Hotel Guanacaste

2.0 star property
Hotel with free parking, 7-minute walk to Museo de Guanacaste

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Basic Twin Room (A/C) | Free WiFi, bed sheets
Located in the heart of Liberia, Hotel Guanacaste offers a tranquil retreat with its garden and dry cleaning services. Relax in your room with free WiFi, enjoy local meal delivery, or explore nearby attractions like Galeria 1824 Gallery.

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • Parking included

Room options

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Basic Double Room (NO A/C)

Highlights

Fan
Local meal delivery service
Daily housekeeping
Laptop workspace
  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Economy Double Room

Highlights

Fan
Local meal delivery service
Daily housekeeping
Laptop workspace
  • 11 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

Basic Twin Room (A/C)

Highlights

Air conditioning
Local meal delivery service
Daily housekeeping
Laptop workspace
  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Basic Room, 2 Twin Beds

Highlights

Local meal delivery service
Desk
Laptop workspace
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Map
Avenida 1 y 3, Calle 12, Liberia, Guanacaste, 50101

What's nearby

  • Liberia Parque Central - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Museo de Guanacaste - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Iglesia Inmaculada Concepción de María - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Church of La Ermita La Agonia - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Ponderosa Adventure Park - 12 min drive - 11.4 km

Getting around

  • Daniel Oduber Intl. Airport (LIR) - 13 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Taqueria Mazatlan - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Papa John's Food Mall Liberia - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Donde Pipe - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Taco Bell - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Hotel Guanacaste

Hotel near Museo de Guanacaste
Located close to Liberia Parque Central, Hotel Guanacaste provides a garden and dry cleaning/laundry services. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.
You'll also enjoy perks such as:
  • Free self parking
  • Local meal delivery service, a TV in the lobby, and tour/ticket assistance
  • A 24-hour front desk and smoke-free premises
Room features
All guestrooms at Hotel Guanacaste include amenities such as free WiFi.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Beach shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free secured, uncovered self parking on site

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Front entrance ramp
  • No elevator (single-level property)
  • Smooth flooring in room
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 1 floor
  • Communal living room
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shower

Food and drink

  • Meal delivery service

More

  • Access via exterior corridors

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Renovations and closures

The following facilities are closed seasonally each year. They will be closed from July 1 to August 31:
  • Parking area

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Hotel Guanacaste
Hotel Guanacaste Liberia
Guanacaste Liberia
Hotel Guanacaste Hotel
Hotel Guanacaste Liberia
Hotel Guanacaste Hotel Liberia

Frequently asked questions

Is Hotel Guanacaste pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking at Hotel Guanacaste?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Hotel Guanacaste?

Check-in start time: 1:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at Hotel Guanacaste?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Hotel Guanacaste located?

Located in the heart of Liberia, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Museo de Guanacaste and Liberia Parque Central. La Leona Waterfall and Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park are also within 20 mi (32 km).

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Hotel Guanacaste Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 61 out of 251 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 62 out of 251 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 57 out of 251 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 36 out of 251 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 35 out of 251 reviews

6.8/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

5.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Georgina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel was well situated for both bus stations, basic but what we needed.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

ELIZABETH

Never made it there
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

michael

Good location, economic
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I really like the people who work there
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

4/10 Poor

Ricky

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
You get the price of what you pay, if you are looking just for a place to sleep and go then this is ok, no hot water, no shampoo and expect bugs and mosquitoes in your room. Close to amenities. Staff was friendly
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was an inexpensive hotel. Nothing fancy but the staff was great. Good place for picking up or dropping people at Luberia airport
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

cassio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good for short time
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Martha

Liked: Staff & service

Very good service

The cleanness was good; the condition of the hotel was ok;it’s very basic ; the service was excellent. The staff is very nice , friendly and very helpful
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Diego

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Hotel Guanacaste is pretty accurate in what it advertises, it is a good budget hotel with nice staff and owners. We were even treated specially for being returning customers and that is something to value. There is a bar outside and music can be loud in certain rooms, so pack some earplugs if you are a light sleeper, but other than that we were really happy with the experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The place needs someone with vision to take many advantages there are around.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Monica

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Gross

This place was gross. Our room had ripped sheets, stained bed cover, a cigarette butt among other dirt (despite a no smoking sign in the room) on the ground. I am generally fine staying in budget places and don’t need much but it was hard to stay in this room. On the flip side, the people working here were lovely and the bar/lounge area was decent/clean. I spent as much time as I could there before I had to go into the room to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bruce N

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is was my third visit to Hotel Guanacaste and I have seen many improvements from my last visit 1 ½ years ago 👏 This hotel is very safe, quiet, extra conveniently located a 5 minute walk from my TicaBus pickup and drop off point. The convience food options are steps my the hotel and include McDonald's, Taco Bell, KFC, Burger King, Papa John's so many more. The discount shopping 🛍️ options are endless with several discount Big box and grocery stores literally on the doorstep. Well done, keep up the great work 👏👍👍👍 I will be back later in the year.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Nathan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Got put in a room with a broken fan. Wonder how long it’s been broke. Got a different room but no Wi-Fi. The staff was excellent though.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad sevice with wrong room.

