Socialtel Santa Teresa

Location: 20 meters north of Ronny's #1, Cóbano, CR

Star Rating: 3 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Free WiFi
• Terrace
• Luggage storage
• Wheelchair accessible
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Front desk (limited hours)
• Smoke-free property
• Free self parking

Rooms Available

• Small Room Shared Bathroom

  1 Double Bed

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Bathroom - Shared bathroom and towels

  Practical - Desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - Bed sheets not available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

• Double Room

  1 Queen Bed

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Bathroom - Towels and shower

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - Bed sheets not available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

• Family Room

  2 Double Beds

  452 sq feet

  
  

  Layout - Bedroom

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower

  Practical - Desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - Bed sheets not available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)

• Standard Room

  1 Queen Bed

  151 sq feet

  
  

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower

  Practical - Desk

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - Bed sheets not available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)

Guest Reviews

• Jade (6/5): - La proximité avec la plage à 50m, les endroits à visiter au nord et sud facilement (Playa Hermosa, Tide Pool), aux supermarchés et au soda très bon à côté. L’espace de coworking était fonctionnel et la chambre ok et climatisée La salle de bain n’était pas très fonctionnelle, avec un manque d’intimité pour un espace mixte (une porte des douches se fermait mal, une porte de toilette ne se verrouillait pas, peu de place pour se sécher) Il faisait très chaud dans la cuisine pour la circulation de l’air, c’est un peu dommage car elle est bien équipée Le personnel semblait un peu distant et désintéressé
• Hjertqvist (9/5): Skulle 100% bott här igen om jag kom tillbaka till Santa Teresa - Bra pris för allt man får. Isbadet är inte kallt… duschar toalett o kök är inget vidare. Köket är hemskt. Äckligt inget är rent ingen luft osv.
• Nikolaus (7/5): -
• Lisa (7/5): Everything good but Not worth the Price for a Hostel - The whole Area is very nice and the Facilies are Perfect for Meeting new people - real Hostel Atmosphere and the Shared Areas are very clean and pretty. Beds are super comfortable. Our Room was tiny and didn‘t had any Charme. Not Even a nightstand light or anything like the Pictures. We had our Honeymoon and Even asked if we can have a nice room. Felt like the gave us the worst of the rooms.
• tomas (10/5): -
• francisca (10/5): -
• Andjelka (9/5): - Die Zimmer als auch die Gemeinschaftsräume und die Poolanlage sahen vor Ort noch besser aus als auf den Bildern. Die täglichen kostenfreien Kurse waren abwechslungsreich und das Personal war super freundlich und hilfsbereit. Die Lage ist perfekt mit Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, Restaurants, Cafes und kleine Boutiquen direkt nebenan. Auch der Stand ist bequem in 2min erreichbar.
• M.C.Pedrón (10/5): -
• Michela (10/5): -
• Guest (9/5): -
• Estelle (8/5): - Very well located and nice staff ready to help anytime. The rooms were good, facilities and swimming pool as well. But the beds weren’t comfortable at all for the price we pay..
• Mauricio (10/5): Excelente - Todo Super bonito
• Camila (10/5): Recomendo muito - O quarto era bem completo, com ar condicionado potente! A estrutura e a localização são perfeitas, coworking, piscina e aulas de yoga, dança, que valem muito a pena. Houve várias quedas na internet que dificultaram o trabalho remoto.
• Elisa (7/5): -
• John (10/5): One of the best places I’ve stayed - The perfect place for co working great space Greta internet friendly team loved it Room was not cleaned at any time during my 5 night stay
• Barbara (10/5): Un 10! - Hostel social pero muy tranquilo, a dos pasos de la playa. Las instalaciones están muy bien, la piscina, el gimnasio y las clases gratis diarias de pilates/yoga/surf conditioning son geniales, pero lo mejor de todo las voluntarias!! Son super atentas, te ayudan en todo lo que puedas necesitar y son lo más agradable del mundo! Hacen de este hostel un lugar muy acogedor que no quieres abandonar nunca!!! Nada
• Laura (9/5): PARFAIT POUR LES DIGITAL NOMAD - L'endroit au global est vraiment top. Espace de co-working, sport yoga, piscine, food truck privé et petit havre de paix. Groupe whats app pour animer la communauté, faire des rencontres, des cours de yoga ensemble etc top ! Le seul petit truc, c'est qu'on a eu du bruit dans notre chambre. Mais après une plainte, le personnel nous a offert une nuit ! Donc incroyable et je recommande ++ RIEN
