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Hotel Alta Las PalomasvsHotel Belmar
Both Hotel Belmar and Hotel Alta Las Palomas are recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Hotel Belmar ranks slightly better than Hotel Alta Las Palomas. Hotel Belmar comes in at 84 with positive reviews from 2 publications such as Fodor's, Lonely Planet.
Hotel Alta Las Palomas
The Telegraph
Jetsetter
Travel + Leisure
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Alto de las Palomas, Escazu, Costa Rica
From $140/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
The Telegraph8.0
"Hotel Alta Las Palomas looks like something out of Provence with its terracotta roof tiles, arching doorways and sweeping vistas of grassy hillsides." Full review
Jetsetter "City living meets mountainside retreat, with old-school style and drop-dead views of bustling San José." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Spanish colonial buildings of the Alta Hotel cascade down a lush hillside above San José, coming to rest at the deck of a brilliant blue, glass-tiled oval pool." Full review
Fodor's "The view from this hotel perched on a hillside above Santa Ana is impressive, but so is the building itself with its blend of colonial and modern style—think archways, hardwoods, and leather" Full review
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Guest rooms are spacious, with handcrafted furniture and bathrooms with hand-painted tiles; ask for one on the fourth or fifth floor to take advantage of the view.
Lonely Planet "This graceful Mediterranean-style villa has 23 whitewashed rooms decked out in terracotta tiles, contemporary wood furnishings and expansive bathrooms equipped with hair dryers and robes" Full review
Hotel Belmar Fodor's Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
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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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."
