travel42 Hotel Review: Hotel Riu Guanacaste

Hotel Riu Guanacaste travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located along completely undeveloped and empty Playa Matapalo in the northwest region of Guanacaste Province, just south of more famous El Coco Beach, Hotel RIU Guanacaste marked RIU Hotels & Resorts' first foray into Costa Rica, though its neighbor and sibling, RIU Palace, surpassed it the day it opened.

Secluded from other resorts by rolling hills and verdant forests, this hotel shares its beach and isolated base with the more elegant RIU Palace. This is...