Casa Aba Matapalo

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING

Pros: Such a fabulous little hotel in the most gorgeous setting. Of everywhere we stayed in Costa Rica, Matapalo was our absolute favourite – and this hotel was just perfect for it. It’s a stone’s throw from the ocean, yet tucked away from the road, so you get the best of both worlds: easy beach access and total tranquillity. The pool and facilities are beautiful, and we completely adored our room – stylish, comfortable and thoughtfully done. What made it truly magical, though, was the wildlife. George the resident sloth was there throughout our stay, giving us incredible close-up views, and monkeys played in the surrounding trees. It felt like something out of a nature documentary. The beach itself is stunning, and the restaurants in the village are fantastic – relaxed, friendly and serving amazing food. This is our little Costa Rica secret… so please don’t tell everyone. But if you do, make sure you stay here.

Cons: The woman in the room below us went online at 5am every morning so all we could hear was her tinny laptop playing an incoherent noise - painful old bag. Because the hotel is designed to feel completely open and connected to nature (there’s no glass in the windows) so sound does travel more easily but I wake at 5.30am most days anyway, so it was more a mild annoyance than a major issue.. Don't let it put you off. Hopefully she'll have moved on by now...

Pros: Beautiful place, many animals, very close to the beach and you have everything you need!

Superb Location.

Pros: Cleanliness, superb quiet location close to a wonderful beach, very good ambience, a great laid back experience. Lots of wildlife close by.

Cons: Our particular room was tight on space.

We really enjoyed this place, even extended our stay. Highly recommend

Pros: Very clean, deep swimming pool, beautiful garden, comfortable outdoor private kitchenette, very close to one of the most beautiful beaches. Very nice manager always trying to help. Good breakfast included. Wild animals around. Absolutely beautiful sunrises and sunsets on the beach

Cons: Sometimes it looked like people from outside were spending time in the pool.

So fabulous and relaxing

Pros: Breakfast was delicious and there were lots of options. The owners were so nice and accommodating, they spoke Spanish to us but slowly so we could try and understand, which was great because we were trying to practice our Spanish. The accommodation was super close to the beach which there were not many people so it was great. There was also a sloth named George in the tree out the front which was an awesome suprise! Overall a great stay!

Your staff made the stay very pleasant.

Pros: The breakfasts were excellent. We liked the pool and how it was shaped. We just enjoyed everything

Cons: Only thing is maybe the driveway into Aba could be smoother

Super place by the beach

Pros: Great place with a lovely pool. Very close to the fantastic beach. Breakfast was great. All the staff were very friendly. Would have loved to stay longer.

Amazing location + lovely hotel/stuff

Pros: Amazing location a minutes walk from a beautiful undeveloped beach in sleepy Matapalo. We had the most wonderful experience on arrival. Almost instantly we saw an Iguana on the roof of the neighbouring room. A capuchin monkey did too and chased the Iguana around the roof before the Iguana jumped off into a hedge! Going downstairs we then saw two slothes in the trees, before heading to the beach and seeing a troop of 50+ monkeys. Was our best nature experience in Costa Rica!! Lovely large room with good facilities too. Highly recommended

Everything was perfect, we were 2 minutes walk from the beautiful beach where you are almost alone. Well equipped kitche

Pros: Close to the beach, pool, clean rooms, really nice host.

Pros: The owner is truly nice, he always gives ylu good advice and here for a chat or to help The pool is great Thebarea is fabulous, probably the most beautiful bitch in costa rica and better than any national park for the animals The library is great

Cons: Our room was very small and really really hot so not comfprtable to sleep, for the price we were disappointed The woman who did the check in is not welcoming at all, she clearly doesn't like her job