Costa Rica Hotels

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MAGAZINES RECOMMEND TWO COSTA RICAN HOTELS

Three prestigious international travel publications included two Costa Rican hotels, El Silencio and Arenas del Mar, in their list of must-see places in 2008.The Condé Nast Traveler, Andrew Harper and Travel + Leisure announced their lists weeks before.The publication’s editors explained on their website that they sent a contingent of undercover journalists “all over the world” to evaluate the quality of establishments and their services, as well as tourist activities such as tours from an endless number of hotels throughout the five continents.With respect to Condé, 130 hotels have been selected from their annual search since 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Costa Rican hotels have appeared on the exclusive list. In 2007, Gaia Hotel y Reserva (in Manuel Antonio) and Xandari (in Esterillos) were chosen.