Pura Vida Mini Hostel Santa Teresa

Precio y calidad

Solo que el baño era compartido pero hay habitaciones que lo tienen así que no hay problema

El lugar hermoso cerca de playa el personal super amable la piscina limpia precios super cómodos para ser santa teresa espacios para cocinar incluso pul un destino recomendable por eso e venido 7 veces no lo cambio

Todo está excelente cero quejas se los recomiendo calidad top a precio económico y cerca de la playa caminando super y demas

Loved my stay here! The staff were super friendly and always happy to help. The vibe was really chill and perfect for meeting other travelers. What I loved the most were the common areas super cozy and great for hanging out or just relaxing. Everything was clean and well taken care of. Totally recommend!

Nice location

At the begning the Pool was not clean

The other residents

No air con

The location is great, very close to the beach. Pool is lovely after a hot day to have a quick dip and cool down. We upgraded to a room with our own bathroom and AC and that was worth it, a lot more comfortable than the cabins.

The place has a lot of potential but it feels like it needs a little bit of love. Almost all door had difficulties closing / opening. The pool table would've been great but it so run down it's hardly usable. The pool could not be used for two days because of a filtration problem. Hammocks looked like they have not been washed in ages...A lot of volunteers walking around but no staff that really looks around and cares for the place in a way it deserves.

The vibe and environment were amazing ! Had an amazing experience Met a lot of new ppl and was great hanging out 🤍

Most rooms don’t have AC, which can be tough, and the walls aren’t well sealed—so during mosquito season, expect to get bitten a lot.

Location, facilities, pool were great. The owner Paolo, and other staff/volunteers were the loveliest people except Christian who seemed to love being blatantly rude to guests (other volunteers also mentioned he is like this to them personally and other guests)

Full disclosure: I cooked dinner with one of the volunteers and a guest (Enara) and I left two pots on the counter while finishing dinner. One to let my food cool before I put it in the fridge and the other to soak in water and soap (I accidentally burnt the rice I was cooking). Having never spoken to him, Christian, comes up to me and says: “Hey man, you need to clean”. I tell him “Yeah I will, I wasn’t planning on leaving it there”. He says “You have to clean now. I work here. What if other people want to cook? I work here.” You can imagine how much space two pots take and I easily could have moved it a few inches if someone needed to cook (only one pot was on one of the stove top, whilst 3 other spots were unused). It didn’t stop him from cooking his dinner so I was so confused why he was being so rude about it. After sometime I started cleaning the pot with soaking water. I tried to clean it 3 times after boiling water and soap in it every time. I got most of it off but not all and it was getting late so I decided to leave it for now and get back to it tomorrow. Christian takes it from the rack and says “clean it”. I try cleaning it another time but I also confront him because of his rudeness and he starts laughing at me obnoxiously. I tried again but still couldn’t get it off and I wasn’t going to stay up all night to make this pot spotless. If figured if it’s that bad, I’ll pay for the pot, no problem but I’m not staying up all night. He confronts me about the pot again the next day and I started getting angry. I ask him to call the owner and he calls him on the phone and proceeds to talk to the owner over the phone in Spanish. I don’t understand the conversation, Enara, whom I met at the hostel overheard the conversation and apparently he was saying that I was aggressive.

Good place to chill, nice pool on the backyard with view to the forest and lots of birds, we saw tucana! Also has a lovely cat. Good bed, place to park inside and big kitchen with 3 refrigerators.

Staff should have more informations about the tours and best spots around to make reccomendations. Better garbage separation in the kitchen and maybe a chiar or place to open the luggage in the rooms would be nice.