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Alby Lodge vs Hotel Grano de Oro

Both hotels are recommended by travel writers. On balance, Hotel Grano de Oro San Jose is the choice of most reviewers compared to Alby Lodge. Hotel Grano de Oro San Jose ranks #2 in Costa Rica with recommendations from 2 reviewers such as The Telegraph, Lonely Planet.

Alby Lodge
7 / 10
Cahuita Centro, 200m from the national park entrance, Cahuita, Costa Rica
From $0 /night
  • Pet Friendly
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Smoking Rooms
  • Free Parking
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This fine lodge on the edge of the park has spacious landscaped grounds that attract howler monkeys and birds." Full review
Hotel Grano de Oro
Hotel Grano de Oro
7 / 10
Calle 30, between avenida 2 y 4, San Jose 1007, Costa Rica
From $146 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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The Telegraph The Telegraph
8.0
"This well-run, high-class heritage hotel is a favourite with international visitors looking for a characterful place to stop over in the capital before or after a tour of Costa Rica." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Inside this converted Victorian mansion, guests will find 32 rooms with Italian tile work, wrought-iron beds, and whirlpool tubs." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"The restaurant is one of the most reliably good places in town to dine and the chic rooftop patio with its two large Jacuzzi spas will almost make you forget you are in bustling San José." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This elegant inn has 39 demure ‘Tropical Victorian’ rooms...boasts private courtyards with gurgling fountains, and a rooftop garden terrace offers two bubbling Jacuzzis." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"A 40-room boutique hotel on a quiet street...housed in a mansion from the early 1900s, the hotel feels like something from a bygone era with its elaborate wood paneling, handmade tiles"