Taking care of your Tropical Adventure . . .
Welcome to Costa Rica where the national "hello" and "good-bye" is simply Pura Vida! Base camp with romantic garden dinners and a place we'd like to stay.

Your Hosts at The Pura Vida Hotel
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Phone: 011-506-2430-2929
Fax: 2430-2630 Cell: 8878-3899
Email: info@puravidahotel.com

A few of our guide book reviews:

SLEEPING WITH THE TOUCANS - 100 Great Places to Stay: "Our stopover of choice."

A FODOR'S CHOICE HOTEL: "Highly recommended."

Pura Vida in the 2008 MOON HANDBOOK:
"The best place and highly recommended"

Pura Vida in the NEW KEY to Costa Rica:
Ecotourism green rated hotel listed here

TripAdvisor.com Hotel Reviews are here.
Visit here for 4 top rated hotels in one trip

PROCRASTINATOR's SPECIAL: Book any Casita for occupancy in next 5 days for just $75 double plus tax! Being late should sometimes be rewarding. Phone or email your booking today - please remind us you need the web special procrastinators rate. Free International arrivals taxi pickup and breakfast. Click here for our booking form. -------------- POAS VOLCANO IS 30KM NORTH (one of five major active volcanoes): Volcan Poás - one of the world's largest active craters - active fumaroles in crater - see Poas "button" below. -------------- VOLCANO JUNGLE BEACH VACATION: 4 top rated hotels & Nature Air offer a trip of a lifetime: Arenal Volcano (Leaves & Lizards), a jungle Rain Forest (Bosque del Cabo), Bocas in Panama (Eclypse De Mar) & the central valley of Costa Rica (the Pura Vida Hotel) - click here for the trip details and hotel links. Or contact us directly through our inquiry form. -------------- NEED A TRANSFER: Interbus picks up at the "RIO SEGUNDO" AKA Green Turtle stop - Alajuela. Check out our DAY TRIPS from the hotel - click here for the PHOTO ALBUM. Or we can book your own English speaking driver/guide for the hour or the day or the trip. Click here for our inquiry form. -------------- YOUR OWN DRIVER: Sit back and relax - Costa Rica in style. For the price of a big rentacar plus gas you get an english speaking driver/guide, late model 15 passenger air conditioned van with a cooler, gas, insurance and drivers accomodation for one price $135 per day for the whole trip (5 day minimum). Click here for our inquiry form. -------------- PRIVATE TOURS: Turn your transfer into a tour with English speaking local guide, 15 passenger, licensed, insured, air conditioned van: Arenal $140 Caribbean $165 Coco $165 Jaco/Caldera $90 Man. Antonio $140 Monteverde $165 Poas $60 Samara $160 Tamarindo $165 Add $25 to turn the transfer into a tour Click here for our inquiry form. Check our DAY TRIPS page -------------- RENT A CAR: Free ride from the airport on arrival, rest, relax and the car will be delivered to your BREAKFAST TABLE next morning. Choose from 2WD/4WD, manual or auto, small/medium or large. Save time and hassle of airport delays. Suck on a passion fruit as your car is delivered at your breakfast table. Cars can also be left at Hotel on last night (no checkout). Click on ORGANIZED TOURS -------------- WHITE WATER: Beginners Class III just $75 Class IV is $95 - both all inclusive day trips . . .and overnight $250 including hotel and EVERYthing Another great Costa Rican 1 or 2 DAY TRIP -------------- DON'T FORGET A GOOD GUIDE BOOK: Check out the Moon handbook, get "The New Key" for ectourism, see us in Fodors or try the online sources like Lonely Planet/Thorntree. -------------- UPDATE ON CARRY-ON FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS. Click here for info from TSA. If you have a problem Pura Vida has hair spray/gel, shampoo/conditioner and toothpaste available. -------------- SO MANY REASONS TO COME TO COSTA RICA: Our local school, is in need of books - bring a book or two on your trip, we or YOU can deliver it! See where our guests like to go in Costa Rica. Try our GUEST BOOK -------------- VOLCANO JUNGLE BEACH VACATION: 4 top rated hotels and Nature Air offer a trip of a lifetime: Arenal Volcano (Leaves & Lizards), a jungle Rain Forest (Bosque del Cabo), Bocas in Panama (Eclypse De Mar) and the central valley of Costa Rica (Pura Vida Hotel) - click here for the trip details and hotel links. Or contact us directly through our inquiry form. -------------- PROCRASTINATOR's SPECIAL: Book any Casita for occupancy in next 5 days for just $75 double plus tax! Being late should sometimes be rewarding. Phone or email your booking today - please remind us you need the web special procrastinators rate. Free International arrivals pickup and breakfast. -------------- POAS VOLCANO IS 30KM NORTH (one of five major active volcanoes): Volcan Poás - one of the world's largest active craters - go early for best view - see Poas "button" below. -------------- POAS VOLCANO IS 30KM NORTH (one of five major active volcanoes): Volcan Poás - one of the world's largest active craters - see Poas "button" below. -------------- POAS VOLCANO IS 30KM NORTH (one of five major active volcanoes): Volcan Poás - one of the world's largest active craters - see Poas "button" below. --------------

Rainforest Alliance: certified as environmentally and socially friendly. Just 4 Kilometers from the International Airport: Base Camp Costa Rica We speak your language: English, French Spanish, Irony and Ribbett! "Why stay at a hotel when you can be at Pura Vida" Cathy Nelson,Oregon,USA. "Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." --- Anais Nin