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Nayara Gardens vs Lapa Rios Lodge
Both hotels are highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Nayara Resort Spa & Gardens is preferred by most reviewers compared to Lapa Rios Ecolodge Osa Peninsula. Nayara Resort Spa & Gardens is ranked #1 in Costa Rica with approval from 8 publications like Fodor's, Travel + Leisure and Gayot.
Nayara Gardens
Condé Nast Traveler
Hideaway Report
Gayot
Jetsetter
Forbes Travel Guide
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6 KM Oeste de Fortuna, Arenal volcano National Park, La Fortuna de San Carlos, Arenal Volcano National Park 33021, Costa Rica
From $290 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Condé Nast Traveler
"The "prize of the Arenal region" sits on the skirt of a grand volcano only a mile and a half off La Fortuna highway."
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Hideaway Report
92.0
"Luxurious and immaculately maintained retreat with guest rooms and suites separated from one another by colorful tropical gardens."
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Gayot
"Inside a national park, this hotel and spa brings a touch of luxury to its wilderness location."
Jetsetter
"Secluded Costa Rican retreat with an open-air spa, swim-up pool bar and volcano vistas."
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Forbes Travel Guide
Recommended
"Nayara Hotel & Spa is a tranquil, lush hideaway located in the famous Arenal Volcano National Park and within the vast Costa Rican rainforest."
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A personal host can assist with restaurant and spa reservations, excursion bookings and other special requests.
Lapa Rios Lodge
Afar Magazine
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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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