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Condo Hotels Samara Heights

4.0 star property

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Beach nearby, kayaking, fishing
Exterior
Design Condo, 2 Queen Beds, Ocean View, Sea Facing | Terrace/patio
Panoramic Apartment | Balcony
Standard Apartment | Living room | TV

Reviews

6.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Pool
    Pool
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Samara Centro, Sámara, Guanacaste, 50205
  • Samara Beach
    6 min walk
  • La Selva
    10 min drive
  • Carrillo Beach
    12 min drive
  • Carrillo (PLD)
    12 min drive

Room options

Exterior
Hotel El Pequeño Gecko Verde
Pool
Free WiFi
Air conditioning
Game room
4.6 out of 5, Wonderful, (40)
The price is $130
per night
$147 total
includes taxes & fees
Dec 6 - Dec 7
Hotel El Pequeño Gecko Verde

About the neighborhood

Sámara

With a stay at Condo Hotels Samara Heights in Sámara, you'll be by the ocean, within a 15-minute drive of Samara Beach and Carrillo Beach. .This hotel is 4.5 mi (7.3 km) from Buena Vista Beach and 5.2 mi (8.3 km) from Playa Barrigona.

What's nearby

  • Samara Beach - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Carrillo Beach - 12 min drive - 3.7 miles
  • Buena Vista Beach - 20 min drive - 4.6 miles
  • Playa Barrigona - 24 min drive - 5.2 miles
  • Garza Beach - 33 min drive - 9.5 miles

Getting around

  • Nosara (NOB) - 58 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Las Olas Beach Club - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Gusto Beach Bar - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Malehu - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪Coco's Mexican Restaurant - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Microbar - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Condo Hotels Samara Heights

Mediterranean hotel with a rooftop terrace and spa services
Condo Hotels Samara Heights offers 12 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and coffee/tea makers. Rooms open to balconies. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations have separate sitting areas and include desks. Select Comfort beds feature down comforters. Accommodations at this 4-star hotel have kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and cookware/dishes/utensils. Bathrooms include showers.

This Sámara hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Premium cable television is provided. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include sports massages, facials, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures.
Make yourself at home in one of the 12 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and ovens. Your Select Comfort bed comes with down comforters. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment.
Treat yourself with massages, body treatments, and facials. Additional amenities at this Mediterranean hotel include complimentary wireless internet access and wedding services.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free self parking is available onsite.
Condo Hotels Samara Heights has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • Roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge) on request
  • Free secured, uncovered self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Boat tours
  • Children's pool
  • Fishing
  • Kayaking
  • Outdoor pool
  • Personal motorized watercraft
  • Surf lessons

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • In-room full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • In-room kitchenette
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Sports massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Pool access ramp on site
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 2 floors
  • Mediterranean architecture
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Down comforter
  • Select Comfort mattress

Bathroom

  • 2 private bathrooms
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Blender
  • Cleaning supplies
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Freezer
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Kitchenette
  • Mixer
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Room service
  • Toaster oven

More

  • 5G smartphone data speed
  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Ceiling fan
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Smartphone
  • Unlimited smartphone data usage
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 6 PM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 20

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests will receive an email 48 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; your host will greet you
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

Welcoming dogs and cats only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

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 cash
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Hotel Mirador Samara
Mirador de Samara
Mirador Samara
Mirador De Samara Hotel Playa Samara
Hotels Samara Heights Samara
Condo Hotels Samara Heights Hotel
Condo Hotels Samara Heights Sámara
Condo Hotels Samara Heights Hotel Sámara

Reviews

6.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 15 out of 79 reviews" "

6.2/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

3.6/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Amazing view!! Clear, new, well equipped
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2021

6/10 Okay

Andrea, New York

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
One of the biggest gripes we had, was there was not any hot water for showers or doing dishes. All they provided was sheets and no blankets. The manager was not where to be found. Besides those small few things, we found the hotel to be sufficient.
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

kevin c.

