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Mari G
Houthalen, Belgium

Beautiful location!

Review of Hotel Guanamar
Reviewed Sep 27, 2017
Saw the most amazing sunset ever at this place. The location is absolutely stunning. The only thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars, is that it's located at quite a hill. Rooms mostly down the hill, restaurant and reception on top. Not ideal if you have bad knees :-). Also, the staff wasn't really friendly and the bar closed way too early - around 9PM. Nevertheless, that sunset makes it worthwhile!
Date of stay: November 2016
Trip type: Travelled with friends
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      Reviewed July 2, 2017 via mobile

      Would have been 4 stars but do not like the false advertising such as.

      They turned the wifi range down after the first night so you have to go to the bar area for wifi.

      Also there was no restaurant or bar besides breakfast. Breakfast was not good. Lunch meat ham for meat. Rubber pancakes. Boxed juice. Scrambled eggs.

      Ocean is down the hill across the street, beach is a half mile away.

      They said they could book travel for us but they never followed through.

      The rooms were great. Views and clean.

      The whole country loves over selling so be careful. I travel alot and Costa Rico has amazing sites but the people are the worst. I have never had issues on vacation like this. I'm glad I got to see the sited but the people and food is 905 garbage. When you find the good 10% it is really good then.

      Date of stay: June 2017
      Trip type: Travelled with family
      Thank LukeBoberdaho
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      Reviewed May 8, 2017

      the location of this hotel is totally worth it, any room will have an spectacular view of the bay, and since the room has a nice balcony, you can have there all of the sunset and sunrise at your comfortable room. also it is located just in front of the beach and many convenient stores are nearby.
      one thing to mind is that there are many stairs to go around the hotel bungalows, pool and restaurant, so if you are travelling with people with back or knee problems, this might be an issue.
      the restaurant food is OK, but dont expect much from the breakfast since it is a la carte and not buffet...you might end up a bit hungry with some of the choices :(

      Room tip: make sure your room has a view to the bay
      Date of stay: April 2017
      • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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      Thank Carla M
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      Reviewed March 6, 2017

      We ate there after it got dark and had no idea of the fantastic views we missed. The food was great, I had perfectly cooked piece of tuna. We had to go back there the next day for the sunset (just stayed for drinks however)

      Date of stay: February 2017
      Thank Ballardian
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      Hotel M, Customer Service at Hotel Guanamar, responded to this reviewResponded March 13, 2017

      Dear Ballardian,

      Thank you for your summission, we are really greatful with your visit hope you enjoy it all the time.

      you are more than welcome back.


      regards

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      Reviewed March 2, 2017 via mobile

      Mahi Mahi is a must! Get in there and eat the fish!! It's fresh!!!! Did I say it's fresh!!! Food was amazing!!! We stumbled in by accident. First turn in up the hill! Service is friendly and attentive. Can't go wrong!

      Date of stay: March 2017
      Trip type: Travelled with friends
      1  Thank O1323ZFrobertj
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      Reviewed February 27, 2017 via mobile

      I am a very seasoned traveler who has Fully changed its way of travelling and as a consequence stayed at this place. The reason is very simple. rankings of hôtels are now suffering of inertia. Best hotels from day one stay at the top and will raise their price. So I don't book anymore in advance except for first and last night. We need 2 rooms and we travel in peak season. But Hotel have always availabilty and you can pop up in the afternoon, see with your own eyes and pick the view you want....and negociate. This Hotel is an excellent value for the dollars with a million dollar view. And its ranking is bad. Why? The weight of comments history. They have no more value...trust me . I stay in 5 stars when I want and in no star if I fall in love. I will not comment the Hotel but I just recommend it.

      Date of stay: February 2017
      Trip type: Travelled with family
      Thank jobi2211
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      Hotel M, Custoemr service at Hotel Guanamar, responded to this reviewResponded March 13, 2017

      Dear jobi2211

      Thank you for your summission, we are really greatful with your visit hope you enjoy it all the time.

      you are more than welcome back.


      regards

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