Hotel La Dolce Vita

This hotel is great if you want to be 50 yards from the waves! This budget hotel with kitchen is comfortable, in a beautiful setting, and right on the ocean. The little pool is relaxing after a day in the ocean or out on a excursion. We stayed 4 nights and had breakfast each day.

If you are looking for a remote area away from everything then this hotel is great. They bring you a continental breakfast each morning and leave it on a table just outside your door, which consists of toast, jam, butter, orange juice, coffee, and a different fresh fruit daily. You can order other foods but this will be extra. The pool is small but clean. The beach is extremely close. If you walk south from the hotel, the beach is typical sand with plenty of pretty shells and great for swimming but if you travel North the beach becomes mostly rocks and tide pools, which were great for pictures! There were quite a few local surfers in this area each day. Most everyone we encountered here were local to Costa Rica, little to no tourists outside of the hotel. Everyone was extremely nice and friendly. The hotel staff was easy to get along with and very helpful with directions and calling us a cab. I would recommend renting a car if you stay in the area. There is one grocery store within walking distance of the hotel and 2 restaurants. The grocery store is small and does not have a large selection of foods but is great for gathering snacks and drinks. The restaurant we ate at served good food in large portions but was a little expensive in my opinion. The nearest town is Jaco and is approximately a 20 minute drive from the hotel, which is 60-70 dollars round trip in a cab. There are lots of restaurants, souvenir shops, grocery stores and family activities in Jaco.

This is a very small hotel 7 rooms right on the beach. It is a small village of about only 500 people. 10 miles past Jaco. Rooms have kitchen. There is a grocery store and 3 restaurants in this town it's a get away from everything with simplisty nothing fancy

We arrived at the hotel a few hrs before check-in but they let us use the room regardless, and they also let us check-out 3 hrs late without any charge. The 2 people at the front are super friendly and very helpful w anything you need. The room is fully equipped w a kitchen, sofa bed in the dining room, and the bedroom has a TV, AC, and double bed. The grounds are clean and pretty w flowers and a small pool for when you've had too much of the ocean. Great location also right on the beach so you can soak in the pool while looking at the ocean and listening to the waves. The included breakfast is simple w toast, fruits, juice and coffee but that was more than enough for us, and you have the option to add items at just a few bucks if you want. Stay here! We would go back again

This place truly is a little hidden gem. Set back 1km from the main highway in Costa Rica, down a dirt trodden track, you can almost be forgiven for thinking you were going to be staying in a hut! However, it couldn't be further from the truth. The apartments are set in a complex of 7 apartments. The apartments themselves are basic but clean and have everything that you need! The town itself is very quiet so if you like somewhere with a nightlife, this is not the place! There's a great little restaurant/bar nearby (Mi Surf Cafe or something like that) and a supermarket but other than that, there's not much else to see. However, it's the location that makes this place truly special. Set just 10 yards from a beautiful beach, you really couldn't be closer! There's also a nice little pool in the apartment complex itself, perfect for cooling off in. The owers of the hotel are very friendly and more than happy to give you information when asked.

Great hotel by the beach. Very modest but I didn't come to Costa Rica to stay in hotel room. Great pool to take a dip in to cool off. The beach is just steps away which makes his place amazing. The beach is gorgeous and you can walk for miles it seems. The staff are nice and make you feel welcomed. Would definitely recommend to friends.

pros: on beach, ok pool but very small cons: room was a dump, duct tape on patio doors that barely locked, dated, daughter got shocked touching shower head, very run down surrounding area, ants all over room, power went out, dated.

Nice place for beach walking and Ocean watching. Breakfast and small pool are PLUS! Close to Jaco and Quepos.

Service was really good, more than helpful and on time with the breakfast they take to the room. They were really nice people and the location was great!

Great place, disappointed with the breakfast but otherwise it was good.