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Socialtel Monteverde

3.0 star property
Hostel with free parking, near Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve

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Yoga
Lobby
Unique Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets
Sundeck
Front of property

Reviews

8.2 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry

Room options

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Deluxe Room

Highlights

Heating
Private bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Desk
Daily housekeeping
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Family Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

Highlights

Heating
Private bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Daily housekeeping
  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed and 1 Queen Bed

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Unique Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Unique Room

Highlights

Heating
Private bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Desk
Daily housekeeping
  • 24 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Small Twin Room with Shared Bathroom

Highlights

Heating
Rainfall showerhead
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Room

Highlights

Heating
Private bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Daily housekeeping
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Small Room with Shared Bathroom | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Small Room with Shared Bathroom

Highlights

Heating
Rainfall showerhead
Daily housekeeping
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Quadruple Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Quadruple Room

Highlights

Heating
Private bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Daily housekeeping
  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Twin Room

Highlights

Heating
2 bedrooms
Private bathroom
Rainfall showerhead
Daily housekeeping
  • 15 sq m
  • Bay view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Map
Carretera a Reserva de Monteverde, Monteverde, Puntarenas, 60109

What's nearby

  • Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve - 3 min drive - 0.9 miles
  • Curi-Cancha Reserve - 3 min drive - 0.9 miles
  • Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde - 5 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Monteverde Butterfly Gardens - 6 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Wildlife Refuge Monteverde - 10 min drive - 3.3 miles

Restaurants

  • ‪Laggus Restaurant - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Café Monteverde - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Las Riendas Restaurant - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Tree House Restaurante & Cafe - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante Sabor Tico - ‬6 min drive

About this property

Socialtel Monteverde

Hostel near Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve
At Socialtel Monteverde, you can look forward to a terrace, a firepit, and a coffee shop/cafe. Adventurous travelers may like the ecotours at this hostel. In addition to a garden and a library, guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • An outdoor pool
  • Free self parking
  • Local cuisine breakfast (surcharge), luggage storage, and tour/ticket assistance
  • Smoke-free premises, outdoor furniture, and a gift shop
Room features
All guestrooms at Socialtel Monteverde have amenities such as free WiFi.
Other conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Heating and daily housekeeping

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking

Food and drink

  • Daily local cuisine breakfast available 6:00 AM to 11:00 AM for a fee: USD 13 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Ecotours
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 24-hour business center

Outdoors

  • Firepit
  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private or shared bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

More

  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination record requirement applies to all guests aged 12 and up

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for local cuisine breakfast: approximately USD 13 per person

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Selina Monteverde Hostel
Monteverde
Selina Monteverde
Socia/tel Monteverde

Frequently asked questions

Does Socialtel Monteverde have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Socialtel Monteverde pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Socialtel Monteverde?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Socialtel Monteverde?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Socialtel Monteverde?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Socialtel Monteverde located?

Situated in the mountains, this hostel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Monteverde Friends School - Escuela de los Amigos and Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve. Friends Meeting House and Curi-Cancha Reserve are also within 1 mi (2 km).

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Socialtel Monteverde Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 64 out of 143 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 49 out of 143 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 143 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 143 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 143 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10

Very nice place.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10

Most comfortable bed I've had at a hotel in years! Special shout out to Olyer Otarola who provided excellent service and assistance!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10

Loved this place. Room with bath was very nice. The grounds were beautiful. The location is perfect to visit Monteverde Park and is directly across from the Park headquarters. The restaurant was outstanding. Everything was great!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10

Driving up to the property on the mountain roads may not be everybody's cup of tea, but I absolutely loved it. Once there the staff was welcoming, property, unique, and beautiful, and the things to do in and around the property are very worthwhile.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10

This property is also called the lodge that is right across the street from the parking for the cloudy mist Forest. If you are going to the forest this is an excellence place to spend the night the night before that way you have easy access in the morning. Get breakfast is also excellent and advisable to add to your room for the night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10

Very over priced. Staff was very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10

Perfect location to hike the cloud rainforest.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10

It was a very beautiful property!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10

I stayed for 3 nights at Selina and my experience was wonderful! The hotel had a lovely, clean room and the hotel grounds were lush, beautiful and green. Getting around by foot is a bit difficult given how remote the hotel is but you are across the street from a shuttle that can take you directly to the cloud forest, the hotel has a transit stop outside of it and the hotel can provide you with a reliable, safe ride share option. There is also a restaurant on site where you can get very good food conveniently. Hotel staff can also help you book tours in Monteverde. We took the Night Walk Tour and it was so fun!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

8/10

Everything was great! Just go somewhere else for food.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10

Unfortunately the room wasn’t well cleaned. Underwear on the bathroom floor. Head board was stained and very dusty so we covered it with a towel. The hostel was really nice but our room needed some attention.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10

Amazing views
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10

This place advertises free breakfast but it’s extra. Found this out the hard way. Their food isn’t that good subpar at best. The hotel is alright but doesn’t look anything like the pictures online definitely looked worse in person. The rooms are interesting we had a room that had concrete floors and walls with a bed and two chairs. The window was broken and wasn’t fixed Kinda felt like a prison. The rooms they advertised online looked way nicer. Not to mention we were the only two people in the hotel yet they put us in the corner where the maintenance closet was so it was always noisy and could hear everything through the walls. In all honesty. Spend the extra money and get a different hotel it’s not worth it at this place. Especially how it felt being swindled into thinking there was free breakfast but was not it set the whole experience up for a big fat failure
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

6/10

Generally it was fine. Several "as advertised" things were not functional, ie one of the two hot tubs, the cinema room apparently no longer exists/is closed, the "common kitchen" was not available. Many shared showers were not cleaned often enough or would run out of toilet paper. The staff seemed to be doing the best with what they were given.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10

The relaxing vibe, the restaurant, the drinks and the food were amazing. The spa and the yoga spot were very nice as well as the staff who helped us with any questions we had!
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10

If you plan to go to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve this is an excellent location for your stay! Comfortable rooms and a nice central area to hang out in
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10

Great atmosphere!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10

Hostel Selina is a cute spot way up in the mountains with a great common area, hot tubs, a library/reading space, kitchen and yoga studio. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would certainly return our next trip here!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10

Parking for Monteverde cloud forest is right in front of the hotel. Hotel is deep inside with no convenience stores in walkable distance. Hotels.com had incorrect location listed which made us go in circles to find the place. We used yoga room for yoga. They have kitchen. Road the hotel is terrible with many potholes. Driving in rain was terrible experience specifically when you are coming for the first time and have incorrect directions.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10

Lovely place.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10

The place is beautiful
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

6/10

I stayed in the 6 person dorms, and the rooms were very cold. Feeling like a constant draft. It might be the time of year, but Monteverde was very cold. The hostel arranged trips that was comparable to the price if you had to do them yourself and you could sign up the evening before for most of them. The food was fine, but the hostel is far away from the city, and the last bus leaves around 4 pm from the city Santa Elena (where the grocery shops and restaurants are). This makes it difficult unless you want to walk for 50-60 minutes.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10

Amazing and serene. Loved staying here with our family. Conveniently located near Cloud forest.

10/10

I did not want to leave!! The property is really cool, the bar/restaurant and jacuzzi area especially. The staff were so friendly and helpful - muchas gracias a todos por una linda bienvenida y hospedaje, y para las buenas recomendaciones! Espero volver pronto! Abrazo!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10

Very cool and secluded place. Not close to downtown. 10 minutes by car/taxi. Taxi: 5000Colones
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023