One of the highlights of any Costa Rican tour are the hot springs near the volcano at Arenal.Several resorts are organized to offer hot spring/spa services, and are well worth the $10 to 40 dollars they charge for clean towels and hot soaking pools and falls that you can soak in until your skin becomes like a prune.
We always recommend guests take a day or two to drive up to Arenal to see the volcano, see the butterfly/frog conservatory, hike the trails, and soak their bums in the thremal spas. Starting off in Santa Ana at Villa Real Eco Residential Community, where guest stay upon arrival, the drive is roughly 2 1/2 hours to Arenal.
Tabacon Grand Spa and Thermal Resort is designated one of the "Finest Hotels in the World", and offers day passes to their hot spring facilities, along with Spa services which are great, if you enjoy that sort of thing (not really my bag, so I tend to stick to the soaking bit, and the large heated pool, which has a built in bar next to the cold plunge pool). Tabacon is laid out well, it's clean, offers good food and great service.
Tabacon has made the media, in various Spa Magazines and publications. It reached the top of Spa Finder's mineral water division in 2007. The resort opened with 42 four star rooms in 1997 and has steadily expanded to with more than 100 rooms, 13 spa treatment rooms, and a wave pool.
It's also open late, so night soaking is encouraged!
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