Samara · ★★★
Hotel Giada
Comfortable hotel in Samara Beach
- Rooms
- 24
- Liberia airport (LIR)
- About 2 hours and 30 minutes
Hotel Giada, on the main street of Playa Sámara
Hotel Giada is a small, friendly hotel on the main street of Playa Sámara, about 200 m from the beach, on the Nicoya Peninsula. Sámara is a relaxed beach town with a wide, calm bay, and Giada puts you in the middle of it: restaurants, a supermarket and the pharmacy are a walk away. It suits couples, friends and families who want a simple, comfortable base and to do everything on foot.
Why we choose it
- Walk to everything. The beach is about 200 m away and the town's restaurants and shops are close, so you can leave the car behind.
- Two pools in a garden. Two pools and a garden with pool beds give you a quiet place in the afternoon heat.
- Rooms for families. Triple and Quadruple rooms let a family share one room, and the pool side is the quiet side.
Rooms and views
Every room has a private balcony or terrace. You can choose between a pool view, on the quiet side of the hotel among the gardens, or a street view over the main street of Sámara. We usually ask for the pool side.
The Double rooms are 17 m2, and the Triple and Quadruple rooms are 21 m2, so a family or a group of friends can stay together. The style is light and simple, with bamboo furniture, and the rooms are cleaned daily.
On the property
The two pools sit in a garden with pool beds, the place to cool off after the beach. Breakfast is served at the hotel, and Ahora Sí!, the Italian restaurant, is known in town for its pizza and pasta in the evening. There is parking on site.
Days here are for the beach and the bay. From Sámara we can arrange kayaking to Isla Chora, dolphin watching by boat, horseback rides, snorkeling and surf lessons, or a night trip to Ostional to see sea turtles nesting in season. Playa Guiones, the surf beach at Nosara, is up the coast for a day out.
Location and getting there
Hotel Giada is on the main street of Playa Sámara, about 2 hours and 30 minutes by road from the Liberia airport. It pairs well with Arenal or Rincón de la Vieja for a volcano and beach trip. See more about Playa Sámara.
Rooms & suites
Our favourite rooms, and why
Double Room
Sleeps 2 · 17 m² · Pool or main street view
Triple Room
Sleeps 3 · 21 m²
Quadruple Room
Sleeps 4 · 21 m²
How it compares
Hotels we book in Samara
From our own hotel records: stars, themes and amenities. Nothing here is a price.
| Hotel Giada | Hotel Sol Samara | Hotel Villas Playa Samara | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Spa | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| Team favourite | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Check availability | See hotel | See hotel |
On the property
What you will find there
Getting there
Where it is
- Liberia airport (LIR): about 2 hours and 30 minutes by private transfer
Your Costa Rican driver waits at arrivals and stops whenever you like on the way: fruit stands, a sloth in a tree, a bathroom.
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