• Julie (9/5): Very lovely private room and well maintained facilities with the loveliest staff. - The room felt really new and the bed was super comfortable. The staff was incredibly sweet and very helpful. We also loved the little breakfast truck! The only downside is the bathroom door in the room. It‘s kinda just a stall door, so there isn’t really a lot of privacy.
• Shaffven (10/5): -
• Melissa (8/5): -
• Iida (7/5): - Amazing co-working space I have never met as unpolite volunteers in my life than here. This is the reason why I wouldn’t choose this hostel again.
• Matthias (9/5): -
• Arianna (9/5): Armonia - Struttura molto giovanile e servizi yoga gratuiti Un po più di direzioni (indicazioni) da parte dello staff
• Lizzie (6/5): Not for me - Pool was nice although smaller than it looked on the pictures but there was always space to chill. The free yoga classes Hayley the teacher was friendly welcoming and held space for your own practice. Very close to the beach I really wanted to like this place but it wasn't for me. It had a strange vibe not social unless your part of the click. Then theres the remote workera who keep together. The rooms were poor bed uncomfy no sockets or light by bed and no curtains. There were literally 3 showers and 3 toilets for 8+ dorms each holding either 6 or 4 people which is clearly not enough also there was no privacy frosted glass which was virtually see through. Although there was space to chill it was right outside the rooms which is poorly thought out. 11pm no noise was not adhered on most nights.
• Lauren (4/5): More hostel than hotel - Amazing location, cool coworking space, nice pool This was a hostel which I wasn’t prepared for. The photos of the room made it look a lot nicer than the one I stayed in and my first time showering I cut my foot open on a rusty drain cover that was loose in the shower. I notified the property of this and it was never dealt with. The screen in the bathroom was also mostly falling off. Towel changes were self service and it just wasn’t was I was expecting.
• Esteban (10/5): -
• Jordan (8/5): Very enjoyable time, fun Euro crowd. - Quiet, good for remote work. Clean, relatively quiet. Nice pool, outside showers. Ronny’s 1 market is basically at the end of the driveway. You will meet plenty of interesting Europeans, which is always fun. The rooftop gym is great, as well as the yoga & Pilates classes. Free coffee in the workroom area. Nearby Carmen beach is beautiful. Volunteer Argentinians were colder than the ice cubes in the freezer. I’m a low-ego fella, but I will always say hola to people, as well as engage in lite, Spanish convo’s. Hospitality, is clearly not in their vocabulary. 2 full-time people, (trained in Hospitality), alternating check-in is all they need.
• Karel (9/5): Surfers & digital nomads vibes. - This hotel used to be part of the Selina accommodation network before; I used to stay there in 2021. It is in a perfect location, it has a coworking, a shared kitchen (modernized since the Selina times). It is a good accommodation for a good price, usually used by surfers and digital nomads. Liked the vibe. Good facilities, nice swimming pool. The rooms are small and basic, but clean and well-designed. I enjoyed my stay. There is just one WiFi for the whole hotel. The coworking space does not have a dedicated WiFi. So while working there, you have to use the hotel WiFi. It was very slow, but after many complaints, they modernized the WiFi during my stay, and then it worked fine. I would still advise dedicating a separate WiFi for the coworking.
• Linda (9/5): - Die Zimmer waren geräumig und sehr sauber. Zudem gab es einen wunderbaren Pool und eine grosse Küche zur Benutzung. Die Badezimmer wurden jeden Tag gereinigt. Es gibt ausserdem einen schönen Coworking-Space Es gab in den geteilten Zimmern keine Vorhänge am Bett und in der Küche gab es leider keine Gewürze (auch kein Salz)
• Natacha (9/5): Très bel hôtel, confortable et bien positionné - Très bel endroit au calme pour pouvoir profiter de Santa Teresa, l'hôtel propose différent types d'hébergements correspondant à tout types de voyageurs ce qui permet des rencontres. La cuisine à disposition permet de se faire ses propres repas, c'est un plus. La piscine est très agréable. La piscine a été en maintenance une journée entière et nous ne l'avons su que le matin, idem pour le WIFI...nous n'avons eu aucun dédommagement, c'est un peu dommage au vu du prix si ces prestations ne sont pas disponibles.
