Reviews of Hotel La Arena 3 stars
Liberia guanacaste, 62915 Liberia, Costa Rica
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Reviewed: 21 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewVery clean and quiet
thank you hope to see you soon
Reviewed: 20 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewClose to airport. Amazing staff - very helpful and accommodating!
thanks
Reviewed: 27 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewThe property was pretty.
It was hard to access from the highway. It took a couple attempts to find
Reviewed: 15 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewBed was very comfortable, good a/c. Hosts were very friendly and helpful. They provided a shuttle to the airport.
Not close to amenities. Host helped with getting dinner, and coffee in the morning. Right by the highway, but the road noise didn't stop us from having a great sleep.
thank you
Reviewed: 21 August 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewStaff was nice
The pool was slimy and smelled and there were frogs in it, cigarette burns in the blanket, a guy was there getting arrested not a great place to stay
thanks for your response hope to see you soon
Reviewed: 8 August 2024 · Stayed in August 2024
Verified reviewAway from town , nice grounds, garden , pool to enjoy, comfy rooms, pleasant owners
thanks hope to see you soon enjoy your stay in Costa Rica
Reviewed: 1 May 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewVery simple rooms, no breakfast, too expensive. I couldn't be refunded from my company because they didn't give me the receipt.
Reviewed: 1 April 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewclean and great a/c
located in the highway, if you miss the driveway it’s an 12 minute mistake
thank you hope to see you soon
Reviewed: 23 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewRelaxing, friendly, interesting landscaping, pet friendly.
difficult to find from the direction of Libiria. A message to people ahead with exact directions would help. Would have liked some English speaking channels on the TV.
Reviewed: 14 March 2024 · Stayed in March 2024
Verified reviewComfortable and wonderful hostess!
The Hotel is on Hwy. 1 and there is a lot of traffic noise.
Reviewed: 11 February 2024 · Stayed in February 2024
Verified reviewWell cared for family run hotel, nice pool area. The buildings had a nice look to them, and unlike most places, they have ample parking and even covered parking!!. Plenty of hot water! AC! The best thing were the people. Dwight definitely knows how to take care of things that you may need. I prefer family businesses for this reason!
There was anything negative that affected my stay.
thanks Greg
Reviewed: 29 January 2024 · Stayed in January 2024
Verified reviewLocation convenient.
Reviewed: 12 August 2023 · Stayed in August 2023
Verified reviewWhen booking this , it seemed to state that my credit card information would be used to hold reservation, and not chargeduntil I checked in,so it seemed to me it could be cancelled. I picked up 2 dogs at San Jose, Costa Rica airport, and one dog was very ill, and I needed to stay in San Jose, and therefore canceled reservation. I then realized at the very bottom, it stated that I would be charged if I cancel, which seems opposite of the “ not being charged until I checked in.” It was only about 90 minutes between reservation and cancel. The property manager refused a refund. I’m VERY disappointed that Bookings.com didn’t put the non cancellation explanation at the very top!! Not as the last of the “ fine print” I will not use bookings.com again, despite many years of using it prior
find a way to fix or delete this please
Reviewed: 8 April 2023 · Stayed in January 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 25 March 2023 · Stayed in February 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 22 March 2023 · Stayed in February 2023
Verified reviewOwner was super friendly and helpful
Reviewed: 9 March 2023 · Stayed in March 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 26 February 2023 · Stayed in February 2023
Verified reviewthe owner was awesome drove us in to town to get some snacks etc. very helpful
no food or bottled water etc on site, web site was not very clear on location
Reviewed: 25 February 2023 · Stayed in February 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 24 February 2023 · Stayed in February 2023
Verified reviewThere wasn't really anything we really liked about this location to speak of.
The rooms were musty smelling, out dated and not too clean.
Reviewed: 24 February 2023 · Stayed in February 2023
Verified reviewOwner was fantastic, really helpful
Reviewed: 3 February 2023 · Stayed in January 2023
Verified reviewReviewed: 7 January 2023 · Stayed in December 2022
Verified reviewReviewed: 2 January 2023 · Stayed in January 2023
Verified reviewHotel la arena was the perfect place for our final stay in Costa Rica. Raphael and his son Dwight were very friendly and made us feel very comfortable. We enjoyed the pool area in the beautiful garden. The room was exceptionally clean with comfortable beds. Dwight drove us to the airport and I left one of my suitcases in his car. He contacted me about the suitcase and was kind enough to turn around and bring my suitcase into the airport. I defend recommend this hotel.