Hotel Arenas en Punta Leona

Sometimes the pictures oversell a place, and sometimes they don’t do it justice. The latter is the case with this beautiful yet reasonable hotel. Rooms were in perfect order and nicely decorated. The pool is pristine and engaging. The staff is excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed our time here.

It's a little hard to get to because the road well part of the road is the traditional Costa Rican dirt road. The pool was huge and awesome. Very clean. We heard that the beach is nice in a short walk away but we didn't end up going there because we were told there's no waves there. We wanted to surf so we went to Hermosa Beach which is about 30 minutes away. Nowhere did it say that the breakfast came with the room but it did. And it wasn't a continental breakfast it was a full-on awesome meal.

Rooms are tired & basic One main room light, unable to turn off from bed. Service in the restaurant was appalling, I'd say lack of service, took nearly an hour for drinks to arrive & same for food. Not checked on by server's, until I complained.

Rooms are not great, old and run down, but the surrounding property is nice and a great pool. Service has been really good. Our room included three meals, breakfast lunch and dinner, and while the food wasn't amazing it wasn't bad either and there was a good selection of dishes and the dining service was great. $300 per night for the room is not worth it but $300 for the room with the meals, which included adult drinks, is a good enough value.