Kura Boutique HotelvsLapa Rios Lodge
Both Kura Design Villas Uvita and Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula are praised by expert writers. On balance, Kura Design Villas Uvita ranks significantly better than Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula. Kura Design Villas Uvita has a TripExpert Score of 89 with approval from 6 reviews including Travel + Leisure, Mr & Mrs Smith and Fodor's.
Kura Boutique Hotel
Costa Ballena, Uvita, Costa Rica
From $536/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Condé Nast Traveler
"A six-villa, adults-only aerie overlooking Ballena National Marine Park, on the southern Pacific coast." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Lovebirds looking to escape from it all can't do better than the Kurà Design Villas, the country’s sexiest hotel." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith
"High above Uvita, Kurà Design Villas hotel has bird’s-eye views of the Pacific Ocean and dense tropical jungles." Full review
Jetsetter
"Mountaintop chic in the tropics, with knockout ocean views, epicurean feasts and indigenous flair." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Kura Design Villas has plenty of sex appeal. Highlights include the open-air Spa Shà, a cocktail bar with hyper-local spirits, and a dramatic infinity pool with an underwater sound system." Full review
Fodor's
"Stunning contemporary design, high-tech comforts, and a lofty location overlooking the Pacific combine to set a whole new standard of luxury at this adults-only property" Full review
Lapa Rios Lodge
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 Report
95.0
"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 Planet
Top 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"