Easy access to Conchal Beach

The resort resembles an elegant, modern village beside an impressive free-form pool. This is a great choice for travelers who want to stay in just one place and appreciate everything.

Westin Playa Conchal Amenities

Playa Conchal

Surrounded by almost 2,000 acres of tropical forest with a superb white sand beach and a championship 18-hole golf course, the Westin Playa Conchal Resort is the largest and most sophisticated All-Inclusive Resort in Costa Rica.

Caracola Poolside Restaurant

The Westin Playa Conchal has 7 fine dining restaurants and 3 casual restaurants, a casino, and an 18-hole championship golf course.

Westin Reserva Conchal Spa

The grounds hold tennis courts, and the kids’ activity center means parents don’t have to worry while they enjoy a day at the full-service spa! Health facilities are also available. This resort has an impressive number of options for guests!

Westin Playa Conchal Junior Suites

Deluxe Junior Suite Gardens

The Westin Playa Conchal has 406 oversized guest rooms, impeccably decorated and carefully designed to offer the utmost luxury accommodations.

Junior Suite: King Bed

Each richly decorated suite opens onto a private terrace and has central air-conditioning, a spacious living area, a mirrored dressing room, satellite color television, a mini-bar, and a direct-dial telephone.

Family Junior Suite: Bunk Beds

All rooms at the Westin Playa Conchal also include 24-hour room service, an in-room safe, and either a view of the pool or the gardens.

Family Club Lounge

Westin Reserva Conchal Kids Club

Exclusively available to guests staying in the Family Junior Suites, the Family Club Lounge is designed with kid-sized furniture and engaging activities, ensuring a customized experience for families. With the support of a dedicated Family Concierge, you can easily arrange entertainment and receive personalized assistance in planning tours and excursions throughout your stay. Plus, a private check-in area guarantees smooth and hassle-free check-ins for your entire group.

Westin Club – Adults Only

The Westin Club is for adults over 18 years old.

The Westin Club – adults only private areas

The Westin Club is an adults only all inclusive resort experience. It is an exclusive development, but the entire Westin property services and amenities are available to its guests.

Faisanella Italian Restaurant

Exclusive Westin Club services include club lounge access, private check-in and check-out, personal concierge access, access to a private pool with Bali Beds, exclusive lunch and breakfast at Faisanella Italian Restaurant, and preferred amenity reservations.

Westin Club Rooms & Suites

Westin Club features include the all-inclusive adults-only vacation experience and private club lounge access. Guests can choose the entry-level room or upgrade to a suite.

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Upon arrival, one notices the regional décor, which hints at the Spanish influence of the colonization period. The architecture and thoughtfully placed artwork provide a cultural touch that many big-name resorts can’t quite match.

Amenities

The resort has access to 3 beaches and a residential community. It also has the largest swimming pool in Central America, perfect for family vacations. The development contains an existing championship 18-hole golf course, free-flowing pool, world-class spa, equestrian center, tennis courts, villas, and beach houses.

JW Marriott Guanacaste Spa

Let’s not forget one of the resort’s most prized features: the spa. Perfect for a quiet and relaxing moment, the facilities feature indoor and outdoor treatment rooms to give you a customized wellness experience. The list of treatments – from beach massages to purifying facials – gives a calming touch to this bustling hotel. Enjoy the serenity and take delight in local Costa Rican aromas and ingredients, then emerge feeling renewed. Ah.

JW Marriott Guanacaste Rooms

The resort’s 310-room spacious accommodations include 20 One-Bedroom Suites. Guest rooms at the JW Marriott are luxurious and spacious, with a private balcony or terrace.

Ocean Front Suite

There are amazing views out over the Pacific Ocean from rooms higher up in the buildings. Bathrooms contain a deep soaking tub and shower. Wi-Fi is available throughout the guest rooms and the resort, for a fee. With many adjoining rooms, the JW Marriott is a great choice for groups or families! Guest rooms are air-conditioned and non-smoking, with either one King-size bed or two doubles. Many of the rooms at the JW Marriott are also accessible for individuals with disabilities or those who can’t walk far.

Presidential Suite

Looking for something a bit extra? The Presidential Suite is spacious and tastefully decorated. It includes a separate dining room and living room, a walk-in closet, and a personal plunge pool!

*For more information on the JW Marriott Guanacaste, read our Resort Review.

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Langosta Beach Sunset

A short path takes you from the hotel’s restaurants and swimming pool area, to the most beautiful and private beach point around, where even the birds and monkeys stop to see the sun dip dramatically into the ocean.

