The Hotel Xandari Resort and Spa retreat offers villas that are beautifully designed for the utmost in comfort and style. With hand-crafted furniture and original artwork, each villa has a unique personality. The location is ideal, conveniently located close to the airport – yet in a peaceful mountain setting near the Poas Volcano.
While staying at Xandari, you may want to check out their serene hiking trails through fruit orchards and coffee fields to a rushing river with five cascading waterfalls. Enjoy healthful, delicious gourmet dining at Xandari Resort’s gourmet restaurant. You will feel immediately at home from the warmth of the friendly and helpful staff. Xandari is like Xanadu…a hidden Paradise! Xandari Resort is an excellent option for a hotels in San Jose, Costa Rica because it is close to the city and airport, yet feels miles away!
Xandari Resort’s palm-roofed Spa Village is reminiscent of an indigenous pueblo set amidst waterfalls and gardens. The highlight of Xandari Spa Village: Treatments and relaxation in your own private Jalapa (palm-roofed pavilion), each with its own jacuzzi perched on the rim of this tropical paradise with an inspiring view of the capital of San Jose, Costa Rica below.
Stroll through rows of coffee plants, a fruit orchard, tropical flowers and exotic gardens. Hike the rustic trails through untouched transitional forest with bamboo groves, wild Impatiens and heliconia to five natural waterfalls. Watch native birds and listen to their calls. Costa Rica is a bird watcher’s paradise and many species call Xandari Resort home. Take a dip or serious swim in one of two heated 60 ft. long lap pools. Relax in the outdoor jacuzzi. Enjoy the spa services, visit the organic greenhouse (used in the restaurant), choose a book from the extensive library, select a movie from the onside collection, and just soak up this tropical paradise!
If you’re looking for an incredible day trip from San Jose on your next Costa Rica vacation, choose La Paz Waterfall Gardens. Surrounded by lush flora and fauna, beautiful hiking trails and a coffee plantation, La Paz is an eco-tourist attraction that is privately owned and the perfect place for family tour in the central highlands of Costa Rica. Only an hour away from San Jose and the Juan Santamaria International Airport, it is rich in biodiversity due to its high altitude of 4000 to 5000 feet. La Paz is made up of both rain and cloud forest. One of the most popular attractions is the largest butterfly garden in the world. You will also see an animal sanctuary, a hummingbird garden, a gorgeous bromeliads garden, an orchid garden, a frog pond, a serpentaria, and five extraordinary waterfalls! Visit La Paz for one of the most memorable Tours of Costa Rica and one of the most popular in the Central Valley.
La Paz is open from 8-5 all year and reservations are not necessary. Guided tours are available, but it’s also possible to walk through the park on your own. It takes about 2 hours to walk through the whole park so it’s best to arrive before 3pm. The Peace Lodge is located on the property and only twenty minutes from the Poas Volcano, one of Costa Rica’s active volcanoes. Guests who stay at the Peace Lodge stay in the middle of Costa Rica’s mystical rain and cloud forests and enjoy the colorful tropical birds flying right outside their rooms. You might even be visited by a buzzing hummingbird!
Enjoy the first part of your day with our coffee experts at the Café Britt Classic CoffeeTour. This tour will introduce you to all the aspects of the coffee making process including what makes the industry more sustainable than before and how different micro-climates can influence the flavor and quality and the beans. Your tour will end with a visit to the factory where you can sample some chocolate and of course, delicious coffees.
Recommended Ages: All ages.
Tour Includes: Bilingual guide (English / Spanish), transportation.
What to bring: Light jacket, comfortable shoes, money for souvenirs.
Duration of the trip (approximately): Half day.
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