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Ecoplaya Beach Resort – reviews, photos

3.0 of 5
Bahia Salinas | Plaza Colonial Escazú, La Cruz 837-126, Costa Rica
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Ranked #3 of 4 hotels in La Cruz
3.0 of 5 stars 53 Reviews
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Maple Ridge, Canada
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Rooms clean, pool good, food fair but service in the restaurant is the worst I've ever seen.”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 January 2012
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person found this review helpful

We arrived for a 5 day stay and would have loved it but for a few Inadequacies. You don't want to leave as you are 3/4 hr. down a bumpy jarring washboard road. Who wants to go over that if you don't have to. We decided we had to because of the poor service in the restaurant. When we arrived we asked about laundry service. No, but perhaps you could find someone inLa cruz. We tried and found no-one. Poor service and the smell as you drove past their sewage plant. And you have to every time you go out.

  • Stayed January 2012
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Colorado
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32 reviews 32 reviews
Reviews in 24 cities Reviews in 24 cities
29 helpful votes 29 helpful votes
“pretty meh in low season”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 December 2011
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the best thing: there were only 2 or 3 other groups staying so it was like a private resort. But that also meant half the menu wasn't available. The dinner food is pretty typical of costa rica, bland and minimal. on the other hand, the included breakfast was one of the best we had during our trip. The beach is ok, the sand is a little large grained for my tastes but it's secluded so no locals or anything. There is no wifi in the rooms you have to go to the lobby which sucked. Also the pools are cold as ice. Big rooms though...

Room Tip: there is only 1 ecoplaya resort near la cruz, none of the roadside signs or gps use the Best Western...
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  • Stayed December 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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SACRAME
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56 reviews 56 reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Remote - but wonderful place, and trips offered”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 November 2011
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Spent two weeks here. About 45 minutes from nearest real town with bank and grocery. Grounds are lovely. If you don't have a car - don't worry. Taxi to nearby great beaches very reasonable. Only one restaurant at the hotel, but the food is good. Recommend getting your own groceries for breakfast/lunch, and then dinner at the hotel. Be sure to have plenty of deet spray - mosquitos are very active at dusk and after dark. Tour trips offered to variety of places, and Humberto the guide is very accomodating of group needs. We did a 2 day trip to Nicaragua, two days to Arenal, day trip to Paulo Verde area (boat ride on river with crocodiles, birds and monkeys aplenty). Also did a snorkel trip that was wonderful. The restaurant will cook whatever fish/lobster you catch and bring back for dinner - for a fee of course. Over the staff is wonderful, rooms clean and comfortable, and Very Quiet. Loved it.

Room Tip: We enjoyed our room further from pool and restaurant. Recommend top floor as view of bay from balco...
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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Heredia, Costa Rica
1 review
“Nice beaches around only”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 October 2011

We spent 2 days at the hotel and decided to stay at the beaches as most as we could. The food is terrible, the rooms are dirty and the facilities are the worst.

Its a shame, because there are gorrgeous beaches around. This is suppose to be a 4 stars hotel, hahaha, it is 1star top.

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  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“Special for thoose how loock for something different”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 October 2011
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I spend a coulple of days with my wife in Best Western Ecoplaya, this is a diferente place, special for thoose how are looking for a different place to know; there are a wondefull beaches near the hotel as Jobo and Rajada Beach where you can do snorkeling, the hotel is nice, the rooms are clean and quiet, we were in a room with a King Bed and a wonderfull ocean view, the restaurant has a great food we enjoy the diferent options, specially the "Bahía Salinas Fish" I really recomend it!!! and the people was very friendly, we also took a Fishing tour at the sunset around de bay and it was one of the greatest sunset I never seen before.

If you are looking for a diferente place and want to spend a quiet time you should go to Best Western Ecoplaya.

  • Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Address: Bahia Salinas | Plaza Colonial Escazú, La Cruz 837-126, Costa Rica
Price range (per night):* INR5,169 - 6,225

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