Hotel Margarita

Property class: 2.5
Hotel with spa, near Drake Bay Beach

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Hotel Margarita is just 4 mi (6.5 km) from the airport and offers a shuttle (available on request). Guests can be pampered with massages at the spa and grab a bite to eat at the restaurant. Other features of this Colonial hotel include an outdoor pool, a lazy river, and a snack bar/deli. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Airport transfer
  • Free parking
  • Free WiFi
$54 nightly
The current price is $61 total
Total with taxes and fees
Nov 1 - Nov 2

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View all photos for Luxury Double Room, 1 Bedroom, Accessible, Partial Ocean View

An outdoor seating area with wicker chairs and tables, large glass doors, and a view of trees and hills.

Luxury Double Room, 1 Bedroom, Accessible, Partial Ocean View

  • Partial ocean view
  • 484 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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A bedroom with a wooden bed, a bedside table with a lamp, and a chair.

Standard Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(5 reviews)
  • 388 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Superior Triple Room, 1 Bedroom, Mountain View

A hotel room with a large bed, a minibar, a desk with a lamp, and a view of the outdoors.

Superior Triple Room, 1 Bedroom, Mountain View

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Mountain view
  • 377 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Bed

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About the neighborhood

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200 meters west of Drake Bay school, Drake Bay, Puntarenas, 78654

What's nearby

  • Playa Colorada - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Drake Bay Beach - 10 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Drake Bay Hiking Trailhead - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
  • Corcovado National Park - 17 min drive - 8.5 km
  • Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands - 47 min drive - 21.6 km

Getting around

  • Drake Bay (DRK) - 34 min drive
  • Puerto Jiménez (PJM) - 124 min drive
  • San José (SYQ-Tobías Bolaños Intl.) - 93.5 miles/150.5 km
  • Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 97.7 miles/157.3 km
  • Airport shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Roberto's Marisquería - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Claudio's Grill - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Restaurante La Choza - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Mar y Bosque - ‬4 min walk
  • Sunset Paradise Restaurant

About this property

Hotel Margarita

  • Hotel Margarita is just 4 mi (6.5 km) from the airport and offers a shuttle (available on request). Guests can be pampered with massages at the spa and grab a bite to eat at the restaurant. Other features of this Colonial hotel include an outdoor pool, a lazy river, and a snack bar/deli. Fellow travelers love the helpful staff.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
11:00am
CHECK-OUT
10:00am

Hotel size

    • 8 rooms

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in time starts at 11 AM
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

    • No cribs (infant beds)

Pets

    • No pets or service animals allowed

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free onsite self parking

Transfers

    • Airport shuttle from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM*

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

Hotel Margarita Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

9.6

Cleanliness

8.8

Location

9.2

Staff & service

9.0

Property conditions & facilities

Guest review summary

What guests liked

  • The pool was a lovely feature, providing a refreshing spot to cool off and enjoy the surrounding wildlife. (15 reviews)
  • The restaurant at this property offers delicious meals and exceptional service with a chef who accommodates special dietary needs. (10 reviews)
  • The beach is within a 10-minute walk and offers a beautiful location for activities and whale watching. (5 reviews)
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10/10 Exceptional

Nice room. Good location. Warm and helpful staff.
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8/10 Very good

A very pretty pool area, staff very helpful and friendly. The rooms facing the gardens were teeming with birds and was the highlight of our stay. We spent hours on the porch in the morning birdwatching
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10/10 Exceptional

A comfortable place to stay, and a reasonable price.
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8/10 Very good

Overall fairly good accomodation, great experience with birds around hotel.
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10/10 Exceptional

Close to restaurants and has a good pool area. The wildlife just outside the window in the morning made this a memorable stay for sure!
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10/10 Exceptional

Birders paradise, friendly staff always there to help!! Highly recommend if you are staying in Drake Bay!!!
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10/10 Exceptional

Loverly hotel with great rooms (with fridge), central location to everything in Drake Bay. If you choose the rooms with Mountain View you can sit on the balcony and watch birds. Even a tucan came by and sat in the tree one morning. A little agouti lives close by and wanders around morning and evening, and there are some beautiful iguanas nearby too. Very friendly and helpful personel. Great pool and pool area, and delicious drinks. I did not try the food. Also a coffee area where you can make tea or coffee all day. Beautiful green views. Hotel margarita has my highest recommendation. If I return I will stay here again.
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10/10 Exceptional

We chose this hotel for its close proximity to the dive shop we used . Only 11 rooms with a nice pool and lovely lush vegetation on the back side .We even saw a toucan right at the pool as well as many other birds ! The only fly in the ointment for us was our air conditioner seemed to have a mind of it's own . It did work but started running water out of the unit inside our room and right over my nightstand which soaked my phone and kindle . All good in the end !
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10/10 Exceptional

