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A charming house in the middle of downtown La Fortuna. Close to all the attractions.
This is a spacious - 2,200 sq. feet house with tasteful furniture, a combination of two bedrooms with twin beds, 3 bedrooms with queen sized beds, all with private baths. It is located in the center of La Fortuna across the street from one of the most beautiful plazas in all of Central America. It is fully equipped with a full kitchen, plates, cooking utensils, linens, washer dryer etc. Close to all the adventure activities, 5 mins. from the best swimming hole in Costa Rica, tons of restaurants within walking distance and grocery stores close by.
We can pick you up from wherever you are comming from in Costa Rica and make all arrangements for the endless possiblities of fun adventures in the area - raft...A charming house in the middle of downtown La Fortuna. Close to all the attractions.
This is a spacious - 2,200 sq. feet house with tasteful furniture, a combination of two bedrooms with twin beds, 3 bedrooms with queen sized beds, all with private baths. It is located in the center of La Fortuna across the street from one of the most beautiful plazas in all of Central America. It is fully equipped with a full kitchen, plates, cooking utensils, linens, washer dryer etc. Close to all the adventure activities, 5 mins. from the best swimming hole in Costa Rica, tons of restaurants within walking distance and grocery stores close by.
We can pick you up from wherever you are comming from in Costa Rica and make all arrangements for the endless possiblities of fun adventures in the area - rafting, canopy tours, horseback riding, hiking in the national park - on and on.
We invite you to view our reviews on Air BNB - Sleeping Indian Guesthouse - we operate as a small hotel when groups are not occupying the house.
Full kitchen and large spacious common area with great lounging space. Free Wireless Internet
We are nestled in the heart of La Fortuna. A fully equipped house which offers the perfect accommodations for those who want the convenience of being in the heart of La Fortuna, within walking distance to cafes, restaurants and shopping and just minutes from area tours and attractions. Our Guest house offers six guest rooms all with private baths, high speed internet. Onsite spa and tour office.
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Peter's warmth and valuable knowledge of the area made a huge difference in our experience of La Fortuna and the surrounding area. While we were slightly surprised by the fact that place looks a bit different than the pictures (it's more of a backpacker hostel) the energy of the place and Peter's helpfulness made it a great experience. We would definitely go back.
Visited January 2014
Written 7 March 2014. This review is the subjective opinion of an individual traveller and not of Tripadvisor LLC nor of its partners. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
dlclabo
12 contributions
Great choice for a group
The photo is a little misleading as it the house is actually set up like a hostel with individual (bed)rooms, each with a small private bathroom, but it was perfect for our group of five women. We each had a key to the main door and one for our bedroom so we could lock up and go - in a group or by ourselves. The town is lovely and the location was perfect, right across from the catholic church and almost on the square/plaza. The apartment is located above an art gallery, across the street from a lovely artisan tourist store and close to the Desafio adventure tour office. Great restaurants (and chocolate stores) nearby,. Peter was fantastic: he arranged all our tours in advance and we were picked up at our building. Our thanks to Heidi who met us on site and answered all our questions.
Visited November 2013 Travelled with friends
Written 28 January 2014. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Corinna & Enrico -:- Villach - Austria
Best Place on our trip in Costa Rica!
Peter and Rocky (his absolut cool Border Collie :-)) are offering the best place in La Fortuna! It´s not only a room we found there. The such charming place invites you to become part of the family. Really fantastic! This is not a normal hotel, this is not a simple B&B;! This is something really special - you´ll never forget - unreachable and not comperable to other places! Thank you so much Peter for helping us getting back our jacket which we forgot on the bus, for showing us the best places around arenal and giving us so much nice tips for the rest of our trip! If we come back to La Fortuna we know where we are gonna staying... All the best - take care! Corinna and Enrico
Visited January 2014
Written 21 January 2014. This review is the subjective opinion of an individual traveller and not of Tripadvisor LLC nor of its partners. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
gprakasam
Sacramento, CA1 contribution
Peter is the ultimate host.
