A little expensive

Clean good facilities friendly stuff great location

Stayed in April 2024

Our room was quiet and we had more animals then in the park. The pool area is landscaped and private and their pizza is very good.

Stayed in April 2024

The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. Always there when you needed an advice - great service!!

Stayed in April 2024

Nothing

Beautiful updated clean room. Lovely landscaped grounds. Lovely pool. Delicious fresh pizza!

Stayed in March 2024

Noisy air humidifier in the room.

Friendly reception staff. Nice spacious room with good air con. Nice pool area with good happy hour! Lovely breakfast included. Amazing location for Manuel Antonio Park (200m up the road) and very short walk (in other direction) to beach for sunset. Hotel gave us a voucher for free bottle of wine at nearby restaurant Puerto Escondido - delicious!!! Tuna tartar was amazing. BIG portions. Live music! Hotel were helpful when we needed to organise a taxi to next destination at short notice.

Stayed in March 2024

Excellent location! Easy walking distance to the beach and to Manuel Antonio. The room was clean and comfortable with great AC. Staff was helpful and courteous, and housekeeping came daily and did a great job. The breakfast was excellent with lots of options, and I enjoyed the pool as well. Parking was right out the front door - easy.

Stayed in March 2024

Manuel Antonio is very brisky - beach offers all sports facilities, life music restaurants, street markets etc. Some people warned us before we got there that it might be too touristic. After so many abandoned and sparsely populated areas - we loved to be along other tourists and have a chat here and there.

We choose this hotel because we like boutique hotels - even so you never know what you get. We couln`t have been any happier with our choice. The Vela Boutique hotel met our expectations in any ways. Our two big connected apartments (5&6) were very stylish, spotless clean (on the first and all the other days), the outdoor kitchen facing towards the forest and two balconies were a real germ. Kitchen equipments (also basic groceries like coffee, oil and vinegar salt and pepper were provided, AC worked perfectly, bathroom had all amenities and water power and temperature could perfectly be adjusted. Beds were very comfy - thicker and thinner linen was available. All reception clerks were super friendly and helpful as well as the bartenders and restaurant staff for dinner and breakfast. Location is super - 2 minutes walk to Manuel Antonio (don`t forget to get your tickets in advance) and 2 minutes to the beautiful beach with spectacular sunsets. You can walk on the long beach for nearly one hour. We loved everything and would really like to come back. We can also recommend restaurant Espadilla - ask the reception they may give you a voucher for a bottle of white wine. We loved the food, the setting and the life music. Not on main street - you would`t find it without knowing.

Stayed in March 2024

too small a pool, chargeing for water

service was good

Stayed in February 2024

We loved this place. Comfy, clean, large rooms. A nice little pool with some shady areas and enough lounge chairs. A bar right next to it. Staff very friendly. Location amazing, in walking distance to the park, the beach, and tons of restaurants and stores. We are pretty big pizza snobs, but the wood-fired brick oven pizza they served us was really good.

Stayed in February 2024

LOVED this place!! Stylish, and perfect the best location for exploring Manuel Antonio!

Stayed in January 2024

Nothing to complain about.

Nice, clean room with a large balcony. Excellent location with walking distance to the National Park, beach, and restaurants. You can sit in a pool enjoy your drink and watch monkeys above your head.

Stayed in January 2024

Room A/C filters need to be changed more frequently; wall paper starting to deteriorate - possbily replace or paint the room with moisture resistant paint. Grounds toward the jungle need to be cut back and better maintained - add a bit of landscaping to cover old HVAC units and distressed or aging strutuctures.

Location was perfect for walking to the National Park and visiting local beaches!

Stayed in January 2024

Fantastic location, excellent wood fired pizzas, accommodating staff, comfortable beds and A/C!

Stayed in January 2024

Great location for the park and beach. Nice breakfast each morning and all the staff were very friendly and helpful. Lots of wildlife on and around the hotel including capuchins trying to steal sugar at breakfast!

Stayed in December 2023

Nothing really, breakfast was a little basic.

Everything was great. For the price, we could not believe what an incredible location we were in. Looking at the crowds of other tourists piling in and out of buses from Quepos looked so depressing compared with our thirty second walk to either the beautiful beach or Manuel Antonio national park.

Stayed in December 2023

Super good breakfast.

Stayed in December 2023

We had suvh a great experience staying in Master suite. It has view on the forest which enabled us to see a lot of roes, boars (or something similar), monkeys, tucans and much more. Breakfast was tasty but somewhat limited. Location is wonderful, walking distance to beach and National Park. Highly recommending to stay here!

Stayed in December 2023

Not applicable

The breakfast was delicious and the staff were super friendly. They were also incredibly helpful with helping us plan our transportation to and from the airport + our day trips.

Stayed in November 2023

Bathroom could be improved. There are loads of marks and scratches everywhere from various fixes

Excellent location, you can walk to the park and to the beach. The swimming pool area is super nice as well.

Stayed in November 2023

NA

Super close to the beach, good breakfast, and nearly like being in a jungle.

Stayed in November 2023

Nothing to say

Great cozy hotel, clean and comfy room, located just 3 minutes walk from Manuel Antonio Park entrance, swimming pool area is just amazing, surrounded by nature, lots of animals enter the hotel...breakfast with monkeys!

Stayed in October 2023

Meet my expectations in all aspects.

Stayed in October 2023

The staff were the best thing about La Vela, always very attentive and helpful. The pool is also very nice specially if you travel with kids. Super close to Manuel Antonio Park and many restaurants and cafes.

Stayed in August 2023

The staff was wonderful and the location was perfect

Stayed in September 2023