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Hotel Banana AzulvsLapa Rios Lodge
Both Hotel Banana Azul and Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula are praised by reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Hotel Banana Azul scores marginally higher than Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula. Hotel Banana Azul comes in at #26 in Costa Rica with accolades from 5 reviewers like Travel + Leisure, Fodor's and Lonely Planet.
Hotel Banana Azul
Afar Magazine
Lonely Planet
The Telegraph
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Frommer's
Oyster
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica
From $133/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Afar Magazine "Tucked away in its own little world, a 20 minute beach walk north of the laid back surfer town of Puerto Viejo, Hotel Banana Azul is a little piece of heaven." Full review
Lonely Planet "Removed from town, this romantic hotel sits astride a blissfully tranquil black-sand beach." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"Banana Azul is the ultimate romantic retreat on Costa Rica’s diverse and funky Caribbean Coast." Full review
Fodor's "Hardwood furnishings are abundant at this gay-friendly (but by no means exclusive) hotel at the secluded far end of Playa Negra." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Hotel Banana Azul is perpetually improving and tweaking its intimate 14-room retreat on a dramatic—and private—stretch of black-sand beach." Full review
Frommer's "Features such fabulous touches as koi ponds with turtles in the middle of the ceramic-tiled common lounge. One of the top draws here is the Azul Beach Club, which serves food and drinks on the beach" Full review
OysterUpper-middle-range
"The 14-room Hotel Banana Azul is one of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca's smaller properties. The upper-middle-range hotel is tucked away along the Costa Rican town's popular surf beach, Playa..." Full review
Lapa Rios Lodge Afar Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report Fodor's Travel + Leisure Lonely Planet Travel + Leisure
Osa Peninsula, Cabo Matapalo, Costa Rica
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Afar Magazine "At Lapa Rios, an ecolodge located right in the rainforest, you go to sleep with the faint sound of jungle insects and wake to the call of howler monkeys." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "With "so much wildlife, you feel completely immersed in nature" at this wilderness lodge on 1,000 acres of riparian rain forest." Full review
Hideaway Report95.0
"Wilderness refuge dramatically sited above the Golfo Dulce, in an isolated corner of the Osa Peninsula at the southern tip of Costa Rica." Full review
Fodor's "This is the first and still the most spectacular eco-lodge in Costa Rica, set in a vast, private nature reserve brimming with wildlife." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The most upscale of the Osa Peninsula eco-lodges, Lapa Ríos is set in a 988-acre rain-forest reserve with a virtually private beach and first-rate trails (on-site tours include binoculars and boots)." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"One of Costa Rica's best all-inclusive wilderness lodges, Lapa Ríos combines luxury with a rustic, tropical ambience" Full review
Travel + Leisure "One of four properties in the Böëna Wilderness Lodges collection, this luxurious eco-resort on the remote Osa Peninsula has 17 airy ocean-view bungalows set within a 1,000-acre private rainforest reserve"
