The summer and spring months will be ideal for you, if you are more keen on visiting the gardens of Toronto. Spring of Toronto runs from the last week of March till mid-May. Occasionally, you may also get snow in April; however, that much snow will never spoil your tour plans. The summer starts from mi-May and extends till the middle of September. The monsoon of Toronto is between mid-September and mid-November.

The definite highlight of the summer months of Toronto is Caribana Festival. This annual festival is also regarded as the biggest street festival of North America. The Caribana Festival first started in the year 1967 and now it draws over 1 million visitors every year from Caribbean Islands, North America and Britain. This street festival is primarily based on the Carnival of Trinidad. During the two week celebration of the festival people participating in it enjoy eating, dancing and playing music of various forms.

Hotel Paraiso De La Bonita is undoubtedly an outstanding luxurious retreat featuring the concept of Endless Privileges that include sumptuous amenities, finest services, and epicurean meals to gratify each second of your short-term or long-term holiday right from your landing at the airport until you step into the home-back plane. Relax in its chic rooms, cherish its delicious meals served in varied specialty restaurants, explore its 48 foot catamaran, pamper yourself at its truly effective Thalasso Spa, activate yourself at its ocean-view fitness center, or plan to celebrate your kid’s birthday. No matter what you want, Hotel Paraiso is always at your service! In short, just soak into its unique comfort amidst tranquility and luxury!

Rooms

Boasting the traditional wood-paddle ceiling fans and spacious terraces/small balconies with the sweeping Caribbean view, all the chic rooms here are well furbished and spacious enough! In each of them, you can expect wireless Internet access, air conditioning, minibar, CD/DVD player, separate sitting area, premium bedding, designer toiletries, hair dryer, iron/ironing board (on request), voice mail, clock radio, a 32-inch television with satellite channels, complimentary wireless Internet access, phone, wake-up calls, housekeeping, turndown service, separate bathtub and shower, bathrobes, welcome amenities, desk, pillowtop mattress, opening windows, coffee/tea maker, safe (accommodates laptop), satellite television service, pillow menu, 1,200 sq feet size, Frette Italian sheets, aromatherapy pillows, linen scents, multi-functional rechargeable outlets, handmade beach bags, and mp3 docking station. Within the 90 suites, you will love one of six motifs décor (Indian, Oriental, Balinese, Caribbean, African, and Mediterranean.

Amenities

• Complimentary airport transportation • Multiple conference/meeting rooms • Multilingual staff • Complimentary newspapers in lobby • Concierge services • Business services

• Lounge • Garden • Patio • Poolside bar • Breakfast for a surcharge • 24-hour room service • Valet/Free parking • Gift shops • Library • 24-hour front desk • Tour assistance • Limo or Town Car service

Recreation

• Full-service health spa • Steam room • Sauna • Spa tub

• Fitness facilities • Outdoor swimming pool • Hair salon • Beauty services • Massage – spa treatment room(s) • Beach, land, and water activities • Freshwater pool • Hydrotherapy saltwater Thalassotherapy pool • Ping-pong • Tennis court • Culinary classes • Yoga • Scuba lessons • Dance classes • Boat shopping tour • Live musicians and artists • Art gallery • Beachfront walking path • Horse riding • Golfing • Excursions to Mayan ruins • Swimming • Rowing or canoeing • Snorkeling • Boating • Surfing/boogie boarding • Water skiing • Parasailing • Windsurfing • Kayaking • Sailing

Restaurants

Its six restaurants offer a memorable moonlight dinner on the pier, candlelight by the pool, and lunch on the beach. At the Paraiso De La Bonita, the open-air El Chiringuito restaurant by seaside serves varieties cooked on a wood fire. The best item here to be tasted is one of the fresh pizzas cooked in the outdoor fire woods.

For a total Mayan experience, the Kaax restaurant is worth its name that in the Mayan language means ‘jungle’. However, you will surely adore its hand painted murals showing to the visitors the Mexican flora and fauna amidst which you savor its wonderful, rich, and authentic Mexican menu. This renders Kaax a unique one as compared to the rest of the restaurants in the Yucatan peninsula. If the chef cooks these great recipes featuring a modern touch, the waiters humbly explain them.

Indulge at the 4-diamond award winning restaurant, La Canoa that offers French ‘La Cuisine de los Soles’ – a curious mix of styles, spices, and other ingredients to offer a more Mediterranean flavor. This is the home of fusion dishes.

