Editor's Choice Award 2003!

Monteverde: The 35 acre cloud forest is home to the 40 room inn, with the kind of eco-lodge feel you'd expect in ultra-green Costa Rica. What may surprise you though is that the same exotic birds you see in the nearby Monteverde Forest-forest falcons, Inca doves, crimson fronted parakeets- fly around the hotel's private trails too."(From Travel Holiday Magazine's Editor's choice edition)"

Hotel Fonda Vela is honored to receive international distinction by travel critics. This praise confirms our intentions, to provide accommodations in harmony with the surrounding natural beauty.

The Fonda Vela's proximity to the world famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve makes this hotel a favorite with bird watchers. Many guests with luck and patience view the highly sought after resplendent quetzals, & three-wattled bell birds.

The refreshing climate and peacefulness of the hotel's forested property allows guests to enjoy, without distraction, one of Costa Rica’s most beautiful locations. During the late afternoon you may want to devote time to observing the colorful sky as the sun sets behind the Gulf of Nicoya.

We offer a honeymoon package that includes complementary wine and flowers for newlyweds. There are two restaurants at Fonda Vela, one elegant and spacious, the other cozy with a fireplace. Upstairs from the restaurant is a full service bar. We want to help you feel at home in a distant land.