Villa San Ignacio

I read summer great reviews of this place and it did not disappoint. There are small trails on the property. Stunt get excited, they are small but you are not next to another building! The pool is nice but not heated. If you are from the NE US, you are used to it. Or was refreshing especially after being in the sun for a bit. The hotel is nicely kept but more of a local style which I prefer more than the standard hotel room. The room is beautiful and the bed is comfy. You can't go wrong here. Many people I met do the same thing, spend the last night in Costa Rica before flying out. Very secure, not much near, but the best ends to your pura vida vacation.

Stayed here on arrival and on departure from San Jose. It’s about 25 minutes drive from the airport but is a lovely oasis and much better than a chain. Rooms are comfortable and spacious. Swimming pool and grounds are lovely. They also have a pool table and a nice communal area. We really enjoyed our dinner here on the night before we left Costa Rica. Echo comments about breakfast service being a little slow but would highly recommend as a stopover hotel in San Jose.

Needed a hotel close to SJO as we landed early evening and didn’t want a generic chain hotel. Did everything it needed to as a stop over hotel. Food was good, service was good , rooms were comfortable and clean. Some road noise but as we were up early to start our holiday it didn’t matter

This hotel is a little gem and I will definitely stay there again if/when I get back to Costa Rica. The two buildings have been beautifully restored, and the result is beautiful boutique like hotel with amazing gardens and trails. I would never have expected to stay so close to the airport and yet put on my hiking boots in the morning for one final look for birds. And there were plenty, I even saw a toucan. The food was pretty good too, and most welcome after coming in from a more basic lodge. My bedroom was lovely and very comfortable.

Villa Ignacio is a really nice hotel, split over 2 nicely decorated buildings with gardens between. Bar is nice (mixes a good mojito) and the restaurant on an evening was really good. Breakfast service was a little slow though. Our room was big with a nice bathroom, comfy bed and good shower. Very handy for airport, about 25 minutes in a taxi (though there I no airport noise). 4 not 5 stars as gardens need some work, have become a little scruffy, and breakfast service was slow. However still very good spot to relax before or after flight.

Perfect for a first night hotel on arrival in Costa Rica at such a reasonable price. Therefore bear that in mind as for the money it is a very good hotel. Lovely pool and more importantly clean comfortable rooms (ours looked recently renovated). The staff are great and food and drinks reasonable. We had an early start and breakfast was available early eg 7am and the staff very helpful in organising cabs etc. The journey from the airport was in the dark and you go through a local area with what looks like no sign of a hotel but it’s there and is behind a private gated entrance. We’d definitely stay again based on value, comfort and location.

Lovely place after a long flight from the US. Once we were inside the property it was safe, clean, friendly and we were able to relax in no time. Drinks by the pool, lovely room and adequate food. The property was large enough to enable us to get a lovely one mile walk in around the heavily wooded trails. We were advised not to venture outside unless we were in a taxi.

I had booked our last night here before returning home to the UK. We were due to arrive about 5pm, and not leave until 24 hours later as we had a late flight, hence not wanting a hotel right next to the airport. I had already figured out a few options for things we could do if we wanted to be busy on our travel day, however the hotel did say we could stay and use the pool if we checked out by noon. I arranged for an airport pick up with the hotel at $25 (and they were very responsive to my queries) and right enough, when we arrived from Puerto Jimenez there was a lady with my name on the board. She took us to a very smart (and in excellent condition)airport air conditioned minivan and drove us to the hotel. She told us the hotel would liaise with her for the travel back the next day. Our room was…. Well I guess it was a correct reflection in the pictures but it was awfully dark because it was on the lower floor, and first impressions were not helped by a very nosey guest having a good peer into our room as we unpacked so the curtains were promptly closed, reducing any little light there was coming in. Talk about rude! But not the hotel’s fault. Anyway, it was rustic but the price was very reasonable and we had been spoilt by our previous locations. That said, it was clean and spacious and the bed was comfy enough. The face cloth and bath towels were soft and thick. The hand towels…not sure why the hotel let the side down with them but they were thin and frayed and just generally best used as dusters. Very odd. That said, the wonderful shower pressure made me forgive them as it was great. Not so great was the shower rail about to come off from the wall (but it didn’t!), nor the noise from the motorbikes in the street. Never heard any noise of aircraft flying overhead. Restaurant staff were friendly and overall we were happy enough but disappointed when the bill came as the 3 glasses of wine which should have been $7 a glass were charged at $10. Overall, an overcharge of $9 which we just couldn’t be bothered to challenge to leave a sour taste in our mouths after a wonderful 3 week trip. But annoying nonetheless. If it was because the wine we chose was more expensive, then fine but the staff member should have explained that to us at the time of ordering, and indeed there was no option for a glass of wine other than at $7. Anyway, not a big deal except that he could have ordered a bottle for less! Breakfast was….not great. Enough said. But we stayed by the pool all day (hubby decided he couldn’t be bothered to go gallivanting) and it was nice and peaceful and enjoyable. We were able to use a shower room to wash before our flight home so that was handy and they stored our bags away for us after we checked out at noon. Lunch was..our best meal. Huge portions and tasty, lucky for my husband as he got to eat what I couldn’t manage, and even luckier as we didn’t get our dinner on the flight until past midnight due to a flight delay! We orde