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El Establo Mountain Hotel in Monteverde offers captivating long views of the cloud forest or Nicoya Gulf from its rooms and suites. Guests can choose from Deluxe, Junior, Honeymoon, and Family Suites, all featuring balconies or terraces. The hotel provides a range of amenities including property trails, a gym, tennis courts, a heated pool, and a spa. Dining options feature Costa Rican and international cuisine with panoramic views, notably Laggus overlooking a natural lake.
Monteverde’s greenery and long views give El Establo Mountain Hotel a reason to pause between cloud-forest adventures. From rooms and suites with balconies or terraces, the outlook reaches toward the forest or Nicoya Gulf, depending on your accommodation. That contrast between nearby foliage and distant landscape becomes part of the stay’s appeal.
The accommodation choices make the hotel useful for different traveling parties. Deluxe Rooms, Junior Suites, Honeymoon Suites and Family Suites share balconies or terraces and sitting areas, while other features vary. A Honeymoon Suite adds a hot tub; a Family Suite has a living room and mezzanine bedroom. Pick the room around how you would like to spend the quieter hours and who is coming with you, then let the forest or gulf outlook become part of that daily rhythm. Comfortable furnishings and plush beds give those outlooks a welcoming indoor counterpart.
Walk the property trails, keep a fitness routine in the gym or play tennis before turning to a slower afternoon in the gardens or heated pool. The spa uses natural and organic products in treatments and massages, giving restorative time its own place in the stay. With these choices close at hand, a day without a major excursion can still have a satisfying rhythm.
The restaurants blend Costa Rican and international cuisine using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, with panoramic views of the forest and surrounding landscape. At Laggus, the outlook reaches over the property’s natural lake. Leave time for a meal as part of enjoying the setting, rather than treating dining simply as a pause between outings.
Energy-saving initiatives, water conservation and waste management are among the hotel’s environmental practices, alongside support for local communities and biodiversity initiatives. In a region whose forest draws so much of your attention, these measures give the hotel’s sustainability focus practical context.
The staff can help with restaurant and boutique recommendations when you want to explore beyond the grounds. Guided cloud-forest hikes invite closer attention to the region’s plants and animals, and hanging bridges change your perspective on the forest. El Establo’s combination of facilities and surroundings means those excursions need not fill every day: a walk, a meal with a view and a quieter afternoon at the hotel can hold their own place in the itinerary.
Exclusive Promo for STAYS OF 3 NIGHTS OR MORE: receive a complimentary guided experience of your choice at La Mamita Reserve: A day hike, night hike, or canopy tour. This experience is complemented by the culinary offerings of Laggus Restaurant, overlooking the property's natural lake, as well as a spa designed for wellness and spaces curated to elevate your comfort throughout your stay. Promotion valid under 2026 rates, applicable for FITs and groups. Tours are subject to availability. *Cannot be combined with any other promotions.
Monteverde
Latitude: 10.313061; longitude: -84.815742
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JoAnn B.
Lighting in the room and bathroom was very poor. Bathroom was beautiful and the shower didn't leak after we adjusted the shower head. The highlight was the spectacular views from the balcony. Be sure to go to the pool area. Beautiful and none like I've ever seen before.
Lanette N.
It was ok. The shuttle is difficult to rely on and the staff was fine. Also it's quite noisy in the rooms.
Beautiful hotel but not built to absorb or keep out noise from room to room or room to hallway - noisy. Amazing views from the room! A bit of a hassle to call the vans all the time to get to and from the room, but they were prompt.
The rooms were beautiful. The view was spectacular. But the site really restricted and movement and required transportation up and down to the room and the check in. The transportation was prompt but still somewhat restrictive.
Great staff,super restaurant....FOOD and SERVICE excellent excellent location...What a view...
What a great view!!! We were lucky, no clouds!!! Great food!! Great service!
Excellent staff and accommodation. I'd tell others to stay there, and again we appreciated the recommendation from you. The complex was much bigger and had much more to offer than I anticipated. Only issue, the food was not very good here.
Very basic accommodations. The boys liked our room because they were also able to sleep on a king-sized bed on the loft. We only ate breakfast at the hotel - it felt like a college cafeteria. We didn't use the pool or spa.
views from the rooms were amazing - staff very friendly - shuttles very timely and reliable - very few amenities in room - no coffee maker - ugh!
The receptionist was not friendly at all!!!! This really made my experience there not the best. Bartender, Jorge, was friendly.
It is a beautiful hotel but it did not have the same level of community and staff friendliness that our other hotels did.A lot of that may be due to how spread out it was and that it was low season so it felt very quiet. No one at the pool.We were also in a building far from the lobby so had to take a shuttle or walk far when we wanted to go anywhere and I would have preferred a more compact hotel where it was easier to get to food, lobby, good wifi, and town.
Our experience with the staff varied. We had wonderful service from the concierge (10), but were not able to contact the front desk easily for shuttle service and hot water service. One night we arrived back to the hotel about 9:00 P.M. and there was no one at the front desk, nor was there a way to contact the shuttle service to get to our room. We waited in the lobby until a shuttle eventually appeared.
Originally we were assigned a room in a building with a big group of loud students. Staff switched us to a room in quieter building which was good. Original building was also very far from hotel entrance so we would have had to take the shuttle. It was much better to be in the building that was within walking distance of the hotel entrance and restaurant.
The Hotel was nice but the shuttle service was extremely poor. One morning the breakfast was at the bottom restaurant but the next morning it was at the top restaurant but nobody informed anyone of the change. Tie that to the very poor shuttle service it was frustrating especially when we had to get the transfer at a specific time.
It was hard because Arenal was so nice so in comparison this place was not as pristine but the beds were comfy and the room was on first floor with a great view and close to pool and breakfast which was great. The staff was not as welcoming as the Arenal. The restaurant at top of hill was bizarre with terrible service but breakfast was good and it was great we could walk to town and grocery store right close.
Really beautiful place. Great staff. Food more expensive than we thought it would be but super good up at the top restaurant. Bottom restaurant was average in taste. Loved our waiter!! Liked being close to the lobby where we were. The pool above is astounding and the spa was incredible. Very happy with it.
We loved the hotel. We did not expect, however, the number of stairs or the incline that the resort was built on. A shuttle was available and, in almost all cases, was available when we needed it. The staff was outstanding and the food delicious. We found a scorpion in our room and the staff was quick to remove it. We would return to this area.
Loved the bird feeders at reception! Very helpful concierge that had to get us out of a couple of "jams". "High end" restaurant was fabulous - good food and exceptional service. However, walls in the rooms were paper thin and you could hear every word/television of next door "guests" so it was noisy.
The pool was not warm enough to go swimming since it is cooler in that area they should heat their pool more
Interesting story how the hotel began. Excellent views.
El Establo Mountain Hotel offers Deluxe Rooms, Junior Suites, Honeymoon Suites, and Family Suites. All accommodations include balconies or terraces and sitting areas, with some suites featuring additional amenities like a hot tub or a living room with a mezzanine bedroom.
Guests can enjoy property trails, a fitness routine in the gym, tennis courts, a heated pool, and a spa offering treatments with natural and organic products. The hotel also features restaurants with panoramic views.
The hotel's restaurants blend Costa Rican and international cuisine using fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Laggus restaurant provides panoramic views over the property’s natural lake, while other dining venues offer views of the surrounding forest.
Yes, for stays of three nights or more under 2026 rates, guests receive a complimentary guided experience of their choice at La Mamita Reserve: a day hike, night hike, or canopy tour. This promotion is subject to availability and cannot be combined with other offers.
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