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 Thomas 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 Thomas 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.
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.