Booked a 2 bed room with A/C, got a 1 bed room. So my son and I had to share bed. No refund, no discount, nothing!
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Sarah

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not too bad, for the price

This is a tough one to write because the staff at this hotel, despite not speaking English, were very lovely. But, there were quite a few issues with the hotel itself. Basically you get what you pay for here. My biggest issues were that the fan in the room is on the wall away from the beds and so it was really, really hot all through the night even with the fan on. My other issue is that on the second night of my stay I was repeatedly bitten by an insect. The wifi also doesn't work in the rooms. But other than that, it's not a bad place for a night.

4/10 Poor

jo anne

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not even a hook in the bathroom or on the walls for clothing. Had to leave bags at the end of the bed in order to get to the bathroom. Room was extremely small. There was a hole in the bedsheet provided. We would have been better to take a bunkbed room to have some floor space. We moved a medal folding chair outside the door during the afternoon in order to move around in the room. Brought it back in at nighttime to use as a bedside table. The folding chairs in the courtyard were filthy and literally had the stuffing coming out of them. The only thing this place had going for it was the cheap price and the proximity to the bus station. We were out the door by 7:15 am.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

JoAnn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I've stayed at the Hotel Guanacaste for 15 years - the only times i have not is when they haven't had a room available- it's my preferred local. It's not a fancy place, but it suits my needs. It is very close to the bus stations and dining choices
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

6/10 Okay

Jessica

This is an okay place to stay for one night when arriving in or leaving from Costa Rica. It is very basic and nothing has been replaced in decades, but it is clean and they do their best to take care of the place. The rooms are between two bars, so the partying is loud and continues into the night. The rooms are inside the grounds of one of the bars, but once the bar is closed for the night, the fence is closed and the gate is locked. My friend and slept soundly there and woke early to take a taxi to the airport, to which the lady at the front kindly arranged the night before. An older gentleman unlocked the fence for us and stood guard until our taxi arrived. There were several restaurants we walked to in about 5-10 minutes. I felt comfortable staying with a friend, but I may have felt a little nervous going out at night by myself. I heard an iguana crawling around inside the roof for a minute just before bedtime, but I think he settled down and went to sleep too.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Although the room was small and simple, it was clean, comfortable, and with good A/C. No hot water but who needs it in 33 degree heat. A bit noisy from the adjacent bar, but no problem with ear plugs. Good food in the attached restaurant. The staff were fabulous - friendly and super helpful and went out of their way.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

SANDRO

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Só para dormir e seguir viagem, mais nada.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Juan Carlos

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pésimo servicio

Pésimo, me cobraron más de lo que en la app se indicaba. Iba en pareja y me dieron una habitación con 2 camas individuales y para terminar de complementar, tuve que pagar con tarjeta porq no aceptaban dólares. Al final de la noche tuve que insistir en un parqueo porq le daban preferencia a los del bar que a los huéspedes.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Karen

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is an economic choice.. the price was right.. it was clean and staff was most helpful and the restaurant made it-so. convenient
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

6/10 Okay

Angela

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
El aire acondicionado suena mucho. La habitación no le llegaba acceso a red y no había aviso de cómo conectarse al wifi. Regrese a recepción y me Indicaron cómo conectarme. El baño no tiene ducha por donde sale el agua es solo el tubo. Al abrir la puerta para entrar a la habitación (17) el ingreso es por el baño.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Stanislaw

Liked: Cleanliness
We have just stayed twice at this hotel (2 days in the beginning of our trip and 2 days at the end). You pretty much get what you paid for. The rooms are very basic, but clean. PROS: The best thing were the guys at the reception. They were very friendly and helpful answering any question we had. The AC worked perfectly and was very quiet, the TV also worked well. The location was excellent. We had the opportunity to meet the owner, Sonia, and she was professional and pleasant. On our second stay, the matresses were more comfortable. CONS: The worst asset of this hotel was the morning girl at the reception. She was rude, unpleasant and unprofessional. That by itself, turned any experience to bad. A few points to notel: there was no hot water and it was pretty noisy in the night. You can hear everything that is going on outside. All in all, it is a reasonable place if you need a cheap place to sleep close to the centre and bus stations
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Merrill

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Bar/discothèque jusqu’à 2h matin, musique très très forte, gens qui crient très fort. Système de ventilation extrêmement bruyant.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025