Mangifera Hostel

2.0 star property

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Terrace/patio
Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, City View | Premium bedding, in-room safe, free rollaway beds, free WiFi
LCD TV
Property amenity
Hallway

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Pet friendly
  • Laundry
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Grecia Centro, Grecia, Alajuela, 20301
  • Grecia Park
    1 min walk
  • Catedral de la Mercedes
    1 min walk
  • Melia Cariari Golf Course
    10 min drive
  • San José (SJO-Juan Santamaría Intl.)
    38 min drive

Room options

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, City View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

Deluxe Double Room, City View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Superior Double Room, Garden View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the neighborhood

Grecia

With a stay at Mangifera Hostel in Grecia, you'll be just steps from Grecia Park and Catedral de la Mercedes. .This hostel is 9.4 mi (15.1 km) from Poás Volcano National Park and 2.9 mi (4.7 km) from Rock Bridge.

What's nearby

  • Grecia Park - 1 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Catedral de la Mercedes - 1 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • Melia Cariari Golf Course - 10 min drive - 3.7 miles
  • Jardín Botánico Else Kientzler - 14 min drive - 5.3 miles
  • Poás Volcano National Park - 28 min drive - 9.4 miles

Getting around

  • Heredia Station - 37 min drive
  • Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 38 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪ATORI SUSHI - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Cafe Delicias - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Pollos Raymi - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Reverdecer - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪La casona Mexicana - ‬4 min walk

About this property

Mangifera Hostel

Hostel in Grecia with a health club and a 24-hour front desk
Mangifera Hostel offers 6 accommodations with safes and ceiling fans. Beds feature premium bedding. LCD televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. This Grecia hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hostel include a health club.
Stay in one of 6 guestrooms featuring LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and ceiling fans, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a health club or take in the view from a terrace and a garden. Additional amenities at this hostel include complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Continental breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.

Languages

English, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • Free offsite parking; reservations required
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee: USD 4 to 6 per person

Things to do

  • Health club
  • Library

Family friendly

  • Free rollaway/extra bed
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)

Business services

  • Business center

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Free rollaway/extra bed
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LCD TV with cable channels

More

  • Ceiling fan
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 11:30 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 20 per pet, per stay

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Free rollaway/extra beds
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for continental breakfast: approximately USD 4 to 6 per person
  • Pet fee: USD 20 per pet, per stay

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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

Property is also known as

Mangifera Hostel Grecia
Mangifera Hostel
Mangifera Grecia
Hostel Mangifera Costa Rica/Grecia
Mangifera Hostel Grecia
Mangifera Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Mangifera Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Grecia

Mangifera Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 15 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 15 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
About what you'd expect for a hostel. Things are clean enough, and the bed's good enough. The staff were very nice.

8/10 Good

JOSEPH, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
CENTER CITY HOSTEL
A HOME TRANSFERRED INTO A HOTEL, LOOK LIKE A FAMILY RUN, JOANNA VERY NICE AND MORE THAN ACCOMMODATING, NO FANCY OR LUXURY BUT A HUMBLE CLEAN COMFORTABLE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY WITH GATED PARKING, WALKING DISTANCE TO ALL LOCAL MARKET, BUS DEPOT AND SO..

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You might get by with ear plugs
The facility is only for those in desperate need of a short term. It is directly across from the main, central park. You can expect early activity, lots of traffic (it is a Taxi stand location) and very undesirable motor cycle hangouts and racing and general boisterous noise until the early morning hours. Only good for younger back packers and those that can't afford anything else. Also, this is not the hotel that you want if you are coming from SJO airport. I moved to B&Bgardengrecia. Now that's worth the money.

8/10 Good

Rebekah, San Antonio Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel across from Main Plaza
Great Hostel across from the plaza. There is a lot of traffic and the cabs park right there with their radios talking until late. Other than being a noisy neighborhood, it was great. The church bell clanged every 15 minutes.

6/10 Okay

Allie, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Convenient place just outside of San Jose
We got into San Jose airport late at night, so we didn't want to have to drive too far our first night and didn't have any desire to go into San Jose. This hostel was approx 40 minutes drive from the airport. We were able to park our rental car in their gated driveway, which we appreciated. They were very friendly. There were 4 of us travelling together, so we stayed in a 4 bed dorm together, which consisted on 2 bunk beds. The beds were pretty uncomfortable, but we were only staying for 1 night, so it was bearable. The walls are also very thin, so you can hear all the traffic outside, as well as the church bell that seemed to ring all the time, for long periods of time, which seemed to go all night and day. The hostel was clean and very cute. There's a nice back yard relaxing area that is very pretty. We didn't get to use it because we went to sleep as soon as we checked in and got up early to check out to continue our journey up to LA Fortuna. Overall it was fine for a 1 niht stay, and the cheap nightly rate was appropriate. I would not recommend this place for long stays unless noise and uncomfortable beds don't bother you when you sleep.

10/10 Excellent

Linda & Rick, Nelson, BC. Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel in Grecia
It's a hostel, not a hotel! This hostel is and has everything we expect of it. Rooms are clean and adequate, simple but comfortable. Situated across from the beautiful Central Park in Grecia and diagonally across from the beautiful Red Metal Church. One of the counter staff, Marco, is most helpful and pleasant to deal with! We are coming back for 3 weeks soon!

10/10 Excellent

Manuel, Anaheim, Ca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Greg stay at Mangifera
My stay was great at Mangifera! I made a mistake reserving my stay (I had made the reservation for the night before but I arrived the next day) Marco (the general manager) said there was no problem and helped me fix my mistake. The hostel is in Grecia about an hour or so by bus from SJO . It's a nice hostel right on grecia's town square. I was in a dorm with only three beds, best of all you have a kitchen you can use! definitely affordable and perfect if you are looking for a relaxing stay outside San Jose, CR. definitely recommend it!

8/10 Good

Cheryl, Arizona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Family run hostel.
I was unable to contact the hostel to arrange an apt p/up, but later learnt they were experiencing problems with the phone lines. The family take great pride in their hostel and are very polite and accommodating. Having a kitchen was a big plus; so was sitting in the garden enjoying one's cooking! The location of the property is superb, close to everything. I would definitely stay there again.

6/10 Okay

Chris, Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Pleasant stay in Grecia
Nice enough. Very well maintained. Central location, close to the bus station and opposite the park, which is both positive - nice outlook - and negative - street noise. (Bring earplugs.) Quiet garden in the back. Pleasant balcony overlooking park. I'd stay again. It suited me fine.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel, central location.
The place was great and near taxis and the bus station. It is right across the street from a wonderful Catholic Church. There is some traffic and church noise so bring some earplugs if you're sensitive and you'll love it :)

8/10 Good

Don, St. Louis, MO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Price performance leader for Grecia.
One night stay. Comfortable and relatively quiet considering it's right on town square. I liked being on town square, and I liked the view of the square from the second-story balcony. Grecia is a great little town. I stayed in the dorm for just $9; there was only one other occupant, a very considerate younng woman traveler. There are private rooms available, some with private baths. Lovely garden in the back.

8/10 Good

André, Québec

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charmant et personnel
Vraiment charmant et accueil très personnel, je recommande.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Raúl

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Alejandro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

christian, tijuana baja california mexico

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel muy bueno
Excelentes hostal, buen servicio y ubicación, instalaciones muy limpias y seguras