. The wall airconditioner was loud and inadequate to cool the room (even in July, their winter). The grounds were beautiful with vibrant flowers and trees. The staff was wonderful at breakfast. serving the best breakfast I have had at a hotel! We just love the fresh papaya, mango juice.

The hotel is hard to find and way to far from the centre of town or anything else if you are on foot

Rosa and Ever made our vacation a very memorable one. They went out of their way to make it special for our family and other guests to make sure they were comfortable and welcomed. Wonderful people and I was crying when we had to leave. Our kids still talk about them like we knew them for long time.

Room was so dark (three lights) and they couldn't find a bulb to replace the third light. No ice machine, the air condition wasn't sufficient enough to cool the room, very hot at night and hotter during the day. No TV. Two inch gap under front door, used towel to keep out creatures. Breakfast were good and the personal were very helpful with bookings.

We stayed in the hotel two nights and we enjoyed to be isolated in a very quite and pleasent place surrounded by nature of Costa Rica.

This is a very basic hotel, something like the old strip motels in the U.S. that are now booked by transients. There is no way to ventilate the room without opening the door. We rejected the first room offered in a dark cubbyhole. But there are 2 good restaurants in La Fortuna 7km away.

Lavas del Arenal is an ok place to stay, but it's not close to anything. If you had a car, it would be ok. The main road has no shoulder for walking on. It costs about $8 each time you want to go into town. The room is decent and clean, but nothing special. The wifi worked good. The breakfast was fine, usually eggs and rice/beans. The grounds were decent, and the pool looked ok. When we first arrived, we looked around outside and found some smoldering embers out back from some garbage that was being burnt. The staff at the front desk were friendly and helpful.

Windows in rooms didn't open. Air conditioner in our room worked but rattled like a broken down freight train. The hotel is 3 to 5 miles south of Fortuna and the entry is POORLY marked. (NOT 3 minutes south of Fortuna as claimed). We didn't stay the 2nd night, forfeiting what we'd paid. Fortunately we managed to find a superb hotel about a mile west of Fortuna on the main road...at the SAME PRICE! On the positive side: Nice grounds and a superb stream towards the back of the property separating the hotel grounds from Monteverde Nat'l park lands. Breakfast is included and okay. The woman in charge was very sweet and was as helpful as she could be.

Its a basic hotel. But very quite location by a stream. You have to have a car to get here - only 4 km from Arenal downtown. Also if you do not speak Spanish you will have a tough time as the staff/ owner knows no English.