Cala Luna Hotel Amenities

Cala Luna is more than just a hotel – it also features one of the best gourmet restaurants in the area! Cala Moresca restaurant is a luxurious experience you won’t want to miss. The pool-side seating is partially outdoors, with flickering lanterns that both set the enchanting mood and reflect off the glass-like surface of the pool.

Cala Moresca Restaurant

Savor delectable cuisine that is a mix of international and Costa Rican favorites. For a more casual experience, visit La Caletta Lounge & Bar, where a light lunch, tapas-style dinner, or tasty tropical cocktail perfectly fit the relaxed yet stylish ambiance!

Cala Luna Hotel Rooms & Villas

Deluxe Room

In addition to private villas, the hotel offers 20 Deluxe Rooms. All are surrounded by luxurious vegetation of abundant silver palms, delicate hibiscus, and colorful bougainvillea. The tropical hardwood construction blends marvelously with the luxuriant exotic plants in a manner where elegance harmonizes with nature. All the rooms have patio terrace, A/C, fans, fully equipped bathroom with hairdryer, satellite TV, telephone and safe.

Cala Luna Villas

Villa Bedroom

Large groups will delight in the two or three bedroom luxury Villas at Cala Luna Hotel & Villas! With room for up to 7 people, a full kitchen makes meal times a snap and the private pool is guaranteed to please! This is the perfect way to travel with a large group – and still get all the privacy you need.

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Things To Do at Tamarindo Diria

This stunning beach getaway hotel wouldn’t be much if it didn’t offer an amazing variety of activities for guests!  A haven for surfers and beach-goers, Tamarindo itself has evolved from a quaint and quiet fishing village into one of the best destinations in Costa Rica. Interested in exploring the great outdoors away from the white-sand beach?

There are a myriad of ways to explore this beautiful area! Horseback ride through small towns, take an ATV tour through rivers and up mountains, or explore the rainforest from the treetops with a canopy tour! Sport fishing and scuba diving and snorkeling are also massively popular in the area. Guests can plan tours ahead of time, or the tour desk at the hotel is happy to help.

Tamarindo Diria Amenities

Tamarindo Diria’s Flying Bull Steak House

Rather stay out of the ocean and near the comfort of your hotel? Tamarindo Diria Hotel features a number of different pool options, including one adults-only and one children-only, as well as a perfectly soothing whirlpool with hydromassage jets.

Tamarindo Diria Rooms

Tropical Poolside Room

Tamarindo Diria Resort features 240 rooms in five different categories. Every room features a safety deposit box, cable television, air conditioning, wireless internet connection, and either a King-size bed or two Queen-size beds. Tamarindo Diria Resort provides hot water to all of the rooms as well as to its laundry operations with a water heating system powered completely by solar energy panels.

Sunset Ocean View Room

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You’ll fall under the spell of this Costa Rican paradise of lush tropical forests, rushing rivers, monkeys and leatherback turtles, quiet beaches, serene mountains, active volcanoes, and world-class surfing breaks.

Boogie boards and snorkeling equipment is also available. The beach in front of the hotel is a bit rocky, but at low tide, it reveals tidal pools that are fascinating to explore, and in the evening you’ll find some of the best sunsets in Costa Rica.

Sueño del Mar Rooms

This is a small, intimate beachfront hacienda with only 4 rooms and 2 casitas. All the rooms at Sueño del Mar feature Posturepedic, deluxe pillow-top mattresses and come equipped with A/C, fans, safes, hairdryers, private bathrooms and showers with hot water.

The Queen Rooms at Sueño del Mar feature queen poster beds and a private outdoor shower. Rooms are shaded with white-washed walls, tile floors, and screened windows with shutters.

The Luna Suite is perfect for romance.  Located on the second floor, the room is ringed with windows that look out onto tropical gardens as well as the Pacific Ocean. This is the best in oceanfront accommodations! There is a king-size bed, a hammock, and an outdoor shower. This suite also includes a mini-refrigerator.

The Casitas at Sueño del Mar can house up to four guests each. Casita Misha has a queen-sized bed and a sleeping loft with two twin beds, as well as a private patio, bathroom, and small kitchen with refrigerator and oven range. Casita Osita has a large sleeping loft with queen bed, living area with a sofa that converts into two twin beds, a patio, an outdoor shower, and a small kitchen.

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Amenities

Jardin del Eden is set just steps away from the water. Walk along a short path (just 143 meters) onto their Private Beachfront Garden with direct access to the public beach. The pool area at Jardin del Eden features covered cabana daybeds. Lounge and enjoy refreshing drinks and snacks or book an outdoor massage by the pool. The hotel also offers free beachfront yoga sessions on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 8:30 am upon confirmation.

