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“Very Good Stay - but some things could have been better”

Hotel Riu Guanacaste

3 of 5 stars
ArmoVacationer
Glendale, CA
Nov 15, 2009
3/4 found this review helpful

This was a brand new hotel. Food and drinks were excellent. However, some things could have been better. The hotel had no cell phone reception; WIFI internet did not always work; hotel's computers did...more

“It's New - be patient”

Hotel Riu Guanacaste

4 of 5 stars
laurentif
Toronto, Ontario
Nov 15, 2009
2/2 found this review helpful

If you're about to head here: - pack facecloth's there is none - bring bug repellant, even though they fog for bugs every morning at 5 am - bring ground pepper if you don't like powdered...more

“Isolated Getaway”

Hotel Riu Guanacaste

5 of 5 stars
navye9
Texas
Nov 14, 2009
12/12 found this review helpful

while we are still at the resort till the 16th of Nov, we wanted to share some of the visit with the public. The Riu is a "just opened" and not a Palce rsort but I would consider this one very nice....more

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