An afternoon tea is best enjoyed at the specialty Birds Lounge zone.

The hotel is apt for both the leisure and business travelers as there are several suitable amenities such as free wireless Internet, gym, lounges, concierge, and free breakfast buffet.

Rooms

This good midrange option with its eight stories almost seems to be eligible for the status of a skyscraper, but its majority of its 100 smoke-free rooms and suites hardly offer any vista to justify that. Only a few of them offer city or mountain vistas, but all of them have been chicly renovated in 2008 and are also individually furnished. I would prefer to go for the rooms with the windows facing the north direction.

The common amenities: • Down comforters • Premium bedding • Hair dryer • 32-inch LCD TV • Cable channels • On command video • Shower in the bathroom • Complimentary toiletries • Complimentary wired and wireless high-speed Internet • Desk • Safe (accommodate laptops) • Mini bar • Voice mail • Phones • AC • Soundproofing • Hypo-allergenic bedding • Iron/ironing board on request • Nightly turndown service • Hypo-allergenic bedding • Electronic/magnetic keys • Clock radio • Opening window • Rollaway beds • Cribs • Curtains • High-definition television • Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)

Amenities

• Casino shuttle (surcharge) • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge) • Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge) • Shopping center shuttle (surcharge) • Airport transportation (surcharge) • Theme park shuttle (surcharge) • Parking (free) • Wheelchair accessible • 24-hour front desk • Business services • Audio-visual equipment • Lift • Front desk hours • Express check-in and check-out • Complimentary buffet breakfast • Wired/Wireless (high-speed) Internet access – complimentary • Restaurant • Dial-up Internet access – surcharge • Currency exchange • Tours/ticket assistance • Parking (secure) • Limo or Town Car service • Porter/bellhop • Conference center • Multiple small meeting rooms • Room service (limited hours) • Area shuttle (surcharge) • Complimentary reception • Doorman/doorwoman • Dry cleaning/laundry • Secretarial services • Technology support staff • Technology helpdesk

Recreation

• Steam room • Jacuzzi on rooftop • Massage rooms (spa) • Casino • Health club • Sauna • Spa • Golf – driving range nearby • Playground nearby • Golfing nearby • Racquetball/squash nearby • Tennis nearby • Volleyball nearby • Eco tours nearby • Aerobics nearby • Bungee jumping nearby • Running track/path nearby • Pilates classes/instruction nearby • Basketball nearby • Golf lessons available nearby • Yoga classes/instruction nearby

Spa at the Hotel Presidente offers treatment rooms, outdoor treatment areas, wraps, massages, scrubs, therapies, aromatherapies, and facial as well as body treatments.

Restaurants

At this San Jose hotel, there is only one gourmet choice called as the News Cafe Restaurant that is the most perfect eatery in the downtown of the city to enjoy a tasty as well as cozy meal. And for this, all the credit goes to its desirable vista of the popular pedestrian boulevard called the Central Avenue as well as to its full menu.

As you wake up, treat your stomach as well as the taste buds via its complimentary hearty breakfast. As the sun comes over your head, chill down via its delicious salads, burgers, and sandwiches. And while the night brings in the craving for a sweet bite, select from its appetizing dessert selection. During dinner, do not forget to taste its delicious pasta – its simply Italian!

Address

Central Ave Blvd,

7th Street,

San Jose 99999,

Costa Rica.

Rates

From $101 per night.

Besides soaking in the two swimming pools as well as hot springs at the Arenal Springs Resort, you also have a lot to do here: Visit the Maleku Indigenous Reserve and know about the Costa Rican culture, explore the Arenal Volcano via a hike or a bike, and swim or boat in the Lake Arenal that forms the volcano’s foot. Irrespective of what you choose, after all, you are surely going to taste the different flavors of the nature for sure!

Rooms

At the Arenal Springs Resort that is a perfect mountain sanctuary, there are 87 non-smoking Junior Suites all amidst the colorful flowers, exotic gardens, and chirping birds. Each of these colonial-style units offers the clear vistas of the volcano’s active side. The amenities in each of these 5-people suites include a king size/two double beds, handicap access, ceiling fan, TV, cable channels, security box, AC, phone, hair dryer, refrigerator, coffee maker, private bathroom with hot water,, mini bar, Wi-Fi, laundry bag, shower only, safe, in-room massages, terrace for bird viewing, rocking chairs, and flanking tropical gardens.

