Badilla Vacations from $932

The main issue with this hotel was that their reception is now not in the hotel, but down the road in-town, in a bar just behind the local hairdressers, about 5 mins' walk away. They sign this up in English on the former reception door, but it certainly helps to have some Spanish when looking for the current reception office in the local bar. There was only someone working as a receptionist after 2,30PM, and she operates out of a small kiosk that sells cigarettes and vapes at the back of the bar. We were going to wait for when we were there to decide if we wanted breakfast, but as we hadn't pre-booked we were told we would have to buy breakfast in one of the local bars. It appears that the hotel breakfasts are a smallish selection of tapas, while the local bars easily provided what we needed. There is a secure parking area c.50 metres from the hotel. The locals were very friendly, the room was well appointed, and very clean, and once you understand how it operates it works well.

We liked the location of this hotel. Right across the street from the action. Did not like our room which had no windows.