Peter is the ultimate host. If you are like us who did not have much of a chance to plan the vacation and then come to find out that someone is taking care of everything then it is the Sleeping Indian at La Fortuna. Not only did Peter pick us up at San Jose airport and take care of all our adventures here ( which were fabulous) he went above and beyond in helping us plan the rest of our stay in Costa Rica. The amazing thing is that you tell him once and he remembers everything and then follows up with the tour companies and transport guys.
I can go on and on - But PETER - You are the best and we very much enjoyed your company and our stay in La Fortuna. Thank you SO VERY MUCH
Visited December 2013
Written 30 December 2013. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Marvic -:- San Francisco, Ca
Great Place in the heart of La Fortuna
The sleeping Indian is a great place. Each room has its own bathroom and shower. Took me a while to figure out the hot water but it worked. There is no air conditioning which was unexpected to me, but open the front and back porch doors and the cross breeze does the trick. We hardly used the kitchen because all the good restaurants aka Sodas places are 1-4 blocks away. If you do use the kitchen clean up right away because ants will be all over the place (its the tropics, what do you expect). Peter arranged our activities that picked us up at the house and his assistant Heidi made great suggestions. We bought a couple cigars and sat in the front porch chillin at night... it was the life. Laundry helped a bunch because a sudden down pour can happen at anytime then its gone... Dryer baby! You can't beat the price though... There were 6 of us and we all love it. If/When I come back to La Fortuna I will be staying at the Sleeping Indian for sure.
Visited October 2013
Written 11 November 2013. This review is the subjective opinion of an individual traveller and not of Tripadvisor LLC nor of its partners. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
William Willner
Austin, TX68 contributions
This is not actually a house at all, it is a 2nd floor hostel above a coffee shop and an art shop.
Peter was a nice guy and very eager to help. The location was also great, very centrally located. The listing was very misleading however, this is not a house at all. It is in fact a second floor hostel that rents out to people for $15/person/night. There are five rooms, each with their own bathroom which is good. Unfortunately there is a plastic ceiling that is designed to let in light, but it actually just turns the entire place into an oven from 10:00AM till sundown. There are fans in every room, but that is not enough to combat the heat during the day. If you stay here, then you need to be out doing things for most of the day. Finally, there is no kitchen. That is a lie. There is a hot plate and a laundry room, which is where you have to take your dishes to clean them. You can get by with a bit of ingenuity, but it is not at all a house at all in the way that it is portrayed.
Visited February 2013 Travelled with friends
Written 16 September 2013. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
This party was motivated to leave a negative and inacurate review due to the fact that they trashed my house and even though I did not deduct anything from their deposit they seemed disastisfied because they were not in a villa style property, rather a stylish loft in the center of town. We in fact have a full kitchen - they must have somehow lost their way from kitchen sink to the laundery room area! In fact the kitchen is brand new. Their group was 10 people - they in fact paid less than $15 per person to stay in my house! We have installed a new ceiling which lowes the temp. of the house considerably. But, it must be kept in mind that we are in the tropics here and it is a warm place.
Written 16 September 2013. This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
KattyaGG
La Fortuna de San Carlos, Costa Rica8 contributions
Magnifico
this place was so cozy and fulfilled all our expectations. it was tastefully furnished, fully equipped clost to everything including shops, eateries, etc.
We all had our own en suite bathrooms, a kitchen that had eveythng we needed and the decorations were quite unique. the owner, peter, helped us out with all our tour planning, and even took us to the local hot spriothngs in his own car for nothing. we would definitely stay here again and in fact we have refered our relatives who will be staying in Fortuna over the holidays
Visited May 2013 Travelled with family
Written 5 August 2013. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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A charming house in the middle of downtown La Fortuna. Close to all the attractions. We can pick you up from wherever you are comming from in Costa Rica and make all arrangements for the endless possiblities of fun adventures in the area - rafting, canopy tours, horseback riding, hiking in the national park - on and on.
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Check in after 12 pm • Check out by 10 am
Cancellation policy
100% refund within 24 hours after booking (provided the stay is at least 60 days away).
100% refund* if you cancel at least 2 weeks before check-in
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