If you are coming here with your family of more than five members, you can also request for the adjoining rooms.

Amenities

• Bellhop • Airport transportation (surcharge) • Multilingual staff • Babysitting • Currency exchange • Complimentary breakfast • Gift shops • Express check-in and check-out • Tour assistance/Ticket arrangements • On-site medical aid • Complimentary wireless (high-speed) Internet • Parking (free) • TV in lobby • Parking (secure) • Lounge • Multiple small meeting rooms • Dry cleaning/laundry service • Complimentary wired (high-speed) Internet • Medical aid • Dial-up Internet access – surcharge • Security guard • Room service (limited hours) • Laundry facilities • Safe-deposit box – front desk

Recreation

• 2 swimming pools outdoors with the volcano views • Waterfall • Umbrella • 2 massage rooms • 2 hot springs of which one is for the kids • Eco tours • Horse riding/rentals • Boat launch and Motor boating nearby • Water skiing nearby • Playground nearby • Bungee jumping nearby • Windsurfing nearby • Dock nearby • Rafting nearby • Kayaking nearby • Sailing nearby • Surfing/boogie boarding nearby • Rowing or canoeing nearby • Running track/path nearby • Parasailing nearby • Aerobics nearby • Mountain biking nearby • Tennis nearby • Volleyball nearby • Basketball nearby • Yoga/Pilates classes/instruction nearby • Scooter/Moped Rentals nearby • Bicycle rentals • Personal watercraft nearby • Hiking/biking trails nearby

Spa treatments are given in the dedicated massage rooms. I would recommend trying the unique hot stone massage for an hour and the Swedish massage for 45 minutes.

Tours

• Tour of its local vegetable farm • Water rafting • Canopying • Cave trips • Fortuna River waterfall excursion • Hiking, horse riding, or biking tours of the volcano • Safari float • Eco-center trips • Rainforest tours • Sky walks • Cultural tours • Montverde eco tour

Restaurants

The Ti Cain restaurant here is the best place to gratify your taste buds via its delectable menu as well as your eyes through the picture-perfect vistas of the Arenal Volcano. You can savor breakfast in buffet style and lunch as well as dinner in a la carte style. In a nutshell, you enjoy the excellent national as well as international menus served by the international chefs who given in their best to offer you a memorable eating experience in Costa Rica. While here, do taste the Heart of palm and avocado salad, Azteca cream soup, House custard, and Ricotta cheese cake and strawberry couls.

Address

La Fortuna de San Carlos,

Arenal Fortuna,

Costa Rica.

Rates

From $135 per night.

This 5-star luxury ironically co-exists with the nature so peacefully that one will keep on coming here again and again to especially explore the four natural elements: Arenal Volcano soaring from its rear, hot springs flowing from the side, rainforest flanking it for pure air breathing, and the productive landscape of the region of Fortuna de San Carlos. If such is the aura of the Tabacon Grand Spa Thermal Resort, then it is natural for it to receive several honors. For those who don’t know, this naturally luxurious hotel has been included in the list of the world’s Leading Spas, Leading Hotels, Signature Travel Group, Conde Nast Traveler’s choices, and top 10 eco-spas on the planet by the magazine of the National Geographic.

You can reach here from San Jose by traveling for three hours.

Rooms

There are 100 non-smoking rooms as well as 14 non-smoking suites at the Tabacon Grand Spa Thermal Resort. Among the different types of rooms, you can expect Deluxe Premium, Superior, Superior Premium, Junior, and Forest suites. No matter which one you pick, all the rooms and suites offer the basic amenities that ensure you a memorable stay via the virtue of comfort. The different amenities include Jacuzzi, hot water, safety box, phone, laundry, 42″ plasma TV,  AC, alarm clock, in-room massage, free movies, cordless telephone featuring the speed dial function, shoe shine service, umbrella, slippers, bathrobes for kids, wake-up calls, nightly turndown service, mini bar, Internet, iron & boards, DVD, hair dryer, laptop, fans, handicapped features, cable TV, luxury toiletries, coffee maker, and bathrobes. And yes, you also enjoy the partial vistas of the forest, garden, or volcano.

