Hostel TorumavsHotel Belmar
Both Hostel Toruma and Hotel Belmar are rated highly by professional travelers. On balance, Hotel Belmar is preferred by most writers compared to Hostel Toruma. Hotel Belmar has a TripExpert Score of 76 with recommendations from 1 reviewers including Lonely Planet.
Hostel Toruma
Central Avenue, between 29 & 33 Sts, Los Yoses, San Jose 68241000, Costa Rica
From $0/night
- Hot Tub
- Pool
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"While the Toruma contains four dormitories, it feels much more like an inn, with 17 large private rooms, each of which is equipped with a modern bathroom, a sofa, wi-fi and flat-screen TV."
Hotel Belmar
Adjacent to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, 5655, Costa Rica
From $229/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Fodor's
"Inspired by the owners' years in Austria, two spacious chalets built into a hillside command expansive views of the Gulf of Nicoya and the hilly peninsula and contain elegant, airy, and downright regal rooms—all with balconies, minibars, polished woods, and plush white duvets." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Features plenty of wood accents, king-size beds, soaking bathtubs...but the property's claim to fame is its farm-to-table program that includes the first carbon-neutral farm in the country."
Travel + Leisure
"Voted by Travel + Leisure readers as one of their 10 favorite resorts in Central America, this rustic luxury property is situated on the dewy mountainside of the Monteverde Cloud Forest"
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November 8, 2023
Travel + Leisure
"26-room carbon-neutral boutique hotel in the mountains of the Costa Rican cloud forest...it has a microbrewery, lush flower and vegetable gardens, and rooms with sweeping views of the Gulf of Nicoya."