Finca Buena Fuente Residence Hotel

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Staying at the Finca Buena Fuenta Hotel Made our trip Exceptional!

stvsar on 16/03/2017 21:13

When we got to Finca Buena Fuenta Hotel
we had already been looking for a place to stay for two hours prior to arriving here with no success. We were so thrilled to finally find such a haven of tranquility and beauty at Finca Buena Fuenta! We loved it so much, we stayed a total of 12 days at this Villa!

Luca and Livia the owners, are real darlings and went out of their way to accommodate us with our needs and really made us feel at home right from the start!

If you want to have a restful stay and at the same time enjoy beautiful, clean and uncrowded beaches in Guanacaste, this is the place to stay!

The room with a kitchenette had everything we needed for our comfort! At night we slept very soundly! During the day, we enjoyed watching the monkeys in the overhead canopy almost every day! We had a car and had the option of going to 7 different gorgeous beaches just a few minutes’ drive away! We also enjoyed going to Tamarindo for some restaurants and change of scenery but overall we preferred the more quite and relaxed pace in and around Playa Conchal, Playa Mina in the Huacas area as opposed to the crowded beaches of Tamarindo.

Beautiful stay

Yoelo2011 on 11/03/2017 23:12

I stayed with my family at Finca Buenafuente thanks to a dear friend. This place is magic. As some other review said it is not the place for all but for those who likes a different holiday or a break. The rooms are nice and clean. The food is delicious and the owners are adorable.
I would go back to Costa Rica only to stay there again

Stay for the beautiful food, the quiet, the stars, and for Luka and Livia

chrisabraham on 16/02/2016 17:52

When I arrived at Finca Buena Fuente I didn't know what to expect. I arrived late at night in a Toyota Sedan after driving over rutted dirt roads in the dark. It's at the end of a dark washboard dirt road. And you need to do a little mind off-road driving to get parked. When I arrived, a charming man came out to meet me and direct me to my parking space and room, across a little bit of off road trickiness, which my car was fine with, actually, but an SUV would always be the better choice in Costa Rica.

This hotel is completely eccentric and delightful. My room was spartan but clean and happy -- but it's not at all like the Westin. It's Costa Rica not Florida South. I had a kitchen I didn't use. There was a coffee pot but no coffee. But that didn't matter:

The best thing about Finca Buena Fuente is the coffee, the food, the service, the cook/waitress, and the amazing hosts, the hoteliers themselves, Luka and Livia. They were amazing. They're Milanese Italians who opened this hotel and Northern Italian restaurant and garden. They're amazing. They're gracious, friendly, charming, and were more than willing to work to make me happy.

I was at Finca Buena Fuente to attend a wedding down the road at the The Westin Playa Conchal. It's only 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away -- all the description have it wrong, it's much closer to Playa Conchal -- and super close if you just want to get to Playa Conchal -- it's literally a ten-minute drive over dry rutted dirt roads. A lot of the maps have it wrong and Livia tells me that she's always trying so hard to make the changes with all the review sites and the maps -- actually, their hotel's land abuts the Westin Resort -- promise -- but it's not that close to Playa Tamarindo or Tamarindo city.

Though not included in my $90/night stay (I think I was led to believe that breakfast was included on the Expedia page) I had morning breakfasts that put the buffets I got from the nearby Westin to absolute shame. Fresh handmade yogurt, watermelon juice, granola, papaya, little bananas, all grown on the grounds, pots of delicious coffee, and tap water from their well that was sweet and never made me sick, just happy. They made me eggs, too, and I got two eggs, over easy, once I let them know if and how I like me eggs. Oh, also, home made bread and toast with grass fed butter and preserves. So good. Superior.

I would return to Costa Rica just to stay here and see this amazing couple. At the end of the day, Luka and Livia felt like family.

By the way, when Expedia asked me for my initial impressions, I wrote that I didn't like my little twin-size bed at all. Livia must have received the initial review because she immediately upgraded me to a queen size bed, which made me happy. Though the beds are memory foam, they're not Tempur-Pedics, they're the old fashioned memory foam. I was then very satisfied.

Bring your own shampoo and conditioner as they only offer two small bars of soap, but the water pressure is good, the water is Western potable to drink and bathe in (it's well water), and the hostess, Livia, even makes her own bread, yogurt, juices, fruits, and also runs a northern Italian restaurant on sight (she's from Milan). The meals are all extra, I'm led to believe, including breakfasts, but they are most assuredly with it. Also, I seem to be the only guest most of the time, which means I got a lot of special attention. I would surely come back here, but not on a honeymoon or to impress a girl or a girlfriend, or a wife. This is for travelers and not really vacationers. I love it here. I prefer it to that nancy Westin down the unpaved road.

That said, the owners, from Italy, are charming and personally very attentive, the breakfasts I have had have been the best breakfasts of my life, the view of the sky at night is amazing, it's quiet, exotic, lush, and there's even free spotty WiFi, sky TV (cable/dish), and a pretty good A/C.

Come here for the stars, the owners, Luka and Livia, the breakfasts, the service, the solitude, and for the adventure without the risk (this is a very very safe hotel, you'll love it, I promise, though the beds really do suck). I paid $90/night, last minute, high season. Much better than the "could be the USA" $600/night Westin.

Great homecooked meals for a bargain stay

DrJiggles on 02/05/2014 19:11

My husband and I stayed at Finca Buena Fuente for a few days and nights. The hosts were super gracious and spoke English, even though we insisted we spoke Spanish. They wanted us to feel like home and definitely did! Breakfast was included and it was wonderful, with homemade bread and fruits. Dinners were extra and the menu was set, but you definitely need to eat there at least once. It was amazing home cooking! The rooms are bare and not very fancy, but are you really spending that much time in the room? You can walk to the beach where the locals hang out and walk the gorgeous beach. There are secret local beaches too that are close and because we didn't stay on a resort, we felt like we got more of the Guanacaste experience. Totally would choose this place again.

Scam Artists and

Alex L on 25/04/2014 16:12

This hotel is nowhere near Tamarindo so I don't know why it shows up as a hotel in Tamrindo on hotels.com. Its located 2 towns away. In between farms, not anywhere close to any beach. There is literally NOTHING but farms within 30 min walking distance from this hotel.

The rooms were filthy, smelt like second hand smoke, there was literally a frog living in the toilet, and ants EVERYWHERE. On the floor, in the kitchen, and all over the beds. I had booked 2 nights but after seeing the room I went straight back to the front desk and told them I would like to stay somewhere else. As a courtesy I told them I would pay for 1 night but I would like to cancel my 2nd night. They told me no problem, but we can't issue you a refund you need to do it through hotels.com. They will give you a refund. So I made my way to Tamarindo and checked into another, much cleaner, hotel. I called hotels.com and they said they needed to confirm the refund with the owner. They called me back and said that they spoke to the owner and he said that he never said that they should give me a refund. There was nothing that hotels.com could do, which I understand. I got SCAMMED by the shady owners of this hotel.
DO NOT stay at this hotel or you will be SCAMMED!