Costa Rica
Vacation rentals in Costa Rica
Hospitality with Heart
11 homes on two coasts and in the cloud forest, each one run by Tres Mares since 2015: houses with a pool inside Punta Leona, container lofts above Monteverde, container villas near Cahuita, a house in Sámara and an apartment in Escazú for the first or last night.
Kapetsowa Container Loft
A glass-walled container loft with two queen beds, a walk from the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve entrance
4 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
Calma Loft
A private container loft with sunset views over the forest, 15 minutes by car from Santa Elena
3 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
Casa Yaiwa
A three-bedroom house two minutes on foot from downtown Santa Elena, with parking at the front door
6 guests · 3 bedrooms · 1 bath
Aroma de Café
A cabin for two among the coffee plants outside Monteverde, with an indoor jacuzzi and a deck over the valley
2 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
Ewa Boxes
Ewa Box 1 and Ewa Box 2 booked together: two container villas with a plunge pool to yourselves, for up to eight
8 guests · 2 bedrooms · 2 baths
Ewa Box 2
A container loft for four with its own plunge pool in the Cahuita jungle, next to Ewa Box 1
4 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
Ewa Box 1
A container loft for four in the Cahuita jungle, next to Ewa Box 2; no pool, lower rate
4 guests · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
Lapas Leona Home
Natural Leona and Lapas Paradise booked together: two houses for up to 16 with a private saltwater pool
16 guests · 4 bedrooms · 4.5 baths
Casa Azul
A blue family house with the pool in the middle of the plan, 75 meters from the supermarket inside Punta Leona
8 guests · 2 bedrooms · 2 baths
Lapas Paradise
A modern two-story house in Punta Leona, next door to Natural Leona, sharing a saltwater pool and rancho
8 guests · 2 bedrooms · 2.5 baths
Natural Leona
A modern two-story house in Punta Leona, next door to Lapas Paradise, sharing a saltwater pool and rancho
8 guests · 2 bedrooms · 2.5 baths
Why book a home instead of a hotel here
A kitchen, a washer, room to spread out
Every home has a full kitchen or a kitchenette, most have a washer, and the family houses sleep six to sixteen. Cook breakfast, dry the beach towels, put the kids to bed in their own room.
Hosts who answer
We reply ourselves on WhatsApp, in English and Spanish: where to eat, whether you need a 4x4, what time the macaws come through.
Early check-in and luggage drop
In Monteverde you can come in from 11:00 once the clean is done, and in Monteverde and Cahuita you can leave bags while it finishes, because nobody should wait in a car after a long drive.
Airbnb protection, our attention
You book and pay on Airbnb with its guest protection. Everything else, from the gate code to the night tour, comes from us.
Plan the trip
What to expect on arrival, how to get to each destination, how many nights make sense.
Travel
How long is the flight from Canada to Costa Rica?
Nonstop flights from Canada to Costa Rica take about 5 hours from Toronto to over 7 from Vancouver. City-by-city times to San José and Liberia, seasons, time zones and arrival tips.
Travel
How long is the flight from the US to Costa Rica?
Nonstop flights from the US to Costa Rica take about 3 hours from Miami to about 7 from Seattle. City-by-city times to San José and Liberia, the time zone and arrival tips.
Travel
San José or Liberia airport: which one to fly into
Fly into San José (SJO) for Escazú, Punta Leona, Cahuita and usually Monteverde, and into Liberia (LIR) for Sámara. Sourced drive times from both airports and where to sleep the first night.
Travel
How Tres Mares started: one spare room and 17 coins
How Tres Mares began: a balcony in Medellín, one spare room, 17 coins on a glass plate and, years later, a container loft in Monteverde.
Punta Leona
Hotel Punta Leona or a house with a pool
A hotel with restaurants, pools and activities, or a house with a kitchen, washer and own pool in the same Punta Leona: what each gives and when each wins.
Punta Leona
Punta Leona houses with a pool: which to pick
Our three houses with a pool in Punta Leona, for 8 each or 16 when two are booked together, from $266 a night: private or shared pool, distance to the beach and which group each one fits.
Questions about staying in Costa Rica
How do I book a Tres Mares stay?
On Airbnb. Every stay on this site has a Reserve on Airbnb button that opens the same home on Airbnb, where you pick dates, see the live price and pay. The WhatsApp line next to the button is for questions before and during your stay, not for reservations.
Why do you book through Airbnb instead of directly?
Because it protects you. Airbnb handles your payment with its guest protection, carries the cancellation terms in writing, and shows the reviews behind the more than 4,000 bookings we have hosted since 2015. Every one of our homes is a Superhost listing there, and the ratings on this site are Airbnb's.
Can I book directly with you and skip the Airbnb fees?
Not yet. Direct booking with calendar sync and card payment is being prepared for a later phase. Until then all reservations run through Airbnb, and we do not offer off-platform discounts or take payments outside it.
Can we check in early?
Often, yes. Standard check-in is 15:00, but in Monteverde we let you in from 11:00 whenever the previous clean is finished, and we try the same elsewhere when the calendar allows. It is not guaranteed. Message us on WhatsApp the day before with your arrival time.
Can we drop our bags before check-in or after check-out?
Yes at practically every Monteverde home, where luggage drop while the clean is in progress is part of how we host, because the town has no lockers. In Cahuita the Ewa Boxes allow luggage drop too. For the other areas, check the stay page or ask on WhatsApp.
What are the check-in and check-out times?
Check-in from 15:00 and check-out by 11:00 at every home. A few homes have a check-in window: until 20:00 at Casa Azul and Casa Almendros, until 23:00 at Aroma de Café, and until 02:00 at both Ewa Box containers in Cahuita. The stay page lists the window for each.