The road we took to Santa Elena and Monteverde was unpaved and rough. We followed the sign from Inter-American highway and the 35 km took us an hour. When we arrived at Monteverde area I was already tired of travelling for 6 hours.
Although Hotel Villa Verde is called a hotel, it is more like a lodge. The buildings are made of rock and wood. The rooms are very spacious, have cathedral ceilings and have one king size bed and one single bed. It has hot water. As the building is made of rocks and the location is in high altitude the room was quite cold. At night we used two covers to keep warm. The price includes breakfast. The hotel has a restaurant.
It is very close to the Monteverde Cloud Reserve, nearly a kilometer away. There are trails near the hotel which my husband explored. It was raining in the morning we stayed there and I could observe hummingbirds and butterflies just from our window. The hotel has discounts for students. We stayed there during the wet season so no reservation was necassary, and we get much lower rates than advertised.
For more info on this hotel visit the sites below:
http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/villa-verde/
http://hotelvillaverde.fws1.com/