Hotel Arenal Vista Lodge

Great location to see the volcán Needs renovation on rooms, and a better cleaning detailing. More pillows and update the blankets and towels. We received the room with one empty bottle of water left by the previous guest, a couple of holes on the towels.

Wonderful views, great location in a lovely town right on the lake with a few basic services and restaurants nearby, and about a 30 minute drive to the main touristy area of La Fortuna (Sky, the main place for canopying is, however, just 10 minutes up the road and there are two good activity centres right by the hotel). The hotel itself is pleasant. Certainly not luxury but it works. Rooms are decent, need upgrading/improving in quite a few areas, but do the job. Internet hardly works and we often needed to ask for the hot water to be turned on. Service is a little sloppy in places but effort is made. A decent enough option which could be really lovely with a bit more work. 3.5 stars would be the most accurate rating. If returning to the area, I would choose to stay in the El Castillo area again as it is lovely and peaceful place to be.

Big Scam… we made booking at the hotel and our data were stolen and we got scammed.. we tried to contact the hotel many time and they would never respond on email or telephone. so we had to book another hotel.. later this hotel deducted the cost and wouldn’t help us even though we explained them the whole situation with proof. I can just advise you to not book this hotel because there website is not safe and neither will they care about their clients.

El lugar está súper lindo, buen desayuno. Lo único que le agregaría es que la piscina fuera temperada y que hubiera un jacuzzi. Agrego que algunas aceras son muy lisas y resbalosas cuando llueve, es peligroso. Por lo demás excelente. Sí lo recomiendo.