Amenities

• Business center • Private parking • Gift shop • Souvenir shop • 24-hour room service • Concierge • Restaurants • Tour desk

Recreation

• Cool gardens • Lagoons • Hot Springs • The Grand Spa with Jacuzzi in all 11 open-air bungalows • Nightly vistas of the flowing lava • Thermal river pools • Temezcal as a customary sweat bath with the aid of a resident shaman amidst the pools and rainforest to detoxify • Yoga Center • Gym • White water rafting • National park tours • Boat trips • Safari float • Hanging bridges • Rappels • Canopying • Volcano hiking tours

Restaurants

Special Indian-based Ayurveda menu, Tandoor menu, and special in-room dining are the specialties of the restaurants here. In short, you get to taste the local as well as international flavors along with some excitingly innovative touches. The eateries at the Tabacon Grand Spa Thermal Resort are truly among the best ones in the La Fortuna area.

At Los Tucanes, you enjoy breakfast buffet via the several food stations that offer tropical juices, omelets, waffles, pancakes, cheeses, cereals, seasonal fruits, cold cuts, as well as some local delicacies like sweet plantains and tamales. You can also have a la carte order that include continental selections. Lunch and fine dining here features creative items with international blends so that you can savor the best of national fusion with specialties.

The Ave del Paraiso is famous for its a la carte menu including sandwiches and salads along with the resort signatures like the Indian Tandoor delicacies. At night, expect themed dinners whose specialties include spa cuisine, Ayurvedic meals, and Tandoor delicacies. The restaurant also has its bar where light items as well as snacks are offered along with a healthy menu.

A great sandwich menu is the specialty of the lobby-level Caña Brava.

Address

Highway to Nuevo Arenal,

La Fortuna (from where you need to drive for 13 kms),

Costa Rica.

Rates

From $245 per night (without the tax).

JW Marriott Guanacaste, on the nation’s northwest shore, offers all that you want and wish: luxury rooms, world-class spa, three beaches, Mike Young’s 18-hole golf course where the location of the 15th hole promises the soaking Pacific vistas, and the Equestrian Center.

Rooms

There are 300 rooms within the JW Marriott Guanacaste all equipped with the rich wood, fine linens, and balconies for enjoying the cool sea, garden, or ocean views. The standard amenities in each of them include Egyptian cotton linens, mini bar, double sink, speakerphone, lanais, cordless phone, premium bedding, 37-inch LCD TV, free movie channels, premium cable channels, wireless Internet access (surcharge), rollaway beds, AC, cribs, On command video, multi-line phones, separate bathtubs and showers, safes, coffee/tea makers, bathrobes, designer toiletries, separate sitting areas, climate control, nightly turndown service, flat-panel television, HBO, ESPN, and clock radio.

Amenities

• 4 restaurants • Parking (secure) • Air-conditioned public areas • Safe-deposit box – front desk • Express check-in and check-out • Airport transportation (surcharge) • Babysitting or child care • Lounge • Porter • Event catering • Patio • Currency exchange • 24-hour room service • Concierge desk • Dry cleaning/laundry service • Ballrooms • Doorman • Gift shops • Tours/ticket assistance • Business center • Banquet facilities • On-site medical aid • Multilingual staff • Valet parking • Audio-visual equipment • Parking (free) • Self parking • Supervised child care/activities • Technology support staff • Business services • 4 conference/meeting rooms • Multiple small meeting rooms • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access – surcharge

Recreation

• Children’s club • Beauty services • 2 spa tubs • Swimming pool – outdoor • Swimming pool – children’s • Sauna • Steam room • Full-service health spa • Private beach • Fitness facilities • Massage – spa treatment room(s) • Beach/Pool umbrellas • Golf – driving range • Sports center • Golf course • Surfing/boogie boarding • Eco tours • Playground • Kayaking • Pilates classes/instruction • Aerobics • Windsurfing • Yoga classes/instruction • Volleyball • Running track/path • Golf lessons • Bird watching • Horse riding/rental • Rowing or canoeing nearby • Rafting nearby • Motor boating nearby • Parasailing nearby • Tennis nearby • Water skiing nearby • Hiking/biking trails nearby • Mountain biking nearby • Personal watercraft nearby • Scooter/Moped Rentals nearby

Restaurants

Your taste buds will simply inspire you to come back at the JW Marriott Guanacaste again and again for its delectable menus in on-site restaurants. For giving the buds the authentic taste of Asia during all the three meals of the day, the Asian-Fusion restaurant is the best option; while the Azul Pool Bar is simply for the fast food fans who love to eat such a lunch in the al fresco style.

