I was happy that I chose to stay at Hotel Poco a Poco for the 3 nights I was in the Monteverde area. As a solo traveler, I found the front desk staff extremely welcoming, warm, and helpful. They gave me excellent advice based on my interests as to how best to use my 3 days in the area. Local taxis were readilly available. Interbus drops off and picks up at this Hotel. The small village of Santa Elena is in walking distance and there is a "Super Mega" (large grocery store) located across the street from the hotel. My room was large and clean. When I sat on the small balcony, I felt like I was in my own private treehouse. The breakfasts, included in the price of the room, were substantial. The waitstaff in the restaurant offered excellent service. It was surprisingly windy at night but to the previous reviewers who complained about the noise of the wind, travel smart and bring ear plugs. I found traffic noise at night to be minimal and ear plugs work well for that, too. Overall, I had an outstanding experience at Hotel Poco a Poco and am especially grateful for the kindnesses that were shown me by the front desk staff.

We stayed two nights in Monteverde and used this hotel as our base. As mentioned in other reviews, the hotel is small and on a busy street, but traffic at night was minimal and we were able to walk to several good restaurants as well as a zipline adventure. The staff was helpful and the restaurant excellent. The breakfast was plentiful and we enjoyed the local cuisine and the delicious fresh fruits. My only complaint about the hotel is that the public areas were very poorly lit, and the room's lights were low wattage, too, making reading difficult. We usually play cards in the evenings, and the low lights in the sitting area made this impossible. Our room had a little balcony overlooking the pretty garden, but it was chilly and we did not use it much.

We just stayed at Poco a Poco and enjoyed it very much. The rooms were clean, comfortable, and well appointed, the included breakfast was excellent, and the staff were all professional and really nice. We also enjoyed the warm pool and very warm hot tub. Although I know the road noise can be a problem, we were fortunate to have rooms on the top floor and away from the road. I recommend requesting that, although there are no elevators, so walking to the fourth floor is good exercise! Although we all speak fluent Spanigh, I noticed that most of the staff speak excellent English. Also, it is located close enough to central Santa Elena to be able to walk to a number of restaurants, shops and attractions. In addition, it's just a short drive to the cloud forest reserve, as well as other attractions. I happen to work at one of Trip Advisor's top 25 US hotels, so I'm accustomed to excellent customer service and high quality. Hotel Poco a Poco did a great job and I would stay there again if fortunate enough to return to this beautiful part of the country. For moderate hotels in Costa Rica it's a bit high priced, but I realize now that Monteverde/Santa Elena is a very high priced area. Thanks, Poco a Poco. Keep up the good work!

The Hotel was clean and the gardens were very pretty. Beware this is a small family hotel and children can be very noisey. They were quite noisey in the pool and jacuzzi. If it is windy, stay in the lower part of the hotel as the room in the upper part of the hotel was so noisey that it sounded like we were riding out a hurricane. We had no sleep. They were very nice about moving us to a new room the next day. We hiked in the Santa Elena park for 4.5 miles the next day. It was a challenging hike, on a muddy path, but we saw only a glimpse of one bird and no butterflies. We were disappointed as were led to believe that this was a wildlife preserve for which we paid $14.00 per person. We have gone on far more interesting hikes in the Northern Califoirnia rainforests,( Lady Bird Johnson Rainforest), and the giant Redwoods are a wonderful bonus. Beware the road to Monteverde is a narrow twisty mountainous road, which did give us some very good views, but a difficult drive. Visit the more tropical coastal and interior parks of the country to view more birds and butterflies.