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A Beautiful Place to Start your Costa Rica Trip

A Beautiful Place to Start your Costa Rica Trip

Most travelers start or end their Costa Rican vacations at the airport in San Jose. The Orquideas Inn is about 15 minutes from the airport in Alajuela. Alajuela, the airport area, and San Jose can be pretty ugly, but Orquideas is an oasis of colorful lush gardens where you will be happy to relax after your flight. It isn't just a cookie cutter chain hotel like a Hampton Inn, but you feel you've arrived at someplace special and different from home, without sacrificing your comfort.

Included in the room rate, they serve a very nice breakfast, with fresh fruit, cooked-to-order omelets, the national dish of pinto gallo, sausage, plantains, and more.

The Marilyn Monroe themed bar & restaurant is a nice place to relax, with a pool outside. We ate our first dinner of the vacation at the restaurant and it was very nice and not too expensive (typical main dish was about $10).

Our quad room had plenty of space (1 double bed and 2 singles). Bed covers were a little old looking. Bathroom and shower were fine.

The only bad thing about the hotel is that it is right next to a fairly main road, and you will hear trucks, etc. going by in the morning.

It's a nice base for exploring sites in the San Jose area such as Poas Volcano or the nearby Zoo Ave (bird zoo). We felt badly that we only had two nights to spend there.

The tour desk people were very helpful about providing directions and fixing us up with a driver to go into San Jose for a reasonable price.

From journal The Green and Gold of Costa Rica

Orquideas Inn

  • November 27, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by BedfordEJ from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
This was a very nice hotel near the airport, not in downtown San Jose. The grounds were beautiful and include a nature trail. And there were lots of birds. It has a pool, a Marilyn Monroe-themed bar, a restaurant, a small gift shop, and a very good tour desk right in the lobby. They allowed us to check out an hour late to accommodate our travel arrangements. They have a TV in the rooms as well as nice hot showers. We stayed in a deluxe room. A nice breakfast is included. See http://www.orquideasinn.com/.

From journal 25th Anniversary in Costa Rica

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