Hotel La Arena

We stayed at La Arena during Semana Santa and felt that it was a good experience. We had 2 rooms (both had full and twin beds) for 4 adults, twins kids, and a small dog. Both of the rooms were good sized and comfy. The bathrooms were bigger than most with nice showers, hot water too! The AC worked in both rooms but can be too much at nights, esp for the kids. One room had a ceiling fan but ours did not. Fridge is small and TV good size and both worked well. The pool was small (about 12 feet long) but nice to have for the heat that is always in Liberia. Some of the parking had covering which made it great from the searing sun! Grounds were clean and plenty wide to walk the dog. Bedding and towels were of good quality, comfy beds. The owners live in the back with Dwight seeming to be the manager. A very nice guy and helpful as well. He speaks ingles and espanol. We often go to Liberia to visit family and now that we've found La Arena, we will probably go back again. Thanks Dwight!

Only complaint may be the location. It's on the very busy highway and about 2 miles outside of Liberia, so getting into town pretty much requires a car. Plus, the way the traffic is set up, you have to drive about 2 miles in the OPPOSITE direction to get back to the hotel if you are coming from Liberia. There is a shortcut but illegal and dangerous depending on the hour. Also, signage could be better b/c we almost missed the entrance coming from the highway. Some kind of sign 300-800 meters BEFORE the entrance would be very helpful.

Very charming vintage Motel, extremely clean and the host Dwight was very friendly and accomodatiing

Signage to help locate it in the dark.

We are Americans who speak limited Spanish. The older gentleman on site, whom I take to be the owner, was very nice and accommodating. The younger gentleman, who was maybe the son in law, was from New Jersey of all places, and he was very nice as well. Overall, a pleasant place.

The only problem is that the place is somewhat hard to enter into from the highway due to the recent rebuild of the road. There is no way to enter when coming from Liberia. You have to drive a few kilometers past the hotel, turn around and then enter on the way into Liberia from the South. No fault to the owner there; the fault lies in the road not having a way to turn across traffic due to the barriers.