The aroma of the Mediterranean food will pull you to the Mediterranean restaurant where the typical Mediterranean flavors will offer you a memorable lunch at the picturesque beachfront. However, if you want to savor international dishes in a buffet style, drag yourself to the Mansita Restaurant that is an all-day dining hub. In whichever restaurant you go, just ensure that you are in casuals!

Address

Hacienda Pinilla, Tamarindo, Santa Cruz, Costa Rica.

Rates

From $295 per night.

Your tour of the La Paz Waterfall Garden begins from the Welcome Center from where you descend to the enclosed butterfly observatory whose size is that of a football field for permitting the butterflies to rise in the air from their habitats. Above all, it is also very educational as there are several on-site guides who are always ready to tell you much more about their lives and will also point to hard-to-spot things such as caterpillars, eggs, and secret butterflies. From here, you then walk on one of the trails leading to the five waterfalls. As all the tracks are steel or concrete made with handrails, a person of any age can explore them including the one who is physically handicapped (obviously not without a wheelchair). These trails are of 3 km and pas through the lush rainforest as well as floral attractions above which you can easily spot the colorful birds. To view the waterfall, there are misted platforms. Once you stroll down the way along the river until the trail’s end, a shuttle will take you in to drop you to the Welcome Center up the road (ascending is always a bit difficult than descending, so a quick shuttle service).

After you are back to the Welcome Center, you start your walk towards the Hummingbird Garden where more than 20 species of these colorful little ones stay. Here, hundreds of creatures fly over your head as they tend to move away from the feeders. Throughout the La Paz Waterfall Garden, you can easily spot the feeders to watch out for their feeding ways as well as interactions. To know more about each of the species, look for the informative signs that tell in detail about the lifespan as well as habits. This set up is so professionally made that no other zoo or museum display can compete with this one.

Once you are done with this, get ready to amble via the striking Orchid garden as well as through the stunning Frog Pond that is sure to attract your kids with its jumping green leaf frogs as well as the poison dart frog. And yes, do not miss the Serpentarium even if you are scared of snakes as here you will safely get to see 30 species of snakes that are unique to the nation. And finally, you explore the trout lake where you can cool down during a hot afternoon. At last, you can savor your appetite at the Colibries restaurant that offers an eclectic mix of preparations.

In short, the La Paz Waterfall Garden will make you experience the nature’s both crude (forests and volcano) as well as the refined (lake and ponds) side. If you want to envision this attraction, just think Costa Rica as a land of lush rainforest, walking trails, cloud forest, butterflies, flowers, and multi-colored birds and you know how to spend a half of the day at La Paz. I am sure this will be a memorable one for you!

The ideal way to explore this attraction is to depart early morning from San Jose that is at a distance of an hour. Drive up to the volcano’s peak so that you first explore this geological wonder before the garden as well as the La Paz city. Then, reach to the town in half an hour, enjoy the gardens, and savor a great lunch buffet. And while you turn back to the capital, do get down at the Sarchi village to shop. I would recommend staying in San Jose a night after the tour.

Quick look at the attractions

• Butterfly observatory  • Frog pond  • Hummingbird garden  • Serpentarium  • Trout Lake  • Peace Lodge for $270 per night  • Poas Volcano Lodge for $65 per night  • Gift shop  • Two restaurants  • Orchid terrace

Entrance fee

• $35 per adult
• $20 per kid (3-12 years)

Timings

8 am to 5 pm.

Nestled in calm, but secure spot, this lodge is flanked by 70 acres of green intimacy featuring both primary as well as secondary forest. In fact, you tend to live amidst the rich biodiversity for which all the credit goes to the high elevation as well as the wet climate. Staying simply does not make you lazy by relaxing in its cool organic ambiance, but it also makes you a bit adventurous by exploring a myriad of natural reserves where you can easily look for the three-toed sloths, bare-necked umbrella birds, and white-faced monkeys. Tours by the Monteverde Cloud Forest lodge does not only mean to experience the wildlife here, but also to explore the cultural history and tastes via the cheese factory offering ice creams as well as local cheese and the butterfly and orchid gardens where everything about the native floral species is known in an interesting way.

Well, the tour by this lodge is also available in its complex via its 3 miles of private trails that takes you the forested areas to spot more than 100 species of birds. Not only this, you also enjoy the vistas of the Gulf of Nicoya as well as of the forest.