• Joshua (4/5): Der „Vibe“ gilt nur für Freunde der Voluteers und es stinkt. - Der CoWorking Space ist schön, sehr viele Licht und gute Ausstattung. Da wir allerdings zum Urlaub machen da waren spielte das keine große Rolle für uns. Der Strand ist nah, aber ich empfehle sich auf dem Weg die Nase zu zu halten. Der Pool ist an der falschen Stelle platziert. Das Internet hat die ganze Zeit kam funktioniert. Das Hotel wird von einem halben Dutzend Volunteers aus (hauptsächlich) Argentinien betrieben, die unter sich bleiben und auf einen tollen Vibe bestehen, diesen aber nur unter sich verbreiten. Außenstehende bzw. Gäste (!!!) sind hier nicht wirklich willkommen. Das merkt man vom ersten Moment und es war auch der Grund warum wir früher abgereist sind. Ein weiterer Punkt: es stinkt. Es stinkt überall in Santa Teresa und Playa Carmen nach verrottendem Abfall, aber in den Unterkünften stinkt es auch nach Kloake. Die Toiletten der Privatzimmer sind zu klein und schlecht ausgestattet. Wenn man dann auch noch den Preis bedenkt ist das ganze an bodenloser Frechheit nicht zu übertreffen. Santa Teresa ist eine abzocke die auf Instagram schön aussehen soll, in Wahrheit aber voller Müll und unfreundlichen Menschen ist.
• Antonella (9/5): Hermoso hostel - Hermoso hostel, espacios muy lindos, todo muy limpio, todo el personal muy buena onda. Podría mejorar la conexión de internet :)
• David (9/5): - Rooms are beatiful and very clean. Mattress was recent, firm enough but comfy as well as the sheets. Staff a bit snubby, not very welcoming overall.
• inigo (10/5): -
• Kathryn (10/5): Beautiful hostel with aircon - Liked the air conditioned dorm, great kitchen and hot and cold water dispenser. Free yoga classes and nice spaces to chill Quite a few digital nomads so felt a bit more like a coworking space than a social hostel vibe but that could have just been the people I was there with at the same time.
• Hélène (8/5): -
• TallulahRH (9/5): - Beautiful accommodation in a great location
• Annie-Claude (10/5): C'est exactement ce que j'avais besoin : ambiance relaxe et agréable - La cuisine était vraiment bien équipée et propre. La piscine était exceptionnelle. J'ai bien aimé l'ambiance qui demeurait calme. Les cours de yoga étaient exceptionnels et gratuits en plus ! Quelle chance ! Nous n'avions pas d'air climatisé dans notre chambre. Elle était brisée. Nous avions des ventilateurs, mais il faisait quand même assez chaud dans la chambre.
• Sanne (10/5): Perfect! - It was amazing! Fijne plek waar je met de laptop kon zitten. Fijne kamer. Vriendelijk personeel. Toen ik er zat gratis yogalessen. Helemaal fijn als je niet echt van een drukke party vibe houdt! Prima higiëne (is natuurlijk nooit super als je in een hostel zit)maar elke ochtend werd de badkamer schoon gemaakt. Niks
• Thomas (9/5): - Pool, Foodtruck und nette Atmosphäre. Tägliche Reinigung der Zimmer findet nicht statt. Bei 5 Nächten wurden wir nur eim mal gefragt ob im Zimmer geputzt werden soll. Allgemeine Bereiche wurden täglich geputzt. Safe war zwar aufgeführt bei der Buchungsinformation jedoch nicht vorhanden.
• Zenia (10/5): Ubicación perfecta - Ubicación Aseo de los baños, nunca había papel
• Luis Diego (10/5): Chill & Friendly - Atentos y amistosos No hay TV
• Adeline (9/5): Magnifique - Tout était magnifique, merci beaucoup ! La connexion wifi est parfois difficile car il y a un espace coworker avec beaucoup d'ordinateur
• Kathia L. (10/5): -
• Harry (8/5): -
• Fabrice Luca (9/5): Sehr entspannt hat mit gefallen - Ruhige lage, sehr sauber, komfortabel Die Küche könnte besser sein
• Sophia (8/5): - Eu adorei a equipe. Tem aulas grátis de pilates e de yoga. O coworking também é MUITO bom! Ar condicionado, silencioso e café grátis. Cozinha espaçosa, com muitos utensílios e chás disponíveis. Não informaram em lugar nenhum que o banheiro é compartilhado entre homens e mulheres.
• Joep (8/5): -
• Tyler (9/5): -
• Fabrice Luca (9/5): -
• Janike (10/5): -
• Theodore (7/5): Un séjour agréable mais coûteux - La chambre était magnifique et très confortable, les draps de très bonne qualité. La petite unité isolée était idéale. La douche extérieure et le balcon individuel ... Tout est flambant neuf et très bien entretenu. La possibilité de se préparer son propre petit déjeuner dans la grande cuisine commune. La piscine est agréable bien que petite, c'est un lieu qui respire le bien-être et où l'on a envie de passer du temps. Nous avons eu un soucis de lumière dans notre chambre venant de l'extérieur/intimité et le personnel a réagi rapidement pour nous trouver une solution. Le concept est peu courant: c'est tout d'abord une auberge de jeunesse, avec espace de coworking, dans