Hotel Claro de Luna

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A beautiful hotel surrounded by nature Hotel Claro de Luna is a beautiful place with stunning gardens that make you feel completely immersed in nature. The rooms are elegant, cozy, and have everything you need for a comfortable stay. It’s the perfect base to explore Monteverde’s main attractions — the Monteverde Reserve, Santa Elena, and the Children’s Eternal Forest are all just 10–15 minutes away. The hotel is also very close to downtown Santa Elena, yet it feels peaceful and magical. You truly reconnect with nature here. The service is impeccable, the breakfast is delicious, and after a day of hiking in the cloud forests, it’s a joy to come back and rest in such a lovely place. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Monteverde — you’ll absolutely love it!

We loved this place. Although you are only a short walk to all the amenities of the town, the gardens are extensive and there is lots of wildlife to spot, especially butterflies. The staff were friendly and helpful and nothing was too much to ask. The rooms are huge and clean, and the beds extremely comfortable (I have never seen such a thick mattress!). A fridge and coffee machine in the room were an unexpected bonus. The water in our room took a minute to run hot but it worked fine. Bug spray was available (although we didn't need it), and as Monteverde is at altitude, we found the weather quite cool so we did not need AC. The veranda is a nice place to sit and listen to the birds etc. It was great to have a recycling bin in our room and find the bins not lined with plastic bags (it always horrifies me how many unnecessary plastic bin-liners and other waste is created by tourism); I wish more hotels would follow suit. The breakfast was not extensive but this not a 4 or 5 star hotel and it was plentiful, fresh and tasty. I'd definitely return to Claro de Luna; it's a great base to explore Monteverde and brilliant value for money.

Beautiful big room, very clean, lovely great garden full of birds, the breakfast is buffet style & delicious! Small grocery store in the front of the hotel and many good restaurants on walking distance. Staff is friendly. The cloud forest is less than 20 minute drive from here!

There was plenty of parking at this hotel. The check-in staff was friendly and efficient. They gave us a map and lots of information about the town. They showed us their resident sloth, too!||The parking lot is secured by a gate at night. We rented the large house for 4 nights. Everything was very clean. The kitchen was stocked with oil, spices, coffee, sugar, etc. It even had some sauces and a fresh bag of ice in the freezer. The mattresses were okay - enough to get a comfortable night’s sleep. The hotel is a short walk into town.|The area has very high winds causing the upstairs rooms to be very noisy. We enjoyed sitting outside relaxing on the porch swings. The staff contacted us after the 3rd night asking if we needed any housekeeping.||There is plenty of counter space in the bathrooms. Unfortunately, not much hot water. The second shower was always just luke warm if multiple people took back to back showers. The rooms didn’t have a place to put bags on (just a small night stand), so we ended up putting them on the other bed in the room. The outlets were on the walls, but not near the night stand. The power went out nightly due to the high winds - sometimes just a few minutes, but one night it was out for 4 hours. Each room has a flashlight.||Despite some of the short comings, we really enjoyed this hotel. We were able to cook some of our own meals with the well equipped kitchen, enjoyed relaxing on our porch hammocks, liked being so close to the town center, and enjoyed being able to spread out in this huge house!

Charming hotel. Room was overall clean, could use some updates and refreshed bedding. No AC. Otherwise, seevice was impeccable: very friendly and helpful. Location is A+, walking distance to lots of amenities and stores. The premises itself is very beautiful. Would recommend.

This is a gorgeous small hotel located in the cloud forest. Very friendly staff, who also gave us a tour of the grounds, which included pointing out a sloth in one of their trees.||The room was nice and large, with a good sized bathroom and a Costa Rican shower (that means it takes awhile to figure it out).||Breakfast wasn’t very good and the two ladies working the dining room were off-putting. If you didn’t put something back exactly right they took care of it right away so you’d know you screwed up. ||The coffee station in the hallway was great, you could make your own cup of coffee CR style.

Great location, parking, service. Good breakfast. Good internet. Rooms don’t have any fan heating cooling. You can hear the water running in the pipes very loud. The curtains are very thin and let in a lot of light even at night. The skylight does not let the room get dark. Poor illumination in the bathroom and rooms. Not my type of place. But it’s decent enough to stay.

Hotel is within walking distance to town. Breakfast was pretty basic with limited options. The grounds/parking area is secured behind a large security gate and the property has tons of flowers and plants- very pretty. The rooms are outdated but clean. The shower sometimes had hot water, sometimes didn't. Staff was nice. No a/c but slept fine with the windows open (had screens).