Rooms

At the Monteverde Cloud Forest lodge, there are 20 bungalow-style rooms in separate edifices flanked by the forest, which are soaked in earthy shades as well as bright looks. All of them are big and ensure a homely ambiance. For a cool feel, the wood paneling on the walls as well as the ceiling act perfect along with the clean tile floors. Each of the accommodations come with the private porch where the wonderful gardens surround your room for taking a stress relieving breath, reading a book, and watch for abundant wildlife and birds.

No matter which you choose, all rooms offer private terrace, private hot water bathrooms, double/bunk/single bed, safe deposit box, alarm clock, cribs, phone, mini bar, and wireless Internet.

Amenities/Recreation

• Disabled access • TV room • Internet • Restaurant and bar • Coffee service • Private parking • Free breakfast • Laundry • Hot water • Conference rooms • Lounge • Jacuzzi • Game room • Pool table • Self guided trail • Private parking • Gardens • Hiking trails • Free breakfast • Lounge • Wireless Internet • Reading area with sofas and windows • Swimming pool • Spa tub

Tours/Activities

• Cloud Forest Reserve • Horseback riding • Butterfly Garden • Frog Pound • Cheese factory tour • Skywalk tour

Restaurants

At the Monteverde Cloud Forest lodge, there is only one cordial restaurant that is an expert in serving the carefully made, delicious meals presented in the Costa Rican style. Serving some specialties such as soups, homemade breads, salads, desserts; this one takes care of all the three meals of the day. It also offers many national drinks along with the vistas of the surrounding forest as well as a bit remote, the Gulf of Nicoya. And not to forget, you can also enjoy the sunsets as well.

Address

Santa Elena,

Quetzal Drive,

Monteverde,

Costa Rica.

Temperatures

From 15 to 26 degrees.

Reaching here

You cannot reach Monteverde by air due to no flights. So, the only way to reach here is by road: From San Jose, it takes four hours via a four wheel drive (strongly recommended). Alternatively, package tour buses from the city can bring you here.

Rates

• From $90 excluding 13% tax and including breakfast.
• Free for children between 6 and 12.

While relaxing in Hotel Si Como No, you tend to enjoy the 360-degree vistas from the furnished balconies from the scenic hilltop, endless water views, the wild national park, close by beaches, waterfalls, Jacuzzi run by solar energy, intimate Butterfly Atrium as well as the Wildlife Refuge, lush tropical rainforests, raging rivers, jumping monkeys, and colorful birds. Featuring hospitable service and warm welcome, the hotel facilitates a lot of excellent activities such as adventure as well as guided nature tours along with private movie cinema tours and shopping.

Rooms

There are 58 air-conditioned rooms including 4 suites at the Hotel Si Como No spa resort some of which offering a partial ocean, garden, or jungle vista. Among the amenities, you are provided ceiling fan, private bathroom, CD player, direct-dial phone, shower/tub combination, mini bar, soundproofed rooms, wake-up calls, coffee/tea maker, extra towels/bedding, clock radio, hair dryer, daily housekeeping, turndown service, sewing kit, safe, iron/ironing board, desk, crib, sofa bed, dial-up Internet access (surcharge), and wireless high-speed Internet access (complimentary).

Amenities

• Wheelchair accessible • Laundry facilities • Medical aid • Parking (free) • Parking (secure) • Safe-deposit box – front desk • TV in the lobby • Porter/bellhop • Air-conditioned public areas • Security guard • Lounge • 2 restaurants • Event catering • Front desk hours • Multilingual staff • Airport transportation (surcharge) • Floor butler • Audio-visual equipment • Area shuttle (complimentary) • Babysitting or child care • Wired (high-speed) Internet access – complimentary • Banquet facilities • Swim-up bar • Café • Business services • Complimentary newspapers in lobby • Concierge desk • Exhibit space • Gift shops • Complimentary breakfast • Doorman • On-site medical aid • Currency exchange • Dry cleaning/laundry service • Wireless (high-speed) Internet access – complimentary • Dial-up Internet access – surcharge

Recreation

• 2 outdoor swimming pools • Pool umbrellas • Jacuzzi • Patio • Garden • Full-service health spa • Waterslide • Beach umbrellas • Swimming pool – children’s • Fitness facilities • Massage – spa treatment room(s) • Kayaking • Surfing/boogie boarding • Bird watching • Scuba diving nearby • Whale-watching nearby • Rafting nearby • Yoga classes/instruction nearby • Eco tours • Santa Juana Mountain tour via the jungle-shrouded slopes and rivers with a bilingual nature guide, lunch, and fruit juices • Private Wildlife Refuge • Amphibian Aquatic Garden • The Butterfly Botanical Garden • Reptile Exhibit • Jungle Night Walk in the tropical rain forest • Amphibian water gardens • Botanical Garden Spice Farm Tasting tour • Horse back riding • Rainforest aerial tram • Mountain biking • The Canopy Safari • Dolphin discovery and snorkeling tour • Surfing lessons • River cruise • Manual Antonio diving • River rafting • Boat trips

