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Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa

3.5 star property

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Exterior
Exterior
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; garden views
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; garden views
Indoor spa tub

Reviews

7.4 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi

Explore the area

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7 km North from Central Park, Ciudad Quesada, La Palmeria, Alajuela
  • Place, Juan Castro Blanco National Park
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Place, Quesada City Park
    ‪15 min drive‬
  • Place, Camara de Ganaderos de San Carlos
    ‪42 min drive‬
  • Airport, San José (SJO-Juan Santamaría Intl.)
    ‪122 min drive‬

Room options

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Junior Suite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Junior Suite

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(5 reviews)
  • Garden view
  • 39 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Junior Triple Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • Mountain view
  • 21 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Master Suite | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Master Suite

  • Mountain view
  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Basic Room

7.0 out of 10
Good
(4 reviews)
  • Garden view
  • 21 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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ESTANDAR SUPERIOR | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

ESTANDAR SUPERIOR

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Bed

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Family Room | Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Family Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Garden view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Single Bed, 1 Double Bed and 1 Queen Bed

ESTANDAR PLUS

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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  • Free Wi-Fi
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includes taxes & fees
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About this property

Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa

Along with a full-service spa, this smoke-free resort has an outdoor pool and a restaurant. Free full breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness centre, a bar/lounge and a poolside bar are on-site.
Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa offers 87 accommodations with a safe and a hairdryer. Televisions come with cable channels.

This La Palmeria resort provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

An outdoor pool and a hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include an outdoor tennis court, a lazy river, a sauna and a fitness centre.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

The on-site spa has 6 treatment rooms, including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic and hydrotherapy. The spa is equipped with a mud bath, a sauna, a hot tub and Turkish bath/hammam. The spa is open selected days. Children under 8 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa. There are hot springs/mineral springs on site.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa. During your stay, you'll be within walking distance of Juan Castro Blanco National Park. Features include free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking.
  • Free full breakfast offered
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy garden views while dining at La Foresta
  • Splash around at the lazy river or swim in the outdoor pool
  • Treat yourself to facials, massages or mud baths at the spa
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, a business centre and meeting rooms
  • On-site recreation includes an outdoor tennis court, a gym and a steam room
  • Just a 3-minute drive from Juan Castro Blanco National Park and 8 minutes from Aquas Zarcas Square
  • Airport shuttle service available for a fee
Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa offers its guests a full-service spa, an outdoor tennis court, and a lazy river. Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Free breakfast is served. WiFi is free in public spaces.

A business centre and meeting rooms are available. An outdoor pool, a hot tub, and a fitness centre are also featured at the business-friendly Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa. Self parking is free.

This 3.5-star La Palmeria resort is smoke free.

Guests are served a free full breakfast.
La Foresta – Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy al fresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
Room service is available.

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • La Foresta

Things to do

  • Full-service spa
  • Gym
  • Hot tub
  • Lazy river
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Outdoor tennis court
  • Sauna
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Lazy river
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • 6 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • Hot tub
  • Hot/mineral springs
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage
  • Mud bath
  • Outdoor treatment areas
  • Sauna
  • Spa open select days
  • Turkish bath

Accessibility

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

More

  • Banquet hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Room service

More

  • Desk
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit 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; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Reservations are needed for massage services and spa treatments. For reservations, contact the resort before arrival using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

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Hotel El Tucano Resort & Thermal Spa Reviews

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 122 out of 379 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 114 out of 379 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 69 out of 379 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 45 out of 379 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 379 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Colin

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Deyanira, San Jose

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The spa was relaxing. Everything was excellent
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Byron

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

8/10 Good

jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Staff was courteous.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026

6/10 Okay

PRASANNA

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not as expected
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pratik

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Its a family friendly hotel. Hot sprinds are nice. Breakfast was also good. Hotel building is bit old and washrooms were average cleaned. Only 2 towels were left initially. No comforter in the room. Front staff was nice and they gave them to us.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Martha, Winnipeg

Travelled with family
There were very nice and courteous people. I would suggest that they should keep the place better, clean the areas from debris, making repairs from areas were the people are walking and watching the nature. There is an area around the river where there are a lot garbage and old objects that could be thrown away and the area would be cleaned and looked better.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ramakant, SAN DIEGO

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Silvia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Me gustó mucho el lugar, en medio de la naturaleza!, el personal estuvo atentos y amables, solo tendría que agregar que necesita algunas renovaciones se nota ya pasadito de tiempo, por lo demás el lugar muy bonito, con ese río de aguas tibias! Hermoso!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Jesus

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Audrey

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Edgar

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gustavo

Travelled with family
Be aware they have rooms without AC, they gave us a fan only room. We were supposed to get a Junior suite and it was nothing like the picture. Not enough towels for the three guests, small beds, close to the reception so the noise early in the morning was not fun at all. Property is nice, cold water pool was been clean so we couldn’t use it for day and a half. Good food, decent drinks prices.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

4/10 Poor

Steven

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rohn Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We very much enjoyed our stay and will return. The natural beauty of this location is unmatched!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

2/10 Terrible

Anna

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poorly kept, mold was on our walls as there is no a/c and it’s very humid and wet area. Before arriving we called to see if they recommended anyone for taxi service they gave us a number call we waited 40 min at the airport for him he never showed we ended up finding one at the airport then upon arriving to the hotel checkin they said the taxi service we needed to pay 100$ cause he did show up we went back and forth for a while and i said i would call and sort it myself before they allowed us to check in to our room and we didn’t get there until 9 so by that time it was 10 and we were exhausted after a long day of traveling. Other than that the pool and drinks were nice.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Susana, Kamloops

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property needs to be upgraded and have better service.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No air conditioning in the room because I was penalized for using Expedia. The water in the shower was barely lukewarm and dribbled out. The parking lot at night was loud with motorcycles racing around. Unsympathetic staff who didn’t care when I said that I should not be penalized for Not getting a room with air-conditioning because I didn’t book through them personally.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

2/10 Terrible

Dan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property may be a resort in terms of a 3rd world country, but by no means worth the money. Very very old. Built in the 70s most likely, and saying it's a hot springs resort is a stretch. Very disappointing.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Miguel

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Asdrubal

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Need I lot of maintenance, ac unit on the room very old and noisy, the bathroom very abandoned. Food was not good at all.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Veronica

Liked: Staff & service
.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Kathi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the large thermal water pool, and my husband loved the steam room, warm pool and cool pool. We also liked being in an environment with the majority of people being Costaricense, as we weren't interested in an exclusive tourist resort.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Muy limpio, los trabajadores del hotel muy amables y serviciales, la comida muy rica.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025