Villas Josipek

Beautiful grounds, great family who owns it, nice breakfast. You need to have a car to get around

We stayed 2 nights at Las Villas Josipek. We had a wonderful stay! The family that owns the hotel is so friendly and welcoming, and you can tell that they put a lot of love and care into their property. The property is beautiful and has a trail into the forest that you can walk (I didn't get to but heard it was nice). It is a little rustic - it's in the forest, so that's a given! - but was a very enjoyable stay. The food was delicious also. I would stay here again with no hesitation if I came back to the Arenal area.

We stayed in four areas of Costa Rica over the course of our visit, and Villas Josipek was by far our favorite. We stayed in room 15, which is incredibly clean and modern. The view from the balcony was amazing! Our group had meals included which may have been the highlight of an already fantastic stay. The food was authentic and fresh while the staff was kind and professional. We would definitely stay here again!

Absolutely terrible stay. Stayed at the main house. This place is plagued with bed bugs, mosquitoes, and ants crawling through the walls. All of our family had bites and rashes all over. Had rodent droppings show up each day of our stay. Every morning we were greeted by dead bugs on the floor. The internet and hot water were nonexistent. Shower was leaking into the bedroom. Can't turn on the lights at night otherwise you'll be under a bug attack. Had a cricket the size of a small cat show up in the hallway. Trash wasn't cleared once in 4 days. To top it off, a power outage left us in the dark with no AC, and no one from the staff was there to help. Guy in the reception was rude and disgusting, told us the owner doesn't speak English and will not help us, since this is all expected as the property is "located in the middle of nature". Complete rip-off-avoid at all costs. Explained everything to *******, but they did nothing about it. Do yourself a favor and DON'T stay here, it's a nightmare stay.

Fun spot. Good location. Great staff. Bathroom shower had a dangerously long drop to get in and out. Bedroom was very cramped.

The setting is great. Beautiful garden with plenty of birds and we even tracked a sloth on one of the trees. The cabin itself left something to be desired. We rented a cabin for 6 for the 4 of us and it felt crowded and tight. The shower had very little hot water and slight bad odor. It was not clean enough.