More hotels in Costa Rica

As we are leaving Costa Rica now, we wanted to do one more review of the other hotels we've stayed at here. Scott did these reviews, with one exception of one I added to.

at Poasito (south of Paos Volcano):

Steak House El Churrasco
- few options in area, great location at midpoint between both Poas Volcano
and La Paz Waterfall Garden
- decent restaurant
- attractive rooms with TV, but very few stations, non in English
- sewage smell

at Montezuma:
we could basically do a guidebook on Montezuma, the town is small and we
stayed at a different hotel 3 of the 4 nights in town

Hotel Lyz
- located just west of town on a small strip of beach, the beach is not very
nice
- escape the noise of town, but the hotel was quite loud
- room was probably the smallest we stayed, located next to kitchen, and
several kids staying there...we had a bad experience
- shared bathrooms seemed to be too few for number of guests
- decent location but better options in this area

Cabinas Mar y Cielo
- first mistake, located behind Chico´s bar, which is the only big club in
town
- room was spacious and right on the beach with a small garden area in front
- Saturday night the music played until 2:30am and it sounded like we had a
speaker outside our door, plus a large group partied till nearly 4am
- Tiffany got tons of bug bites

This is an understatement. I had over 50 bites (I counted) on my bottom and lower back - I have never itched so badly in my life! Do not go here - the bed bugs are terrible! -Tiffany

Cabinas Pargo y Feliz
- finally a good find, cheaper than the last place, but nicer
- large, clean rooms with large attached bath
- balcony with table, chairs, hammock, near beach and good restaurant next
door
- still relatively close the Chico´s, but music on Sunday and Monday´s must
be less loud and not as late, because didn´t have any problems with noise
- good choice in the area

Hotel L´Aurora
- did not stay here, but viewed several rooms
- large dorm style rooms for big groups
- private rooms were decent
- good kitchen and communal area, top of hill at edge of town
- choose not to stay because group partying when we arrived, but looked like
a good option

at Quepos & Manual Antonio

Widemouth Frog´s Backpackers Hostel
- in Quepos just dos quadras east from bus station
- relatively new place
-.private bath rooms very large and nice, shared bath rooms were clean but
very small
- nice pool, TV lounge with movies for checkout, nice large kitchen area,
and communal area in front
- fast internet (by Costa Rica standard) for a fee and laundary service
- great place to stay in Quepos

Cabinas Picses
- close to Manuel Antonio

This was a wonderful cabinas owned by a local woman whose mother opened the hotel. Her mother had the astrological sign picses, hence the name. There were tons of squirrel monkeys that lived in the trees nearby and they would come through every afternoon and play. We love contributing most to locals. -Tiffany

at Puerto Jimenez

Cabinas Oro Verde
- in town, quiet, clean, large rooms with private bath
- simple, but very nice

Cabinas Iguana Iguana
- on the edge of town, rooms are dark, smaller, and not as nice as Oro Verde
- a nice outdoor bar

at La Leona by Corcovado Natl Park

La Leona Ecolodge
- only 200 meters from La Leona Ranger Station
- amazing location on a bluff over beach
- large raised square tents with raised beds and balconies
- great meals, but very expensive $10-15 USD per meal
- cheaper options in area near Carate, but still $50 pp per night with two
meals