Best Western El Sitio Hotel & Casino

great place to stay. Centrally located to visit a lot of the sites around Liberia. Shuttle to the airport. Can travel to the Pacific coast and beach it in one day. Beds are average but low to the ground less

El Sitio is a great place to stay when you’re arriving in Costa Rica. It has a beautiful garden and pool area and the restaurant is certainly fine. Rooms are clean big and everything is very well organized. We like to stay here because it has a real sense of Costa Rica. There are five very large old Guanacaste trees in the plaza of the hotel by the pool. Very friendly staff that speak English very well for the foreigners that need that. less

To be completely fair we were not expecting much from the hotel after reading all the reviews but we still decided to book it as it was the best option for our one night stay going and coming back from Nicaragua. The hotel doesn't have an elevator so if you have a room upstairs and a trolley with you then good luck as you need to take them up the stairs and back and there are not only 5 stairs to go up. The room we had smelled funny and in the end we decided to sleep with the windows opened. We realized the smell came from the mold on the ceilings and also we had dust nets hanging next to the curtains. The room itself is big but it gives you the feeling that everything is old and haven't been washed properly. The bathroom is quite small and as a recommendation I would not step barefooted in the shower. Everything gives you a sensation of old, dusty and unclean. The sheets were meant to be white, I would rather say that after so many uses and washes they were rather a white-grey color. When we came back and was given the same room, we complained knowing what was waiting for us but then they said they fixed the mold problem. Indeed they added a layer of white paint which smelled so badly we again had to sleep with our windows opened. Do not know which smell was worse the mold or the paint covering it. The breakfast I would say was rather decent but if you come in late then do not expect to find too many things to eat from the options. And the people serving and cooking for breakfast don't seem rather keen of making more if they do not see too many people sitting at the tables. Birds come and eat from the crumbles or dishes on the table but I did not mind that much to be fair. The place has a pool, place for kids to play and quite spacious but again it gives you the feeling of old and not maintained so even with all these extras it doesn't improve the experience. Like I said we were not expecting much from the place but we were expecting at least to be clean if not the newest hotel in town and it was not even that. If other options we would pick another place for sure. less

Had a great experience here! Was slightly dubious due to the bad reviews but truly had a great time. Room spacious, modern, clean and quiet! Pool beautiful ( was reviewed as dirty - a few leaves in but to be expected when trees around). Staff friendly and helpful! Great stone baked pizzeria on the grounds of the hotel less

Very nice pool area surrounded by nature and helpful staff. The room was clean and the bed comfortable. The hotel offers also a gym (i tried it and everything works!), a tennis court and a football field. There are shops and supermarkets (such as Walmart) nearby, as well as the Liberia Airport that is only 15 min. away by car. Definitely the best solution - considering the value for money - if you are planning a trip in the north of Costa Rica. less