Residencial El Valle

El Valle


Visitors become loyalists, given the high level of service provided at this friendly motel-style lodging. The longstanding hotel has 17 clean and airy rooms and an enormous veranda with hammocks on the top floor overlooking Av Central with views to the hills. Room 4 has lovely wooden floors and two windows. Enter through the ground-floor shop.


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Nearby El Valle attractions

1. Butterfly Haven

0.21 MILES

One of El Valle's top attractions allows you to walk among up to 250 butterflies as they flutter by in a screened 'flight house.' Learn more about these…

2. Museo Histórico Padre José Noto

0.32 MILES

The most interesting exhibits in this small, very central museum divided into seven sections are the ones focusing on petroglyphs and ceramics produced by…

3. Museo Victoriano Lorenzo

0.4 MILES

The exhibits in the three rooms of this small museum east of the center focus on local history and the eponymous mestizo national hero. The most…

5. Aprovaca

0.66 MILES

For the largest selection of orquídeas (orchids) in the region, visit this idyllic, not-for-profit garden east of the center, run by the local association…

6. Zoológico El Níspero

0.66 MILES

About 1km north of Av Central, this zoo set in the forest is home to everything from tapirs and capuchin monkeys to jaguars and more than 50 species of…

7. La Piedra Pintada

1.32 MILES

Located in the northwestern corner of the valley, La Piedra Pintada is a huge boulder adorned with pre-Columbian carvings. Locals sometimes fill in the…

8. Chorro Las Mozas

1.41 MILES

The most accessible of the waterfalls around El Valle is Chorro Las Mozas, located about 2km southwest of town; you can reach it on foot from the center…