Villas Josipek

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.

Sink falling off pedestal, TV so wobbly afraid it would fall, doors either won't open or close, electrical wires attached to showerhead, some mattresses were untraditionally thin (think summer camp mattress). Opening under some doors large enough to allow critters in. Some rooms were equipped with AC, others not.

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.

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.