A curated shortlist, not an exhaustive list. We only feature places we would recommend to our own clients — booked directly, no middleman markup.
🌋 La Fortuna, at the foot of Arenal Volcano
Ultra-Luxury — Tabacón Thermal Resort & Spa
Costa Rica's most iconic thermal address — a natural hot spring river running straight through the property, tropical gardens, and a 5-star spa built around it.
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Luxury — Lost Iguana Resort & Spa
Set deeper into the rainforest, about 30 minutes from town, with volcano views from nearly every room. The trade-off for the distance is total immersion.
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Premium — Arenal Observatory Lodge & Trails
A hotel located inside Arenal Volcano National Park itself — closer to the volcano than anywhere else in the area. A 3-star rating (the highest for a mountain lodge in Costa Rica) with 500+ bird species on the grounds, for travellers who'd rather put the budget toward the experience than the room.
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☁️ Monteverde — high in the cloud forest
Luxury — Koora Hotel
A recently opened eco-lodge overlooking the Gulf of Nicoya, with a design-forward take on cloud forest living.
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Premium — Monteverde Cloud Forest Lodge
A more rustic ecolodge set within the Bellbird Biological Corridor — no pool, no excess, just forest on every side.
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🌴 Puerto Viejo — the Caribbean coast
Luxury — Namu Garden Hotel & Spa
Adults-only, a 3-minute walk from Playa Negra. A quieter, more polished version of the Caribbean coast.
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Boutique — Tree House Lodge
Handbuilt treehouses steps from Punta Uva beach, inside the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge. As close as it gets to sleeping inside the jungle.
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🌿 Uvita — south Pacific coast
Luxury — Oxygen Jungle Villas
Private villas above the whale-shaped bay of Ballena, built for slow mornings and ocean views.
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Eight addresses, four regions, one country that rewards those who take the time to move between them.
If you'd rather not figure out which of these fits your trip — or how to string two or three together without losing days to driving — that's exactly where Séquence comes in.
Frequently Asked Questions
What currency is used in Costa Rica?
The Costa Rican colón, though US dollars are widely accepted in tourist areas and hotels — expect change in colones.How far apart are these regions?
La Fortuna to Monteverde is roughly 3-4 hours by road (often via a shorter boat-taxi-boat route across Lake Arenal); Monteverde to the Caribbean coast is a full-day drive, which is part of why choosing 2-3 regions rather than all 4 tends to work better for a single trip.Is it rainy season during any particular months?
Costa Rica's rainy season runs roughly May to November on the Pacific side, with the Caribbean coast (Puerto Viejo) following a different, less predictable pattern.
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