Nayara GardensvsHotel Belmar
Hotel Belmar and Nayara Resort Spa & Gardens are both rated highly by travel writers. Overall, Nayara Resort Spa & Gardens scores significantly higher than Hotel Belmar. Nayara Resort Spa & Gardens ranks #1 in Costa Rica with approval from 8 publications including Condé Nast Traveler, Hideaway Report and Jetsetter.
Nayara Gardens Show All Reviews
6 KM Oeste de Fortuna, Arenal volcano National Park, La Fortuna de San Carlos, Arenal Volcano National Park 33021, Costa Rica
From $290/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Condé Nast Traveler
"The "prize of the Arenal region" sits on the skirt of a grand volcano only a mile and a half off La Fortuna highway." Full review
Hideaway Report
92.0
"Luxurious and immaculately maintained retreat with guest rooms and suites separated from one another by colorful tropical gardens." Full review
Gayot
"Inside a national park, this hotel and spa brings a touch of luxury to its wilderness location."
Jetsetter
"Secluded Costa Rican retreat with an open-air spa, swim-up pool bar and volcano vistas." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide
Recommended
"Nayara Hotel & Spa is a tranquil, lush hideaway located in the famous Arenal Volcano National Park and within the vast Costa Rican rainforest." Full review
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A personal host can assist with restaurant and spa reservations, excursion bookings and other special requests.
Travel + Leisure
"An oasis just minutes from Costa Rica’s most famous volcano, this property's freestanding bungalows boast saffron curtains, resplendent hardwoods, and walkways lined with tropical gardens." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Both a family-friendly base for adventures and an elegant romantic hideaway... combines the great outdoors with well-executed opulence, all within view of Costa Rica’s famed Arenal volcano. " Full review
Fodor's
"Scattered over expansive grounds are freestanding casitas, all tastefully decorated with dark-wood furnishings and equipped with luxurious touches like indoor-outdoor showers, four-post canopy beds, plasma TVs, and whirlpool tubs" Full review
Lonely Planet
"This intimate and indulgent hotel, 6km west of town, has amassed a slew of awards for its Asian-inspired architecture, minimalist decor and richly romantic setting." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide
Recommended
"Nayara Gardens is a tranquil, lush hideaway located in the famous Arenal Volcano National Park and within the vast Costa Rican rainforest" Full review
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."