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Celeste Mountain Lodge

3.0 star property

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Hiking
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; Fusion cuisine, garden views
Hiking
Hiking
Terrace/patio

Reviews

9.6 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
4km on new road to Volcan Tenorio, Bijagua, Alajuela
  • Tenorio Volcano National Park
    1 min walk
  • Tapir Valley Nature Reserve
    5 min drive
  • El Pilon Station
    13 min drive
  • Canas (CSC)
    46 min drive

Room options

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Standard Room, 2 Double Beds, Mountain View | In-room safe, individually furnished, free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds, Mountain View

  • 291 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Bathroom sink

Single Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Double Bed

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Hideaway Rio Celeste

Pool
Hot Tub
Spa
Parking included
4.8 out of 5, Exceptional, (574)
The price is $670
per night
$757 total
includes taxes & fees
Jan 5 - Jan 6
Hideaway Rio Celeste

About the neighborhood

Bijagua

With a stay at Celeste Mountain Lodge in Bijagua, you'll be in a national park, just steps from Tenorio Volcano National Park. .This lodge is within the region of Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park and Arenal Volcano National Park.
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What's nearby

  • Tenorio Volcano National Park - 1 min walk
  • Tapir Valley Nature Reserve - 5 min drive
  • Rio Celeste Waterfall - 17 min drive
  • Miravalles Volcano - 60 min drive
  • Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park - 112 min drive

Getting around

  • Daniel Oduber Intl. Airport (LIR) - 88 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Rest. La Choza Del Maiz - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪El Sabor Dona Carmen - ‬12 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante y Marisquería Poro - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Kantala - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante La Casona - ‬17 min drive

About this property

Celeste Mountain Lodge

Lodge with free breakfast, steps from Tenorio Volcano National Park
Celeste Mountain Lodge offers 18 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished. This Bijagua lodge provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 18 individually furnished guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a terrace and a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Additional amenities at this lodge include gift shops/newsstands and tour/ticket assistance.
Satisfy your appetite at the lodge's restaurant, where you can enjoy drinks at the bar/lounge, take in the garden view, or dine alfresco. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 9 AM.
Featured amenities include multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and a safe deposit box at the front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 9 AM.
Onsite venue - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Fusion cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).

Languages

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Couples/private dining

Things to do

  • Hiking/biking trails

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini-fridge

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • In the mountains
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Grab bar in shower
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 1 building
  • 2 floors
  • Built in 2007
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Individual furnishings
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 9:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 2 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Celeste Lodge
Celeste Mountain
Celeste Mountain Lodge
Celeste Mountain Lodge Bijagua
Celeste Mountain Bijagua
Celeste Mountain Lodge Lodge
Celeste Mountain Lodge Bijagua
Celeste Mountain Lodge Lodge Bijagua

Celeste Mountain Lodge Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 129 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 37 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 168 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Farhad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heike

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Cecilia, Highlands Ranch

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had an amazing experience at Celeste lodge. Starting with our concierge Francisco who was so helpful, friendly and welcoming. The location and views are to die for. Their restaurant serves lunch and dinner by reservation only but their food is so fresh and delicious that we ended up dining in there the two nights we stayed. There is always a surprise meal prepared by a French chef. Btw, we have dietary allergies in our family and they accommodated us without a problem, Breakfast is complimentary and is so good too. We would go back in the blink of an eye!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved everything about this place. The Chef, Eric, is brilliant; tremendous food! The Reception Manager, Francisco,was kind, helpful, and welcoming. The place is beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A very unique hotel!! beautiful in all senses! Staff and owner extremely kind!! our food incident: We left chewing gum in the shelf upon entering the room and within minutes it was full of ants. There is an instruction booklet/binder in the room which states not to bring any food in the room in bold red color font but its buried in 2 pages of information and we didn't finished reading by the time the ants got to the gum. perhaps a sign on the hotel door or a reminder during check-in would be great as the hotel is inside the forest! The owner and staff gave us a new room to ensure we would have a safe night w/o ants. Thank you!!! Great breakfast!!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff was so kind and helpful. The property is beautiful and a very convenient location. I can highly recommend this place.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

chris

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Like being in nature without the camping or glamoing.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Bruno

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, this place is very nice. We liked the open foyer area and the vibes. We were a bit disappointed by the bedroom which has a bit of a hostel feel to it. The staff was also uneven: very friendly one day, a bit short the next. The French helper/waitress for instance did not smile much. The communal dinner could have been fun, but the wine they had (only 1-2 types) was absolutely awful and not cheap. Also, I ordered the steak "very rare" but it came well done. They were kind enough to substitue, but the second one I got was still fridge-cold, almost as to spite me....
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lindsey

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shelby

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great host, food, and stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Tracy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic property with beautiful views. Most of the irritants that others reviewed didn’t bother us at all (small shower, no A/C, etc) other than the paper thin walls. You can absolutely hear everything from all your neighbours. I don’t necessarily think it was the walls but more that because there is no A/C, everyone has all their windows open. The food was absolutely fantastic and the owner Joel was very attentive and a pleasure to talk to! I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Vinay

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
it was 90F and no a/c, no shampoo/conditioner, very very timy bathroom. for a place that is so expensive, basics were missing. positive - food was great. views are great everyone in staff is super attentive and helpful. the chocolate tour is awesome. night safari was a waste of money. would not recommend. my take is that it is an overpriced place for amenities it offers, and would probably go there just for the food.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Oskar

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful gardens and a great view of Mt. Tenario. The food was very good and the steak was the very best we had in Costa Rika.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jolene, Lakeville

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Costa Rican perfection
This hotel was perfect for many reasons. The cuisine was exceptional and artistically presented. The service was impeccable. Best of all were the gardens resplendent with a wide variety of flora, birds and butterflies.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely beautiful lodge
We stayed here for one night on our Costa Rica family trip and we wished we had booked more nights. The lodge is run by a French expat who built the property with his wife 17 years ago. The lodge itself is wonderful. Clean large rooms, beautiful indoor/outdoor common area with garden and dining area, and a large professional kitchen that opens up to the dining area. Breakfast is included and was wonderful. Dinner is a small addon and is well worth the price. Each course was introduced by the owner and many incorporated local ingredients that we had never experienced. If you are coming to Bijagua, do yourself a favor and book Celest Mountain Lodge for a few nights and enjoy the property and food. We really enjoyed our short stay!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ramakrishnan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent view. Closer to the Waterfall park entrance.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best food in Costa Rica!
Every detail of this beautiful hotel is carefully designed w eco conscious methods. Owner is delightful and built it himself! French chef made the dinners and food incredible, some of the best meals of our lives. Will return!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was beautiful. It was everything I was hoping for and more! We had a fantastic stay and enjoyed the nature that surrounded us.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jay

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property. Good accommodations. Excellent food. Wonderful coffee. Owner and staff were very nice and helpful. Very close to the volcanic park. Highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

David

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
While food prepared thrre was well prepared and flavorful, they served dinner for everyone AT seven, and as a result, our food for dinner was barely warm to cold when we received it. Breakfast, which was good and plentiful, was served the same way; all plates were prepared at once.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Bianca

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Eco friendly lodge in the area
My Dad, brother and I just stayed one night and enjoyed our stay. The stay were nice, and the property with it's hedge row garden and mountain views were pretty. It's a good option to visit Rio celeste. Breakfast was plentiful and they catered a bit for our dietary needs which was very kind.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023