we found the rooms dirty and lacked basic wash cloths and towels
The location is good but the pictures on home away give you the impression of a nice condo - BEWARE- if you book a standard room you will get put in a 2-3 star motel room that is not clean( by our) standards - no manager to talk to and wasnt here on checkin-We called home away reservations to complain and they where no help- (probably wont use them again)NO AC in Costa Rica? Very disappointed wspecially for the price
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

chinocc, san jose, cr

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is not well taken care of and it is disappointing at best. Not recommended. Asked for an invoice and didn't get it either.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Total deception. Never coking back to that horrible place.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

janet

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stay away from the Mirador
I'm a planner so I booked this over a year ago...never again. Even though hotels.com notified me about my upcoming plans the hotel did not prepare for our arrival. One of the sinks was full of ants. There were no towels. The floors were dirty. They said they would clean up the apartment and for us to come back in a couple of hours, but when we came back we had to ask for bug spray and a broom to sweep the deck. There were dead bugs in the shower still and a live little gecko running around in the bathroom. I also had to wash all the kitchen utensils and pans we used because there were ants and spiders in the cabinets. They did not check on us once during our three day stay. The only reason why we stayed was because we already paid. They were under construction which started at 6am and ended at 6pm. Every time we walked up to the hotel the workers gawked and we never felt comfortable with our bathing suits on...so we made sure to always had our coverups on. Hotels.com needs to take this hotel off their list. The worst hotel I ever stayed at my entire life of traveling throughout Asia, Europe, Central America and South America in my 53 years!!!!!! One redeeming quality was the gorgeous view...but we couldn't eat outside because of the cats who went on the table to eat our food off our dishes and wouldn't go away. I love animals and have dogs and cats, but they're well fed and don't have to beg for food. I think the cats weren't fed well so they would catch mice.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel on hill overlooking Pacific. Very pretty and refreshing breezes in open air setting with spacious patios.

2/10 Terrible

hman, Philadelphia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is more a hostel than hotel. There was no staff just a single guy. The extra linens we asked for the futon were stained. No AC and the ceiling fans created and made noise. Zero amenities.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

ERIC

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and acceptable.
Nice location. We will visit this place again.

2/10 Terrible

S.P., Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Looks nice from far away. Totally run down .Should be gutted and cleaned and updated. Very dirty floors, discusting bathroom with no soap.Filthy fridge and coffee maker. The 2 cups needed washing up too Just the bare minimum to stay for one night and get out as fast as possible. . A shame that owners are just trying to make money and expedia offers places like that. Could be beautiful with a little effort and the view is already there
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

2/10 Terrible

marilen

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not book
We booked this hotel at 11pm because there was a hurricane and we could not reach our original location. Drive to this hotel. It looks nothing like the picture! On top of that we knocked and called and when the man finally answered he yelled at us and said. Check in is over at 6! Do not call! We had to drive 20 miles away in the hurricane to find somewhere else to stay! Awful service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Caroline, california

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I loved it here. Great view and lots of space. Just hope you don't mind sharing with the occasional gecko :p
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beach vacation.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel walking distance from the beach!
The owner is an amazing person. Very personable and kind. I stayed here on my first night in Samara with my children. We had a 3 month itinerary planned. We loved being here so much we cancelled our future hotel plans and returned to Hotel Mirador for the remainder of our trip. We loved relaxing by the pool and seeing the monkeys in the morning.

6/10 Okay

Judy, Pennsylvania

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room with a view...but not much else
The room was one of 4 that might be called hotel rooms. There was no cleaning or other services provided, so we had to get our luggage up a steep hillside on rather crumbling and mostly unlit steps. The room was clean for our arrival, very neat and airy, no air-conditioning/no need. It felt like a campsite with a really good roof and private setting right next to the town and beach....everything an easy walk. Perfect location. But if you needed anything there was no one to help but a girl & a dog.

