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About this property
Essential Facilities: Arenal Poshpacker in Fortuna offers a garden, terrace, open-air bath, bar, and a year-round outdoor swimming pool. Guests enjoy free WiFi throughout the property.
Comfortable Accommodations: Rooms include private bathrooms, kitchenettes, and garden views. Additional amenities feature air-conditioning, balconies, and free toiletries.
Convenient Services: The hostel provides a paid shuttle service, public bath, wellness packages, 24-hour front desk, shared kitchen, minimarket, housekeeping, pool bar, picnic area, hairdresser, family rooms, full-day security, bicycle parking, bike hire, car hire, and tour desk.
Local Attractions: Located 9 km from Fortuna Airport, nearby attractions include La Fortuna Waterfall (5 km), Kalambu Hot Springs (4.6 km), and Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park (20 km).
Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.2 for a two-person trip.
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Guest reviews
Categories:
Staff
8.9
Facilities
7.6
Cleanliness
8.0
Comfort
7.9
Value for money
8.2
Location
9.3
Free WiFi
8.1
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Guests who stayed here loved
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Lauren
United Kingdom
“Good central location.
Really lovely and helpful staff.
Rooms cleaned regularly.”
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Australia
“The staff here were amazing, reason enough to want to stay here.”
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Noa
Canada
“At Poshpackers I found a cozy, clean room in the hub of the city with convenient access to a bar and pool. The staff were the best part, they made me feel right at home. It is extremely easy to book excursions and receive sightseeing advice from...”
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Lilly-mai
United Kingdom
“Chris and the staff are so welcoming and lovely! The grounds and the facilities were great, there is a pool, gardens, bar and kitchen - even free welcome drink. The location is perfect, lots of shops, cafes and restaurants around. The hostel is...”
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Funda
United Kingdom
“The room was very clean. There is a relaxing outdoor space.”
Christine
Australia
“The staff were incredible & so friendly(special shout out to Chris, jenree, Louis & Jenny)
Chris has a great team working for him.
Location was amazing and very helpful in organising tours(the rafting company they used for the balsa river was one...”
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Grace
United Kingdom
“The property is extremely well located. Everything you need is within walking distance. The rooms were very neat and cleaned daily. The staff are so friendly and help you with everything you need. The breakfast was good as well. We loved our stay.”
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Tineke
Netherlands
“The team is amazing! From the minute we arrived, we felt very welcome. They helped us with booking tours, learned us a lot about the country and La Fortuna. The hostel is great. They have good places to relax in and out of the sun and (if you...”
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Tim
Australia
“We loves our stay at Poshpacker. Has a great pool, bar, real comfy hammocks to chill in, and convenient buffer breakfast available. But most of all what we loved were the staff especially Chris, Luis, Katerine and kayneya! They were super helpful...”
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Daniel
United Kingdom
“Its a good location in the centre of town. Pool looked nice, but was too cold for us to get in due to weather.
Rooms were good size and clean.”
Property surroundings
House rules
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Check-in
From 14:00 to 22:00
Check-out
From 06:00 to 11:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please check what conditions may apply to each option when making your selection.
Children and beds
Child policies
Children older than 3 years are welcome.
Children 7 years and above will be charged as adults at this property.
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Cot and extra bed policies
Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.
No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Accepted payment methods
Cash
The fine print
Need-to-know information for guests at this property
Please note that there is an additional breakfast fee of USD 7. This fee is charged per breakfast and per person.
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United Kingdom“Good central location. Really lovely and helpful staff. Rooms cleaned regularly.”
Australia“The staff here were amazing, reason enough to want to stay here.”
Canada“At Poshpackers I found a cozy, clean room in the hub of the city with convenient access to a bar and pool. The staff were the best part, they made me feel right at home. It is extremely easy to book excursions and receive sightseeing advice from...”
Christine
Netherlands“The team is amazing! From the minute we arrived, we felt very welcome. They helped us with booking tours, learned us a lot about the country and La Fortuna. The hostel is great. They have good places to relax in and out of the sun and (if you...”