laquelle il y a des cabines individuelles occupées souvent par des couples ou des voyageurs ayant largement dépassé la vingtaine. Le niveau de service n'est clairement pas à la hauteur du prix de la nuit, ni à la hauteur d'un hôtel, ce qui est un peu décevant. Ce lieu qui se veut comme une micro communauté à Santa Teresa a énormément de potentiel et mérite quelques ajustements afin de nuancer le traitement des différents profils de voyageurs qu'ils accueillent: faire les chambres de façon journalière, proposer un petit déjeuner pour les personnes occupant les cabines pour 2, anticiper certains besoins, ou alors tout simplement choisir de façon plus claire le type de clientèle qu'il souhaite cibler.
• Zach (10/5): Viva Argentina 🇦🇷🇮🇪 - Fantastic atmosphere and facilities, and the kindest and most caring staff you could ask for. Gracias Team Armonia❤️
• Meli (9/5): -
• Zach (10/5): - Super comfortable, great facilities and such a warm and welcoming team
• haz (10/5): - La atención de todo el personal, muy amorosas las chicas, el lugar precioso y muy cómodo
• Sarah (10/5): -
• Valentina (7/5): -
• Cassidy (10/5): - It was a beautiful property! Like a treehouse tucked away in the jungle, but right on the main strip 5 mins across the street from playa Carmen. Close to great cafes, restaurants, and convenience stores. Our check in process went smoothly and the private family room was perfect, except that we noticed quite quickly the AC wasn’t working on the 2nd level in the bedrooms. The staff were so kind and quick to work hard and fix it by the time we went got back for dinner. 10/10 customer service. Would absolutely stay here again!
• Charlotte (6/5): - Booked a 4 bed dorm but when I checked into the property, the dorm was attached to a massive kitchen/communal space with an 8 bed dorm at the other end. There was only 1 bathroom between us, there was a $5 charge for a towel (there were not even hand towels or bath mats provided in the bathroom), barely any windows and the air con did not work. Definitely not the worst hostel I have stayed in but far from the best.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Love Selina santa teresa south! The pool is so clean and beautiful and they clean the rooms if you want. They upgraded us to a private room but I’ve stayed in the shared bunks and it was very nice and clean too. The people here are super nice and friendly. Also monkeys. Lots of monkeys.
• stephen (2/5): - Bloody sheets upon check in could not be changed until the next day. Laundry service took 3x as long as promised. Stay away
• Stiven (6/5): - Good place
• Kim (8/5): Selina South - Pros: great location, friendly staff. Cute decorative touches, lots of places to lounge, nice little pool, great workout area (no weights). Tasty food truck! Cons: The curtains don't keep out any light, and there is construction everywhere starting super early. My room was on the second floor and above me sounded like about a thousand pigeons. Inability to sleep was my biggest bummer.
• Sara (10/5): Lovely stay! - We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Rooms were clean and comfortable, there were lots of amenities and convenience was great. Location was great and we really love the coworker area. So nice to have filtered water and a beautiful apartment option with a kitchen
• Maayan (8/5): - Nice place to stay on the southern part of Santa teresa walking distance from everything however you need to manage your expectations. We had private room with shower and toilet. In the room and outside everything was clean quite and well decorated. Free parking is available. Lovely pool, and good food at the food track. You can take Yoga classed, surfing use co work space etc for extra payment. And the Selina north facility is also available for the guests. However in our room we had 2 huge transparent windows you can’t cover in the shower facing the neighbours we felt no privacy in additional we asked to change towels once a day and we have been told every day that towels are not available. For Expedia VIP members, it was complicated with the hotel, we had to explain 3 times we booked through Expedia and we have some benefits on our reservation, it is written we have free drinks (we were not able to get them at first) some front members wasn’t aware what is Expedia others tried to help and took care of it in the end. Regarding room upgrade it was not offered at all, we were not expected once we were told they don’t know what is Expedia VIP . I will recommend staying Selina but bring extra towels.