At the spa, you can enjoy in its any of the three treatment rooms; aromatherapy; vistas of the garden, ocean, mountain, and water; body treatments; and facial treatments.

Restaurants

Within the Hotel Si Como No, there are two restaurants that cater to your daily meals. Mandating casual attire for the guests, the Rico Tico Tex Mex as well as the Claro Que Si restaurants offers some innovative fusions as well as delicacies. The former one serves all three meals, while the latter takes care of your dinner. From 10 am, you can also enjoy in its Cafe Tal coffee shop.

Address

Manuel Antonio National Park,

Manuel Antonio,

Puntarenas,

Aguirre, Costa Rica.

Rates

From $185 per night.

Award

Costa Rican National Grand Prize in 1996 for its superb architecture.

Being inspired from Bali, this ironically naturally luxurious retreat sits secretly at the remote north end of the rocky beach along a low wall. Flanked by the superb surf and almond as well as plumeria trees, this is among the nation’s most fantastic resorts with villas and a special House that are privately enclosed by the vistas of the Pacific and verdant gardens that render the entire area as the eco-friendly beach complex. No matter which villa you choose, you are just at a stone throw distance from the waves, spa, restaurants, and other services as well as facilities.

At the Florblanca Resort, you are bound to have a divine experience where spiritual, physical, and mental inspirations come through different angles as well as directions: Oceanfront yoga and Pilates, the novel Spa Bambu in the jungle with the plunging waterfalls and a reflecting pool, and Nectar as the beachside restaurant offering preparations of fresh ingredients. So, do not delay anymore now!

To reach here, catch a flight for Tambor from San Jose followed by a 40-minute ride accompanied by a member of the resort staff. Alternatively, you can come here straight by road from San Jose in some four to five hours along with a ferry crossing on the Nicoya Gulf.

Villas

There are 10 deluxe villas of which 3 are with 2 bedrooms, while the remaining ones are with one bedroom. All of them are amidst the hillside vegetation on a beachfront terrain. They are so stylishly designed that each of them with the bamboo works, Costa Rican hardwoods, as well as numerous doors and windows capture your minds amidst the vistas of the blues and greens (in one villa only) in an intimate setting. Reflecting soft creams as well as teak accents and furnishings, each of these two-storeyed villas offer a variety of amenities: AC, cable TV, terrace, phone, open living area, wireless internet access, mini bar, coffee maker, iron, ironing board, hair dryer, safety box, luxurious granite stone tubs in the shape of a boat in the garden for an exotic feel, outdoor garden bathroom, air-conditioned bedrooms, indoor bathrooms, abundant decks, hand-crafted Indonesian furniture, free-form pool, real terra cotta underfoot, ceiling fans, arching terraces, rattan lounge chairs, craft pieces, poured–cement sofa, dining place, huge lounges, Costa Rican water color decorations, occasional Balinese mask lofty teak king beds, rolled–bamboo lamps, muslin canopy drape, halogen reading lamps, CD player, safe, concrete sink, shaded tower, and countertops.

Amenities/Recreation

• Wireless Internet • Complimentary newspaper, • Welcome gift • Terrace • Yoga studio • Parking • Gift shop • Souvenir shop • Massage room • Fully-equipped gym • Concierge • Bilingual services • Estethic center • Surfing • Eco tours • Scuba diving • Conservation activities • Boating • Island tours • Canopying • Bicycling • Beach-side activities • Bird watching • Restaurant • Pool • Workout area • 4 treatment rooms • Horse back riding • Massage • Hiking

Restaurants

Food is one of those features here, which is mush admired. Daily, the guests enjoy the included gourmet breakfast as well as a poolside dinner all happening amidst the refreshing ocean breeze for making you feel in the air. And above all, the vegetarian servings are seriously worth a taste!

Address

Florblanca Resort,

Playa Santa Teresa,

Nicoya,

Costa Rica.

Rates

From $350 per night.