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Hotel Restaurante Cantarana

5 of 5 stars
vacationrocks09
Alberta
Nov 25, 2009

To be honest when we saw the menu of this restaurant it did not appeal to us. However due to limit choices we opted to stop in and give this a try. We are so glad we did! The food was incredible...more

“Loved It - Great Stay”

Hotel Riu Guanacaste

5 of 5 stars
dnat
Dallas, Tx
Nov 24, 2009
5/5 found this review helpful

My wife and I stayed 11/14 - 11/21 and had a great time. The hotel is beautiful and like others have mentioned they have some issues but they are doing a good job. We had an ocean view room and...more

“Beautiful country "Costa Rica", hotel could be better...”

Hotel Riu Guanacaste

3 of 5 stars
PujolNY
NY
Nov 23, 2009
4/4 found this review helpful

We took some of the reviews posted with a grain of salt since we are both from the tropics and know that there are occasional bugs. But, we have never seen anything like this. The first night I was so...more

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