6/10 Okay

joe, king, Ontario

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Walk to beach and restaurants
Check in went ok. Nice ocean view from the balcony of room. If you do not like steps, this is not for you. Hotel sits high up on side of a hill, and reception is at the bottom.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel close to beach but shabby with poor service
There is no front desk, once you show up, there is no-one there.. looks pretty abandoned. Once called, the host showed up (apparently live in one of the units). Good size room, but no service or regular cleaning. Had to go get towels and soaps for the next day by calling back again. Not clean, just there near the beach. Its probably 1 star hotel

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrific Nightmare
HORRIFIC!!! Never ever ever stay here! Don't even look at it! ALL the locals warned us as well before we arrived but we didn't try and believe what other people say.. They were right, everything about this hotel is a nightmare starting from the owner who is never around and will steal your money!!. The reception has bats and insects everywhere, the rooms don't even let me begin, I cannot even describe this nightmare of a place in words just please do not even look at it. When we left the first night (with no refund at all or any understanding of how it looks very different online) we called a taxi to pick us up, a local taxi came and said lmore guests running away?" That was enough for me to understand how well everyone in town knows about this place.. Stay Away!

8/10 Good

Chad, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
5 min from the Beach
I had a great stay at Hotel Mirador de Samara recently. I had accidentally put 1 person on my reservation although there was 2 of us and the hotel staff went out of their way to accommodate us for the first night (hotel was full, they provided an extra bed) and moved us to a much larger room on the second night without us asking. I arrived after hours and there was a personalized note left for me on where to go next and everything was smooth from that point. Samara is a surf town, and not a high-luxury location at all. Not having A/C is common in the smaller towns (unfortunately) but there were plenty of fans provided for us. I would stay at this hotel again, the staff were amazing and the location was close walking distance to anything in Samara you could want to do.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, dirty hotel
Location of hotel was good on a hill overlooking Samara with a view of the ocean from the balcony. The room however was a disappointment, no A/C, no screen over sliding door to balcony. Screens over other windows not fixed tightly enough to prevent bugs from getting in. Door stood above floor enough to allow lizards entrance, but at least they ate the bugs. Some renovating going on in another wing could be quite loud at times. Oh and I almost forgot, NOV hot water.

2/10 Terrible

Cynthia M, Los Angeles, CA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Paid for 2 nights but couldn't pay me to stay
The is an apart-hotel not a real hotel. The owner called me while in route to the hotel for his own personal reasons and didn't have anyone with whom to leave my room key. The view was blocked by many trees. There was a mosquito infestation. Beds were uncomfortable. The pool was dirty. No air conditioning available at all. No restaurant/food available within the hotel. After the first of a two-night stay, room service made the beds and there was an insect carcass on the bed. No customer service. Family and I only stayed one night and left early.

6/10 Okay

steven, Escazu

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Decent night's sleep
Quiet nights sleep, but not a very well-maintained hotel. There was no one around to ask for extra towels, etc. Overpriced for the lack of quality.

8/10 Good

Esther, Virginia

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Biggest rooms in Samara, huge balcony.
We had an enormous apartment that very comfortably slept our large family of 6. We could hear the howler monkeys at night, and see the ocean and lovely view during the days. A group of horses live down the hill and we watched them from the balcony. It was nice to be able to cook for ourselves and have a refridgerator. We had a kitchen and plates and utensils and pots and pans. There was not a microwave in our room, but a full cooktop. You will need to bring your own salt/pepper, soap and shampoo, coffee, etc. This is a great value hotel! Manage your expectations accordingly. This is not a luxury hotel - but it has larger apartments than any 4 star hotel. The rooms could use updating - but they are perfect for a large family to come back sandy. The fans compliment the ocean breeze and we left doors open all night. There is no AC because the rooms have a fine cross-breeze to them. The lemons that grew on the tree on our porch were nice in tea. The pool is VERY deep in one end; watch your children and especially on the steep paths which have no railing. This is not a hotel for little children to run around unattended; there are many places where they could get hurt. There WILL be bugs in your room because you WILL leave the doors open for the breeze, by this I mean a few ants and flies but you are in Costa Rica and this is to be expected. Some rooms are being updated.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities