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La Paloma Lodge vs Lapa Rios Lodge
Both hotels are endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, La Paloma Lodge ranks slightly higher than Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula. La Paloma Lodge scores 87 with approval from 4 publications like Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure.
La Paloma Lodge
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
The Telegraph
Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet
Drake Bay, Costa Rica, Drake Bay, Costa Rica
From $0 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Pool
Fodor's
"Sweeping ocean views, impeccably appointed accommodations, and lots of tropical-foliage privacy make this lodge the area's most romantic option."
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Travel + Leisure
"Drake Bay’s swankiest accommodations don’t come cheap, but they do come in a package deal."
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The Telegraph
9.0
"Panoramic views, ocean breezes, rustic luxury and fine dining await you here, and it won’t cost you a king’s ransom either."
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Travel + Leisure
"The Lodge overlooks the Pacific on 14 acres backed by tropical jungle just a short walk to secluded black-sand beaches"
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This hillside lodge provides guests with an incredible panorama of ocean and forest, all from the comfort of the sumptuous, stylish quarters."
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Lapa Rios Lodge
Afar Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Osa Peninsula, Cabo Matapalo, Costa Rica
From $0 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Afar Magazine
"At Lapa Rios, an ecolodge located right in the rainforest, you go to sleep with the faint sound of jungle insects and wake to the call of howler monkeys."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"With "so much wildlife, you feel completely immersed in nature" at this wilderness lodge on 1,000 acres of riparian rain forest."
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Hideaway Report
95.0
"Wilderness refuge dramatically sited above the Golfo Dulce, in an isolated corner of the Osa Peninsula at the southern tip of Costa Rica."
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Fodor's
"This is the first and still the most spectacular eco-lodge in Costa Rica, set in a vast, private nature reserve brimming with wildlife."
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Travel + Leisure
"The most upscale of the Osa Peninsula eco-lodges, Lapa Ríos is set in a 988-acre rain-forest reserve with a virtually private beach and first-rate trails (on-site tours include binoculars and boots)."
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