Other area activities include surfing, sport fishing, sailing, golfing on at a golf course or Rancho Tamarindo’s driving range, tennis, canopy tours, horseback riding, a safari mangrove boat excursion, one-day volcano tour, nightlife, and more.

Dining options abound in the Tamarindo area. La Plumeria Restaurant is available on-site with a breakfast buffet in the morning and a three-course menu that rotates daily for dinner in the evenings. The nearby Diria Grand Boulevard has a beautiful downtown which a wide array of culinary concepts from fresh seafood to woodfired pizza.

Rooms

There are 46 accommodations at the Jarden del Eden. Each room includes the following in-room amenities: high-speed WiFi, king bed, air-conditioning, ceiling fans with control of speed, sliding screen windows and doors, mini fridge, coffee maker, smartphone dock, flat-screen satellite TV, safe, hair dryer, makeup mirror, slippers, and two bathrobes.

Jarden del Eden has nine room categories which include the Grand Vista, Romantic Star, Romantic Terrace, Romantic Garden, Jr. Suite, Deluxe, Premium, Superior, and Standard.

Grand Vista

Grand Vista

The Grand Vista has an extended balcony with views over the lush gardens and Tamarindo Bay. The outdoor terrace also features an outdoor Jacuzzi.

Romantic Star

Romantic Star

The Romantic Star is situated in a secluded area of the hotel with a private terrace overlooking tropical gardens. Relax in the outdoor Jacuzzi and private daybed on the terrace.

Romantic Terrace

Romantic Terrace

The Romantic Terrace is also located in a secluded section of the hotel surrounded by tropical gardens. Enjoy the private outdoor Jacuzzi from your terrace.

Romantic Garden

Romantic Garden

The Romantic Garden room features the utmost seclusion with a hidden garden surrounding an outdoor terrace and a private outdoor Jacuzzi.

Jr. Suite

Jr Suite

The Jr. Suite features a generously sized room that continues out onto the private outdoor balcony with lounge seating.

Deluxe

Deluxe Room

The Deluxe rooms feature ocean views and an outdoor terrace.

Premium

Premium Room Interior

Premium rooms feature elevated partial ocean views and an outdoor terrace.

Superior

Superior Room Terrace

Surrounded by tropical gardens, the superior room has an outdoor terrace with sitting area and pool/garden views.

Standard

Standard Room

The standard rooms feature rooms with views out to the exterior of the boutique hotel.

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Capitan Suizo Wildlife

Capitan Suizo practices its original philosophy of environmental sustainability by protecting the native species that live there, including the vegetation and fruit trees that attract regional wildlife like howler monkeys, iguanas, local parrot species, and other birds.

Capitan Suizo Beach Activities

Tamarindo Beach

You will have the chance to fine-tune your surfing skills during your stay. Tamarindo Beach is great for both beginners and experienced surfers. Or kayak to the nearby Isla Capitan (which inspired the name of the hotel), and enjoy a panoramic view of the Tamarindo coastline. Surf boards, kayaks, and boogie boards are available to rent at the hotel.

Amenities

A free-form pool set amid lush tropical gardens provides an alternative to the beaches of Guanacaste. Guests also have access to complimentary WiFi. A gift shop and a restaurant are available on the property. There is a great view of the beach from the restaurant, where you can enjoy breathtaking views of a picture-perfect sunset. Hotel Capitan Suizo can set up tables closer to the beach if you wish for a  more intimate romantic setting. Enjoy candlelight dinners under the moonlight, with beachfront views and a relaxing ocean breeze. 

Hotel Capitan Suizo Rooms

Superior Room

Hotel Capitan Suizo has 35 units including 7 bungalows, a honeymoon bungalow, 22 rooms, and a four-bedroom suite. All have air conditioning, ceiling fans, and a terrace or balcony which overlooks the gardens or ocean.

Beachfront Garden Room

Each of the Rooms at Capitan Suizo contains a spacious bathroom, large closet, mini fridge, and coffee and tea amenities.

Bungalow

The Bungalows are individually set amid the tropical gardens, with a private terrace. There is a double whirlpool and an outside shower with hot water.

Four-Bedroom Suite

The Four-Bedroom Suite is located on the second floor of the main building, above reception. The Suite contains a king-size bed, queen-size bed, and two bedrooms with two single beds. Each bedroom has air conditioning. It also has a large living room and massive balcony. There are two bathrooms, one with a whirlpool tub.

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