Only 20 minutes from the country's main airport, most tourists visiting Costa Rica will spend a night in a San Jose hotel here before moving onto their other adventures. This, the capitol of Costa Rica, has scores of places to stay. The Alta Hotel is one of the top choices, being close to the airport and having lovely rooms and incredible balcony views. It has a bar restaurant and is undoubtedly one of the most comfortable and luxurious places to stay in San Jose.

Prestige Resorts is a company that operates six different hotels in San Jose. Free breakfasts, daily, weekly, and monthly rates as well as a quiet residential location make the Apartotel El Sesteo All Suites an ideal home base while you explore San Jose. The tropical style garden, pool and Jacuzzi add another level of luxury to already comfortable accommodations. Their Britannia Hotel, Don Fadrique Hotel, Hotel Centro Colon, Santo Tomas Hotel, and Vesuvio Hotel, are all good lodging options. If you arrive at one of these hotels unannounced when the hotel is full, they receptionist will be glad to reserve a room for you at one of their other hotels and even arrange transportation.

The Hotel Santo Tomas has 20 non smoking rooms in a French Victorian setting. This mansions rooms are clean and tastefully decorated with fine furniture, have hardwood floors and fine Persian rugs. 8 museums lie within a short 4-block walk, and you will have extra cash on hand to pay for admission because the rates at this excellent San Jose Hotel are a reasonable $69.95 for a superior room.

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If you're in town for awhile or just want to get the feeling of what its like to live in the Capitol, forgo the Hotels in San Jose and rent a villa or an apartment for a few days or longer. The Scotland Apartments has 25 accommodations to choose from, and the Villas del Rio and the Santa Ana Condo hotel all have apartments or condos for you to rent. Places like these really help the visitor get into the rhythm of city life. You'll have your own kitchen, which will inspire you to go to the market to buy food to prepare.

Young travelers will not have a hard time finding a busy, fun hostel full of other like-minded travelers. It's easy to find a cheap San Jose hotel for similar prices, students and backpackers oftentimes prefer to rather stay in hostels in San Jose. There they can make friends or just have someone to talk on those lonely nights. Kaps house is an interesting type of accommodations. Set in a sprawling Costa Rican home, the cozy and bright private rooms with a shared kitchen and bathroom is like a mixture of a lodge, a hostel, and a San Jose hotel-mansion. Spanish lessons, airport pickup, facials, manicures and pedicures are some of the unusual but welcome services you will enjoy when you stay at this, one of the most unique San Jose Hotels.

San Jose, the cosmopolitan capitol of this democratic Central American country, is full of choices. From the different regions of the country you can reach from its central location, the various options of accommodations offered by San Jose hotels reflect the diversity of the country of Costa Rica.