Description:

La Fortuna of San Carlos is a privileged place because of the diversity of attractions and beauties. The Arenal Volcano stands majestically over the northern plains, throws incandescent lava at short intervals, offering a spectacle unique in the world. The hotels are scattered bordering aroud the Volcano, offering a spectacular view.

More than 30 years ago, La Fortuna was a placid region of cattle breeders and farmers. The volcano slept a centuries-long night. Suddenly, it explodes from the entrails of the earth; the fury that vomits incandescent stones and lava surges. What in the beginning caused fear and death, soon became a spectacle that attracted national and foreign tourists. The fame of this spread abroad and people came from all over to enjoy that spectacular and marvelous phenomenon of Nature.

The cattle breeders good and generous people strengthened with the best human values that are the essence and prestige of the Costa Rican people and which continued to grow, accepted the challenge of keeping their land in the face of the tourism avalanche and slowly became entrepreneurs. Some of them confess to have had a divine inspiration, like don Oscar Villegas, who when driving a cart with a load of milk through those roads, formerly muddy ones, saw the grass flourish, and gardens grow in a marvelous supernatural inspiration. This was how the Hotel Arenal Paraiso was built and has continued to grow. The thermal waters of the volcano were taken advantage of to offer warm water baths in natural pools or in spas where the hot water full of minerals, shoots out tumultuously from the very entrails of the volcano. And after the aesthetics both the Arenal Paraiso and the Arenal Kioro, Mountain of Fire, Los Lagos, Tabacon and others, have achieved worldwide credit for the health and beauty treatments. Those cattlemen of old and their families have now incorporated into the tourism business, flourishing more and more each day.

And one value that distinguishes La Fortuna and makes it different from the other successful destinations of Costa Rica: the Costa Rican idealism, the excellence and professionalism of the Costa Rican people. They love and are attached to their and with fervor, enthusiasm and faith. There are no hotel chains and we can assure that almost 99% are Costa Rican investors. With these paradigms Costa Rica becomes great.

The Hotels are splendidly located and all the guest rooms have a view of the imposing Arenal Volcano so that one can delight oneself with its intermittent eruptions, red colored during the night and early morning and take it inside. Ah! But not only can you enjoy the Colossus from the terrace or window of your room, you can enjoy it while you eat, walk, read or are immersed in a relaxing and medicinal thermal, hot, lukewarm or cold water, no matter, they are all beautifying for your face and skin. The Spa, with their massage therapies and treatments with volcanic and natural creams for all types of skin, will rejuvenate your appearance.