The options of where to have our destination wedding was endless. Finally we choose Parador Resort & Spa in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica for our 12/12/12 wedding. I am so glad we did as we had the most amazing wedding. Our wedding coordinator Silvia Hernandez Uba did a fantastic job with planning, organizing our wedding and rehearsal dinner. Her attention to detail was out of this world. The wedding venue was magical, the flowers was gorgeous and the trio acoustic musician was very entertaining. It was more than I could have ever imagined and far exceeded any of our expectations. My guests were so impressed. I would highly recommend having your wedding or staying at Parador Resort & Spa. This is a truly wonderful gem, a fabulous property with great, amazing, friendly and helpful staff.

We stayed 8 nights at one of the Vista Suites (located at Parador Suites complex) which is beautifully decorated, with an outstanding full views of the ocean and your own private Jacuzzi in your balcony. Imagine sitting on your very own private balcony in a jacuzzi- looking at the view of the pacific ocean listening to the sound of nature- howler monkeys, iguana and tropical birds. Truly heavenly place.

We enjoyed everything Parador has to offer, the views, the tour desk, the monkey trail on the property, the breakfast buffet which is included with the room, the shuttle service to and from Manuel Antonio park and the gift shop. We cannot wait to comeback to Costa Rica really soon! Pura Vida.

I recently traveled to Costa Rica for a wedding and was extremely pleased with my stay at Hotel Parador! Upon arrival, we were greeted with refreshing drinks and quickly helped by the front desk to check in and go over the hotel map. Our bags were taken to our room while Guillermo gave us a great tour of the hotel on a golf cart. He is the best! We stayed in one of the suites on the 2500 floor and it was outstanding! Two bathrooms with huge showers, a side room with a full size bed, a large open room with a very comfortable king size bed, flat screen TV, small table and chairs, sectional couch, one jacuzzi tub inside, and one outside on our beautiful deck that overlooked a private pool and ocean view. The room was luxurious and we felt very comfortable the entire week we were there! There was free WiFi in the room, but it was a bit spotty. It worked best when we were in the lobby/restaurant/main pool area.

We loved waking up early for breakfast because the food and coffee were delicious. Breakfast had everything- fruit, eggs, rice and beans, daily choice of tasty side dishes, multiple types of fresh bread, and best of all the made-to-order omelet station! We ate dinner at the hotel restaurant a couple times, mostly splitting dinner size appetizers like nachos that were really good.

One of the best parts of the hotel was the free shuttle to Manuel Antonio beach. It runs drop offs and pickups multiple times daily, and was only about a 10 minute ride. I highly recommend take advantage of the shuttle and enjoying the beautiful beach. Aside from the many people trying to sell you souvenirs, it's a beautiful, relaxing beach with warm water and fun waves for swimming, boogie-boarding, surfing, and many more fun water activities. The restaurants across from the beach, like the Marlin, are great to grab a quick drink and appetizer. We heard the beaches inside the park were even nicer, but we never had a chance to go inside.

We did a night tour on property with Elias which was really fun! We saw a red eye tree frog and took some great pictures. Throughout our days at the Parador, we saw iguanas, lots of monkeys, and many types of birds. We loved swimming in the main pool, especially sitting at the pool bar and enjoying some drinks! Happy hour from 6-7 was also a fun time!

Overall, my stay at Hotel Parador was AMAZING! Much thanks to Silvia for her help coordinating my reservation and organizing a beautiful wedding! I highly recommend this hotel, and I hope to make another visit sometime in the near future!

Very big resort with outstanding view of the ocean! The breakfast buffet was very good and included variety of food. The main pool was great and with amazing view of the ocean. The restaurant staff at dinner was rude as we ordered drinks and they forgot our reservation and brought the drinks after we almost finished eating without saying anything after we complained about it. The prices at the restaurant was very high and does'nt worth it. There are very good other restaurants outside the hotel so we recommend eating there. Other then the restaurant, the hotel is very recomended.

Stayed here for 2 nights after backpacking it through Costa Rica with my cousin, decided to treat our selves right before returning to the real world :(
this is an amazing property, super clear, staff very polite, smiles all around, food was delicious, drinks at the swim up bar are delicious - recommend the mojito.
The walk to the beach is about 10 minutes like all the reviews say, the hotel can drive you 2 minutes in a golf cart to the entrance of the beach, from there its another 5 minutes down a rocky path to the beach. there are no vendors on the beach to buy beers or water from, so bring your own supplies. As usual, there are cute stray dogs all over the place, who most likely wont steal any of your stuff, but be weary.
I stayed my cousin here and had hopes of finding some single girls to hangout with, but alas, this resort is for couples and families, not single 20 something guys.....
The pools are amazing, and I had a great time tanning and taking a lazy afternoon nap.
Please use their shuttle service as much as possible when traveling into Quepos, or Manuel Antonio National Park. NOTE TO ALL: local cab service (the red taxi cabs) charge a flat rate of $10 USD to get to and from the resort, this is not a scam, it seems that the taxi cab has flat rate prices arranged with all the hotels in Quepos/Manuel Antonio, apparently since Parador is so far away from the town, I found this to be totally ridiculous, I didn't find Quepos interesting at all, and felt ripped off for spending 20 bucks on cab service.
Beds, linens and room were very clean and gorgeous, we had a problem with our shower and had a small ant problem, but didnt really care to complain about these issues, after all, you are in a forest, so ants are kinda normal. lol.