Arenal Springs Resort

“Hotel Arenal Springs Resort and Spa exceeded my best expectations. If you are looking for a relaxing location with great food; excellent service; friendly, helpful, bilingual staff in English and Spanish, incredible hot spring pools, massage therapists, gymnasium, and a variety of local attractions, activities, and adventures, this is an exceptional place to stay. We especially liked the hot spring pools. There were five of them at different heights ranging in temperature between 104F (40C) at the highest level and 93F (34C) at the lowest level, like bath water ranging from hot to comfortably warm. Thermal pool water is gravity feed from springs naturally heated by the nearby Arenal Volcano. The water cools as it flows from the warmest, highest thermal pool to the coolest, lowest, and largest thermal pool. Because the thermal pool water is not chlorinated, the pools are drained, scrubbed, and refilled every night between 11:00pm and 7:00am while guests are asleep.”

“What can I say about this location... First of all it did not truly match the travel lifestyle of my boyfriend's and mine as we are the casual backpackers staying in guesthouses but it was a nice break in a rather luxurious and relaxing complex. Careful hotel personnel, thermal springs, the natural park for hiking situated in the same area, varied food choice, very clean and well taken care of room, really a divine experience. One has to take care though..anything you want extra has a price, even if you are late with the check-out. Everything has its price and don't forget you are in a good hotel so the expectations are mutual.”

“Pretty much everything. Breakfast was plentiful and tasty, COViD standards were high, the room was spacious, modern, and clean. The environment was scenic, and the thermal springs are small but only accessible for guests so you avoid the crowds of other thermal springs in la fortuna (although if you are looking for the best of the best you may want to pay a day pass elsewhere!). That was very important for us! It’s a somewhat large resort but you don’t feel crowded and queues at the restaurant were well managed with social distancing always being enforced.”

“The hot springs facilities were perfection.”

“Absolutely perfect! Very nice and comfortable rooms, perfect service, and in my opinion should be a five star rated resort. I can’t find any fault, we had a fantastic stay.”