Boutique hotels, jungle lodges, hostels, and private villas, verified and current. Every listing checked against live sources.
Nosara's 16 verified stays are dominated by boutique hotels, 10 of the 16, concentrated around Playa Guiones, including Harmony Hotel and Jade Nosara, reflecting Nosara's identity as a yoga-and-surf boutique destination rather than a resort town.
Playa Guiones
A luxury vacation home rental and management company with a portfolio of high-end villas concentrated in Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada, including beach club properties and hillside homes with ocean views. The company handles guest services and property management for owners in addition to bookings.
Playa Pelada
Domo Hotel Boutique occupies a high-end renovation of a landmark building in Playa Pelada, with 13 one- and two-bedroom suites built around a tiled courtyard pool. Each suite has its own living room and kitchen, and the hotel offers concierge services to arrange tours and activities around Nosara. It is within walking distance of the beach and restaurants.
Playa Guiones
Esh Hotel & Spa is an adults-only luxury boutique hotel (13 and older) with suites and one-bedroom villas that include private plunge pools, set in jungle grounds near Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada. The hotel earned a MICHELIN Key in 2025 and includes Vitalis Spa, an on-site restaurant called Almar and a partnership with the Costas Verdes reforestation program. It is a member of Design Hotels.
Playa Guiones
Harmony Hotel is a wellness-focused luxury property steps from Playa Guiones, with cocos, bungalows, and villas set around gardens and a saltwater pool. The hotel runs a healing centre with daily complimentary yoga, a dry sauna, and cold plunge pools, and keeps rooms free of TVs by design. It has operated as one of Nosara's best-known upscale retreats since the 2000s.
Playa Guiones
Hostel Nosara is a sustainability-focused hostel about 100 meters from Playa Guiones, offering dorms and private rooms around a shared kitchen and BBQ area. The hostel positions itself as an eco-friendly, budget option in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by upscale surf hotels. It books through Hostelworld and keeps a strong review rating from backpacker guests.
Playa Guiones
A boutique retreat hotel near Playa Guiones built around red clay tennis courts, with yoga, surfing, and nature-based programming. It hosts creative and tennis retreats in addition to standard stays. The property sits in the jungle within the Nicoya Blue Zone.
Playa Guiones
La Negra Surf Hotel offers nine private rooms in the center of Guiones, a short walk from the beach, with daily yoga, qi gong classes, and breakfast included. The property runs its own restaurant and surf program for guests of all levels. It sits 400 meters west of Hotel The Gardens Guiones, one of the more established addresses in the neighborhood.
Nosara
Lagarta Lodge is a boutique eco-lodge perched on a bluff at the mouth of the Rio Nosara, bordering a private nature reserve and mangrove estuary. Rooms and infinity pools look over the river delta and Playa Nosara below, and the lodge arranges birdwatching, kayak tours of the mangroves, and horseback riding. It has held Costa Rica's Certificacion para la Sostenibilidad Turistica rating and won multiple Conde Nast Traveller reader awards.
Playa Guiones
A six-suite boutique surf resort with a direct private path to Playa Guiones, a naturally shaded pool, and daily breakfast. It offers surf retreats, private yoga and massage, concierge service, and Santai by Moana, a Finnish sauna and cold-plunge wellness space. The resort emphasizes small-scale, personal hospitality.
Playa Pelada
Naya Nosara is a family-run eco hotel and retreat center with 6 stand-alone units set in jungle five minutes' walk from Playa Pelada. The owners have worked in the area for close to three decades and built the property around existing old-growth trees to preserve the jungle canopy. Naya also hosts private retreat groups and books directly by email or WhatsApp rather than through an online booking engine.
Playa Guiones
A family-owned boutique hotel in Guiones with private casitas, a waterfall pool, a yoga shala, and an open-air bar. The property runs daily yoga and surf coaching plus hosted retreats. Its Jungle Bar operates as a juice bar by day and cocktail bar by night.
Playa Pelada
Nosara Beach Hotel occupies a point between Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada and has operated since 1977, making it one of the oldest hotels in the area. Suites offer views of either shoreline, some with in-room kitchens, and the hotel runs a Mediterranean-leaning restaurant on site. A walking path connects the property directly to both beaches.
Playa Guiones
An all-suite sustainable boutique hotel that is the closest property to the beach in Playa Guiones, reached by a short jungle path through the Ostional-Nosara Wildlife Refuge. It offers two saltwater pools, complimentary beach cruisers, concierge service, and the on-site El Manglar restaurant. The hotel opened in 2015 and is run by local staff.
Playa Pelada
Refugio del Sol is a small boutique hotel on the main street of Playa Pelada, about a five-minute walk from the beach, with six rooms wrapped around a shared courtyard. The property runs its own restaurant and bar and gives guests access to a 24-hour shared kitchen. It is one of the few lodging options directly in Playa Pelada rather than Guiones.
Playa Guiones
Sendero Hotel & Villas sits in a nature preserve with only a short trail between the property and the surf at Playa Guiones. The hotel offers rooms, suites, and villas alongside Sendero Kitchen, a restaurant and bar that serves as a neighborhood gathering spot for guests and locals. Guests also get access to Outpost, Nosara's private co-working membership club.
Nosara
A curated collection of luxury vacation homes across Nosara, from beachfront villas to jungle-set estates, booked directly through a local team. The company pairs each stay with concierge support, covering activity bookings and local recommendations, and offers dedicated property management for homeowners.
Playa Guiones
A boutique surf hotel in Playa Guiones with an on-site surf club and school, a spa, a restaurant, and private airport transport. The property is a long-standing Nosara hospitality name and offers a full range of guest experiences. Rooms and packages are booked directly through the hotel.
Playa Guiones
The Nomadic Hotel is a 12-room boutique hotel a short walk from Playa Guiones, with a pool, free daily yoga classes and a restaurant serving organic, locally sourced dishes. Rooms range from private suites to a shared dorm room, and the hotel is rated 4.7 out of 5 on Tripadvisor from over 100 reviews. It sits 75 meters west of Hotel Giardino Tropicale in Nosara.
Playa Guiones
The White Palms is a 9-suite boutique hotel in the K-section of Playa Guiones, built around waterfall plunge pools and tropical landscaping. It sits a short golf cart ride from the beach and near Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort, and its concierge arranges surfing, SUP, sportfishing, and mangrove tours. The on-site restaurant, La Cosecha, runs seasonally during high season.
Nosara
Tierra Magnifica is an adults-only boutique hotel (age 15+) with 5 ocean-view rooms, 9 suites and a 2,500 square foot master suite, plus a full-service restaurant, pool, spa and yoga shala on a private nature trail with a waterfall. The property won Conde Nast Johansens' Best Small and Exclusive Hotel award from 2021 to 2023. It sits in the Las Huacas area of Nosara, a car ride from the beach.
Playa Guiones
A vacation rental agency founded in 2007 by Rebeca Navarrete, listing exclusive homes across Playa Guiones and Playa Pelada with an on-site local staff handling guest service and accounting. The company also offers property management and concierge services for owners and visiting guests.
Playa Guiones is the main beach with the largest concentration of verified boutique hotels, including Harmony Hotel and La Negra Surf Hotel.
Yes, Hostel Nosara is a verified option on Playa Guiones.
Yes, Lagarta Lodge is a verified jungle lodge in Nosara with views over the wildlife refuge and estuary.
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