Hotel Costa Verde

Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio & Around


This collection of rooms and studios occupies a verdant setting frequented by troops of monkeys. Efficiency units incorporating teak trim and furnishings face the encroaching forest, while more expensive studios have full ocean views. FYI: the cheapest units are near the road! The most coveted and spectacular accommodations are inside a decommissioned Boeing 727 fuselage and in a cockpit cottage.

The 727, which juts out of the jungle in the most surreal way, has two bedrooms with three queen-sized beds, two bathrooms, a kitchenette and a private terrace. The cockpit cottage is accessed by a suspension bridge and sleeps two, with panoramic ocean views and a bathroom open to the jungle. (It's popular with honeymooners.)

The owners of Costa Verde are also the masterminds behind several eateries along the road to Manuel Antonio, including El Avión bar and restaurant (also fashioned from a retired fuselage).