I normally stay at the Ocotal Beach Resort. The staff is great and the rooms are good and the ac works, even during the blackouts in late April/early May. It’s not a 4 star resort, but the owner is in the process of renovating it. (www.ocotalresort.com/)
I have also stayed at Villa del Seuno in Playa Hermosa. It is smaller and not as quiet, but the food is better.
Enjoy.
I remember my first time landing at the Daniel Oduber (Liberia) Airport. They didn’t even have a conveyor belt for the luggage. We stood in an open room while the baggage was off-loaded. The baggage was placed into the center of the room along with all the surf boards. dog kennels and the rest of the stuff that people were hauling down from the States. Then it was a mad dash climbing over all this stuff to find your own luggage. It was a very slow process. And this was only three years ago. The airport is a model of efficiency as compared to then even if the conveyor belt sound like it’s about to croak at any second. However, that’s what makes Costa Rica so charming. Just last month we were greeted in the terminal by a giant grasshoper. Pura Vida!
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