Hotel Sunshine Caribe

Fantastic place where I easily felt like at home and which lived up to the term “pura vida”: Lovely veranda, fully eqipped room with kitchenette, a hot shower that lives up to the definition of “hot” - and not to forget the warm welcome (as well as professional service during my stay) by the host. I appreciated that the hotel was situated a bit outside the town - quiet, yet still just a couple of hundred meters from all amenities.

Clean, comfortable and quiet during the day.

All good.

Very comfortable and simple rooms. No fuss checking in and very attentive staff. Quiet location and good for spotting the occasional sloff and humming Bird.

Lighting in rooms not the best.

The hotel itself is quite nice, though overpriced like everything in Costa Rica. The cleaning is good, when the lady decides to come, which was not the case for me every day (there was no schedule and for two days noone came). The management is quite nice and helpful.

Minuses: Noisy: There is no insulation whatsoever and you can hear every word the neighbors speak. It can be noisy, especially at night, when everyone‘s TV is turned on and blasting, when young backpackers scream throughout the night or when the hotel boy was talking on his phone for hours. There was no effort made from the management to keep the noise down at night. On some days there was music played by the hotel all day, which I found distracting. While I was there, there was also extremely loud construction work going on during the day. These noise issues lowered my experience significantly. It was difficult to relax or work there. I would not recommend this place for people seeking peace and relaxation.