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La Paloma LodgevsHotel Belmar
Both properties are rated highly by professional travelers. Overall, La Paloma Lodge is preferred by most writers compared to Hotel Belmar. La Paloma Lodge comes in at #11 in Costa Rica with positive reviews from 4 reviewers including The Telegraph, Travel + Leisure and Lonely Planet.
La Paloma Lodge
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
The Telegraph Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet
Drake Bay, Costa Rica, Drake Bay, Costa Rica
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Pool
Fodor's "Sweeping ocean views, impeccably appointed accommodations, and lots of tropical-foliage privacy make this lodge the area's most romantic option." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Drake Bay’s swankiest accommodations don’t come cheap, but they do come in a package deal." Full review
The Telegraph9.0
"Panoramic views, ocean breezes, rustic luxury and fine dining await you here, and it won’t cost you a king’s ransom either." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The Lodge overlooks the Pacific on 14 acres backed by tropical jungle just a short walk to secluded black-sand beaches"
15 Best All-inclusive Resorts in Costa Rica
May 11, 2022
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"This hillside lodge provides guests with an incredible panorama of ocean and forest, all from the comfort of the sumptuous, stylish quarters." 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"
How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Monteverde, Costa Rica
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."
