Hotel Nantipa, an SLH Hotel
Hotel · Puntarenas ·
Beachfront boutique hotel with yoga, spa, fine dining, and private pools
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de, Main Street, Puntarenas Province, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica Get directions
Beachfront boutique hotel with yoga, spa, fine dining, and private pools
de, Main Street, Puntarenas Province, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica Get directions
"Hotel Nantipa offers a surfing getaway in Costa Rica, featuring modern design, plush furnishings, stress-busting spas, and decadent restaurants and bars. It provides private plunge pools and is located near the beach." - Chadner Navarro
"Hotel Nantipa is a boutique hotel in Santa Teresa, a beach town on the Nicoya Peninsula. It features standalone bungalows with indoor/outdoor showers and private terraces with hammocks and plunge pools. Manzu Restaurant, located on the beach, serves fresh sea bass ceviche and pineapple margaritas." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"A beachfront boutique hotel located in a UNESCO-designated Blue Zone, featuring 19 suites and bungalows plus new three-bedroom beachfront villas with kitchens and private pools, and a dedicated wellness center offering sound healing, life coaching, Ayurvedic therapy, and other holistic classes. The beachfront restaurant serves dishes with international and Caribbean influences while the property supports sustainable operations—no single-use plastics, gray-water irrigation, and solar-heated water—and organizes excursions such as rainforest hikes, surfing lessons, horseback riding, fishing trips, and boat tours to nearby islands for marine wildlife viewing. The hotel holds a national sustainable tourism certification recognizing these policies." - Devorah Lev-Tov
"At the Center of Investigation for Natural & Social Resources (CIRENAS) I learned about its sea-turtle conservation program: staff enclose rescued nests in driftwood-and-mesh pens, patrol nightly to protect eggs from poachers and predators, organize turtle releases for visitors, and work with local schools to build support—after an arson attack destroyed the hatchery, rebuilding and awareness became urgent priorities, efforts that properties like Nantipa help to fund." - Gina DeCaprio Vercesi Gina DeCaprio Vercesi Gina DeCaprio Vercesi is a New York-based writer with a passion for adventure, history, and conservation. Her words and images have appeared in publications including Travel + Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, AARP The Magazine, Delta Sky, Hemispheres, and The Boston Globe. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