• Verified traveler (4/5): - Ya había estado en otros Selinas, y este Selina Sur me decepcionó El desayuno que lo pagué al momento de la reserva se debía tomar en Selina Norte lo que implicaba una caminata de 20’ o taxi Si me hubiesen avisado antes de sacar, hubiese elegido no tomarlo He estado en otro hotel en Santa Teresa que por la misma plata (o menos) en habitaciones privada tenía muchos más servicios Agua mineral, toallas sin cargo extra para la piscina, desayuno en el hotel, etc A chequear extra costos antes de contratarlos nuevamente!!!!
• Andrea (10/5): Great community & environment with attentive staff - I had an excellent stay here! I came for a few days but I loved my stay so much I ended up extending for two weeks. The staff is incredibly helpful, Hariel and Diego took care of every question and need I had. They help create a good environment of digital nomads with an incredible coworking space and a relaxed and inclusive community. This is especially great when traveling as a solo female traveler. The staff went above and beyond to ensure I had a good stay. Location is excellent, off of the main road with access to a supermarket, many restaurants, and the beach within footsteps. Best sunsets in Costa Rica!
• Andrea (10/5): I keep coming back to this hotel. - Another great stay at Selina Santa Teresa South! After coming for two weeks I booked a second stay to return for another two weeks here. Between the great coworking community and attentive staff, it's a perfect option for digital nomads or just visitors looking for a week or weekend break to surf and chill. Hariel, Diego and Minerva were really helpful with extending my booking and are always doing extra actions to accomodate guests (for example, when I wanted to buy fresh tuna from the fisherman in Malpais, Hariel arranged everything and purchased it on my behalf). Catalina also helped me with the proper paperwork I needed from the coworking space to arrange business expenses. Thank you to the Selina staff for another great stay!
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Loved our stay, got amazing check in and service from Hariel at the front desk. Really the most helpful, especially after having a bad experience at a previous hotel. Our room was so clean and comfortable, we had everything we needed here. The property could offer more free coffee and water and more experiences.
• Verified traveler (4/5): Crazy how expensive it is for what you get - I paid 180$ for a private room and felt like an insane price for what I got. It didn’t feel that private since window faced people. The tiny shower had a dirty shower curtain. There was no hairdryer (asked for one, but no luck). Bed was very hard, as were pillows. Sheets dirty. Woke up with sunrise since curtains didn’t block light and needed to keep bathroom door open to feel a/c so got bright light from that side too. Also super loud/ no sound proofing so can hear everyone. And no real customer service. I get that it’s a hostel not a hotel, but for 180$ would expect a bit (or a lot) more
• Verified traveler (6/5): - Paid $200 USD for a private hostel room, shared bathroom. Half the front desk staff was great, one girl had incredible attitude, really bad. I wouldn't stay at south selina ever again, but I do like Selina hotels in general.
• Emma (8/5): Beautiful, clean rooms, professional and friendly - Beautiful, clean rooms, professional and friendly service. This Selina is head and shoulders above any other options on the Santa Teresa strip in terms of comfort, cleanliness and quality of service. But you do pay the price for it. Worth it, in my opinion. We chose a private double room for about $60 per night between two, so not all that much more than dorm options. There was a lot of noise from birds on top of the roof at dawn (hence 4 stars) but they were in the process of fixing this at the time we stayed.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Great value! Friendly staff and close to the beach and local restaurants. The room is also a good size. It would benefit from having a small communal kitchen area.
• Verified traveler (2/5): - we got to the hotel and they had no more rooms for us even tough we had a reservation , they sent us to the other sekina north and it felt like a frat house , and was too smelly to stay there
• Verified traveler (10/5): - Clean and comfortable! If you stay at South instead of North you have about a mile walk to the breakfast and most of the amenities!
• Verified traveler (10/5): Great place to stay - it was wonderful. Quiet, clean and very close to the beach.
• Verified traveler (10/5): - The design of the place is amazing, the stuff was super nice and helpful and the place is close to the beach and a lot of good restaurants

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