We loved our 2 nights at Hotel Margarita! The room was large, loads of windows to watch the birds, private patio, air conditioning, and the pool were great features. Friendly helpful staff as well.
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8/10 Very good

The place is really nice, there are no dinning or restaurant options on the hotel but you can order breakfast. The only negative aspect I can tell is that there was an odor coming out of the bathroom that sometimes was bad.
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10/10 Exceptional

We had a very nice stay at this property. It's close to everything, rooms were clean, beds were nice and everything worked great. Staff was helpful if you needed anything, the pool was nice. Thanks!
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10/10 Exceptional

Clean, friendly, natural

Perfect spot to base in Drake Bay. Casual and well maintained. Shower was great! And from the pool you can see so many birds, it's almost like a little wildlife tour.
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful Hotel&Staff

When we arrived Mauricio greeted us, helped us check in, and also upgraded our room to the second level for free. The room is super big and clean. There’s a balcony and from it you can see/hear monkeys, macaws, parrots, iguanas, and so many more animals. We were also able to get reservations to Corcovado National Park through the person at the reception desk. At the end of the trip we were also able to get reception to call us a taxi within 5 minutes of needing it. It was a lovely hotel with friendly staff too.
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10/10 Exceptional

Mauricio was very helpful when we arrived, even gave us a better room as ours was on the second floor. And, carrying luggage upstairs would have been difficult. The location was good too as we had a whale watching tour the next morning and were able to leave our bags with Mauricio and walk down to the beach. Would recommend staying here!
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6/10 Good

Nice but

Nice stay. The best was the Chef Dixon. The meals he prepared were great. The downside was the air conditioning unit on the top of the bed with cold air on us.
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10/10 Exceptional

Mauricio the property manager is very helpful with information on tours in the area and anything else you may need during your stay. Laundry service on site is reasonable and quick. I was a week into my trip when I arrived at Hotel Margarita and I dropped off laundry in the morning and it was ready when I returned from my excursion. I highly recommend Hotel Margarita and will stay there again when I return to Drake Bay!
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10/10 Exceptional

We were met from Drake Bay upon arrival and took us up the road to our hotel. The kitchen was very accommodating for breakfast and made us early breakfasts several days. The pool was beautiful and the room was air conditioned. Very nice. We also had a great view from the balcony of the trees and mountains and toucans on a nearby tree one night.
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6/10 Good

There was some confusion at check-in which made it a long process after 36 hours of flying. The first night we were exhausted but woken up by loud motorcycles circling at 2:30am. Otherwise everything was great. Staff was very nice and accommodating. Breakfast was delicious. Bed was comfortable and room was nice. Pool was a nice benefit. The filtered water was nice to have.
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10/10 Exceptional

Lovely hotel

Our room was clean, spacious and very well appointed with a comfortable King bed and a queen bed. Plenty of hot water and a good shower. Good pool and terrace with hammocks. The tree outside our window was visited every day by 3-4 toucans - fantastic to watch all their behaviour at such close quarters. Thanks to Mauricio for all his help. Highly recommended.
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8/10 Very good

The hotel is good value for money and in a nice location. Our room was quite dark as only the bathroom has a window but this was not a problem as we did not spend much time in the room. The pool area is quite small with only 4 chairs at the poolside which is not enough for a hotel this size. The staff are friendly and helpful. The hotel feels slighly outdates and could do with some renovations but the price reflects this.
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10/10 Exceptional

We stayed 5 nights at Hotel Margarita. We had them (Alberto) book our tours and found that if you pay cash (dollars or colones) you save some money on your tours. We did the snorkeling (well worth the money!) - 4 different snorkeling stops, an island stop and a wonderful lunch at a local restaurant. Corcovado Park tour - make sure and take shoes to get wet getting in and out of the boat, as well as shoes to wear while touring the park (they provide a lunch at the part and you are not allowed to wear your hiking shoes in the facility). And the surprise wonderful tour that we took was horseback riding! The horses turned into a river and actually walked in and out of the river - your feet get wet often (very nice as it cools you down), you then hike a little bit to a wonderful waterfall - wear your suit! You get to swim and it is SO refreshing! As far as the hotel, we loved the pool, room, and the location! Our room had a great deck and so many beautiful birds were constantly out there on the nearby trees - download the app Merlin - it will identify birds by their call. The hotel is a short walk to the boat pickup for tours, etc. and just around the corner from the row of awesome restaurants in Drake Bay. We ate at a different place every meal and loved all of them! Overall, we loved everything about our stay at Hotel Margarita!
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10/10 Exceptional

What a stunning spot! Absolutely beautiful property with beautifully furnished rooms. We extended our stay because how nice this place was!
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8/10 Very good

Staff was great!
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10/10 Exceptional

Wonderful place to stay, we loved it!
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2/10 Poor

Host cancelled stay, they were very kind and found an alternate place for us day of