With Jared being hard at work at Hoag Hospital, thought I write up a review of our wonderful Honeymoon trip to Costa Rica.
Jared's work placeFor those who love to travel - Costa Rica should definitely be on one of those places to visit. It's also a great destination for anyone, who doesn't want to break the bank. When I was researching and planning our trip to Costa Rica, I was debating on whether to got through a Travel Agency or to plan everything on my own.
During my wedding planning days, I frequented wedding message boards, got some great recommendations from someone who received a proposal from her then boyfriend, while they were vacationing in Costa Rica. Thanks to her help, I was able to book everything on my own and save us some money.
Here's our itinerary: 7 days in Manuel Antonio, 2 days in Monte Verde, 2 days in Arenal & 1 night in San Jose.
We flew from Ontario, California to Denver, Colorado, then to San Jose, Costa Rica. Once we arrived in San Jose, CR, we pickup our rental car. To save some money, I highly recommend reserving your car rental prior. The cheapest car rental rates, we found were with National Car Rental Since, we were some what on a budget we decided to go with a four door Peugot.
However, if money isn't an issue, I highly recommend renting an AWD SUV. Having an SUV as a car rental, will make the drive on those long stretches of gravel road a lot more pleasant.
Our Car
From San Jose, we still had to drive to Manuel Antonio. Although, Manuel Antonio isn't that far from San Jose (132km). It takes about takes about 4hours to get to Manuel Antonio. The drive it self wasn't too bad, as we were able to see the country side of Costa Rica. I was quite grateful that Jared loves to drive, because seeing some of the roads we had to drive on....Let's just say, I wasn't to keen on getting behind the wheel.
The bridge we had to drive through.
Another view of the bridge.
During my wedding planning days, I frequented wedding message boards, got some great recommendations from someone who received a proposal from her then boyfriend, while they were vacationing in Costa Rica. Thanks to her help, I was able to book everything on my own and save us some money.
Here's our itinerary: 7 days in Manuel Antonio, 2 days in Monte Verde, 2 days in Arenal & 1 night in San Jose.
We flew from Ontario, California to Denver, Colorado, then to San Jose, Costa Rica. Once we arrived in San Jose, CR, we pickup our rental car. To save some money, I highly recommend reserving your car rental prior. The cheapest car rental rates, we found were with National Car Rental Since, we were some what on a budget we decided to go with a four door Peugot.
However, if money isn't an issue, I highly recommend renting an AWD SUV. Having an SUV as a car rental, will make the drive on those long stretches of gravel road a lot more pleasant.
Our CarFrom San Jose, we still had to drive to Manuel Antonio. Although, Manuel Antonio isn't that far from San Jose (132km). It takes about takes about 4hours to get to Manuel Antonio. The drive it self wasn't too bad, as we were able to see the country side of Costa Rica. I was quite grateful that Jared loves to drive, because seeing some of the roads we had to drive on....Let's just say, I wasn't to keen on getting behind the wheel.
The bridge we had to drive through. 
Another view of the bridge.In Manuel Antonio, we stayed at the Condo complex Casa Chaman. We booked our condo through the website: Home Away. If you click, on the link it will take you directly the Casa Chaman. The complex consists of 7 condos that is mostly owned my Americans or Europeans. We stayed in a one bedroom, and our American landlords lived above us. From the three places we stayed in, this was by far our favorite.
It's such a lovely place. Just check out the pictures and see for yourself. Not only is this a gorgeous place, but it's quite inexpensive as well. We stayed there for 7 nights, and it was less than $600.
The Entrance to our Villa
The Livingroom
Our Bedroom
The Bathroom
Our Pool and view from our door
Isn't the place great?! For the most part, we had the entire pool to ourselves, as we traveled at the beginning of the raining season. Although, it was the rainy season when we traveled to Costa Rica. The rains didn't bother us to much, as the rains usually began in the late afternoon. Anyway, I will review the other two hotels in a different post, since this review was quite longer than I expected.
Delightfully,
Nina Sapphira
It's such a lovely place. Just check out the pictures and see for yourself. Not only is this a gorgeous place, but it's quite inexpensive as well. We stayed there for 7 nights, and it was less than $600.
The Entrance to our Villa
The Livingroom
Our Bedroom
The Bathroom
Our Pool and view from our doorIsn't the place great?! For the most part, we had the entire pool to ourselves, as we traveled at the beginning of the raining season. Although, it was the rainy season when we traveled to Costa Rica. The rains didn't bother us to much, as the rains usually began in the late afternoon. Anyway, I will review the other two hotels in a different post, since this review was quite longer than I expected.
Delightfully,
Nina Sapphira
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