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La Fortuna · Hotel shortlist

The best hotels in the city centre, La Fortuna

Britt Sorensen

Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

Updated 1 September 2026 · 45 La Fortuna hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in La Fortuna, out of the 45 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.8.

Hope spa is the one I would book myself.

Hope spa

Highest rated of the five

Hope spa

★★★★★5 from 100 reviews

Hope spa comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 100 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under city centre.

45 hotels in La Fortuna qualified for this list and five made it. Apartamentos La Casona is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Hope spa1

    Hope spa

    ★★★★★5 from 100 reviews

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    • Apartamentos La Casona2

      Apartamentos La Casona

      ★★★★★4.9 from 47 reviews

      • Pool
      • Parking
      • Kitchen
      • Air conditioning

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    • La Fortuna Lodge3

      La Fortuna Lodge

      ★★★★★4.8 from 280 reviews

      • Spa
      • Bar
      • Parking
      • Air conditioning
      • Accessible
      • Airport shuttle

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    • Equipped and cozy place! Perfect to relax and rest!<br><br>(Lugar equipado y acogedor)4

      Equipped and cozy place! Perfect to relax and rest!<br><br>(Lugar equipado y acogedor)

      ★★★★★4.8034186 from 234 reviews

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      • Santuario De Ranas, Valle Azul5

        Santuario De Ranas, Valle Azul

        ★★★★★4.9113207 from 106 reviews

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        How this list was put together

        45 La Fortuna hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

        Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

        The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

        What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

        Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

        Britt Sorensen

        Britt Sorensen India and the Himalaya

        Her work season is winter, leaving whole summers free for mountains in the other hemisphere or trekking at altitude in Nepal and Peru. Carries the lightest pack of anyone she travels with.

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