Jamie

Author: Jamie ([email protected]) Message: Stayed four nights in a beautiful boutique hotel in it's own private cove on the pacific ocean. The hotel is called Sugar Beach. The place has a great restaurant, bar, and super beach. The rates were good, the service great and the employees very friendly. I would highly recommend this unique hotel to everyone!! Most of the rooms have great views of the ocean, and iquanas, and monkeys abound

Tommy

Jamie,<BR>How many days would you recommend to stay at Sugar Beach? Is there any golfing near this hotel?? Im going to Costa Rica in March I would like to sit on the beach and do some golfing.<BR>Tommy

Arthur

Jamie,<BR>We were at Sugar Beach in Feb and had a great experience. There are great waves on this stretch of beach and did some fantastic boogie boarding. Also so tons of wildlife including monkeys. Food was great and staff friendly. We reupped for next year. I would plan on staying at least three nights.<BR>Arthur

Robert

Jamie,<BR>Just got back from Hotel Sugar Beach this weekend. The hotel has just completly renovated all the rooms and added satelite TV's mini bars and phones. Booked a lot of cool tours from the hotel and the staff was very helpful.<BR>Food was the best we had in Costa Rica.<BR>I would add this to my must visit list.<BR>I wish they would inprove the road to the hotel a little. Getting there can be a challange, but worth it.<BR>

Linda

Can you guys tell me how far this hotel is from the Liberia and San Jose airports and can you get transfers to the hotel from them??<BR>Linda

Cassie

We are headed for Guanacaste in June and Hotel Sugar Beach sounds interesting. Does anyone know how the snorkeling is. Also my husband likes to fish, how is the fishing aroung this area??<BR>Cassie

Joan

Jamie,<BR><BR>What type of monkeys were on the property?? I have two young daughters who would love to stay at a place and see monkeys. Does anyone know if howler monkeys are safe to be around??<BR>Did you see many birds on the property??<BR>Joan

Ally

All the Howler Monkeys I've seen in my trips to Costa Rica are 'safe' to be around. They generally sleep the day away, and become more active at sunset and sunrise. I have heard of Monkeys in the Manuel Antonio park 'stealing' fruit, etc. from tourist, if packs are within reach, etc, but I've never heard of anyone being biten or anything like that! Have not been to this particular hotel, so I can't comment on how many monkeys are around the area, but for the poster asking which type of monkeys, I'd guess that they are probably Howlers. Those are the only kinds of monkeys I've seen in that region. I saw many other species in and around Manuel Antonio and the Osa area, but just Howlers in the northern beach areas.

Loren

Does anyone know if you can rent a car from this hotel for some sight seeing??

Phyllis

Hi, My family is going to CR in mid April. Was there a nice pool at Sugar Beach? Any shade on the beach? Are there taxis or is it pretty self-contained? Thinking of Tango Mar, but it may be too far. What were the highlights of your trip?We like a tropical type of area and since we will have to skip Monteverde (time Factor)would like to see a rainforest. Manuel antonio??? Any thoughts appreciated. Thank, Phyllis<BR>

Jamie

Phyllis,<BR>Yes, Sugar Beach has a fantastic pool. They have some pretty good pictures of it on their web-site www.sugar-beach.com<BR>In answer to your next question, yes, you can have a taxi pick you up at the hotel, but they do have an activity desk where you can book probalbly 15 differect tours and the tour company will pick you up right at the hotel. The food at the restaurant is great and the sunsets you will see from the restaurant will stay with you the rest of your life!!<BR>We saw all kinds of wildlife on the property, from monkeys, iguanas, to the most beautiful birds we have ever seen. <BR>We plan on going back as soon as we can save up more money!<BR>Jamie

TomB

Does anyone know how many room the Sugar Beach Hotel has. I want a smaller quaint hotel and not a high rise.<BR>Tom

Tonya

we read good reports about Hotel Sugar Beach in both Lonely Planet and Frommers. Has anyone been there since they have renovated?? I understand they now have TV's and rent Kayaks. Has anyone been there who can give me more info?? How is the fishing from here? Can you fish off the beach?? Also my son would like to do some surfing, how is the surfing in this cove?? Also one last questions, does anyone know how far this hotel is from Flamingo??<BR>Thanks<BR>Tonya

Hello

If you would just go to the web site, (someone has posted it above)alot of the questions are answered in the web site. YES, there is golf in the area, YES, there is surfing, YES, it's a smaller quaint hotel,not a 'highrise', YES there is snorkeling (but don't expect the best)....other questions can be answered by contacting the hotels email.

tim

Hey Hello, <BR>Take a chill pill man. <BR>Be cool and stay off the boards.

Sonya

Hotel Sugar Beach sounds pretty cool. How far would this hotel be from a canopy tour and the Arenal volcano??<BR>

Jamie

You would be only 30 minutes from the "Congo Trail" canopy tours and probably 4 hours from Arenal volcano.<BR>Its a great restort, I would highly recommend it.

Mary

Have been trying to book Hotel<BR>Sugar Beach, they respond and say they confirm then, they say they did not get reservation and to send it again then I get no response! I even tried their 800<BR>number and got the run around!<BR> What gives with this place?

dawn

I don't know if you heard but the glowing comments on this post are all fakes by the owner. I would find somewhere else...look into capitan suizo(www.hotelcapitansuizo.com)

xxxxx

So what if some of the posts are<BR>from someone at the hotel? I haven't read anything I havn't read in the travel books, such as Fodor's,but with more informaion and, a chance to get more from the source. I don't plan on missing his place.