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It is difficult to overstate my affection for Finca Rosa Blanca.||My wife and I have been there maybe a dozen times over the past 20 years and have come to know many of the staff (most have been there for years, which says a lot about the place). Most recently, we persuaded our friends to take over the entire hotel for four days to celebrate my birthday. The staff and my wife worked to arrange tours, a special dinner (every dish had a coffee element), and a happy hour. The team at Finca Rosa Blanca was unbelievably helpful. They rolled with our last-minute requests, meals that lasted several hours as people wandered in and out, and the randomness that comes with a bunch of people from all over the US and one foreign country showing up at all hours. Special credit goes to Edgardo and Jonathan, who helped cook up the idea and helped make it happen, and the guides Ulises and Cesar who were knowledgeable, passionate, and endlessly patient. The entire crew, from the restaurant and food manager (whose name I've forgotten - I'm terrible with names, very very good guy) - and who is is also a talented artist whose work is for sale on the property, to the waiters, bartenders, and staff, were fantastic. It's a beautiful place, but the people make it.||The hotel is 30 minutes from the San Jose airport, could not be easier. |A great place for a night or two on the way to or from the Nicoya Peninsula or other parts of the country|Great for a long weekend||There are no TVs.||There is no room service or bar at the pool. This is a place to sit quietly, walk, and rest.||Our favorite room is the Rosa Blanca suite (look online, it's better than the pictures). But the only shades are sheer. You will get up when the sun comes up. Take the early hours to have a cup of coffee on the patio because you aren't sleeping in if you're in that room. Other rooms have blackout shades, and we've stayed some of those, but if you go for the tower, know that you will be up at dawn.
