Nayara Springs Relais & Chateau

We booked three rooms in Nayara Springs in February 2025. During our four night stay we ate at three restaurants in the resort. Mis Amores was good and was where we ate breakfast everyday too. Amor Loco was incredible. We booked the 7 course tasting menu and its was the best meal we had on our visit to Costa Rica. It’s expensive but worth it. Our final dinner was at Asia Luna in Nayura Gardens. It was our least favourite but still ok. The resort is stunning and really well designed. The rooms are huge and well appointed. The staff are so nice and friendly and nothing is too much trouble. We booked all off site excursions via the hotel and everything went very smoothly Overall, a fantastic experience!

My wife and I, along with our eldest daughter, spent a week here and absolutely loved it. The resort is breathtaking, the villas are stunning (oversized bathroom and pool/hot tub) and the service from all staff is beyond friendly and responsive. Adults get access to all 3 sections of the resort: Springs (adult only), Gardens and Tented Camp. Resort has 5 excellent restaurants - we tried each one, as well as the wine bar. Breakfast (in person or in the room) is included, as is laundry. Less than 15min from the main town of La Fortuna, which is very safe, so we had nice dinners in town twice as well. We booked two private excursions through the resort - hanging bridges/waterfall and white water rafting - and thoroughly enjoyed both. Finally, the resort has 3 spas with a host of great services - we each tried two - along with a nice gym and a number of fitness classes (yoga, Pilates, etc). A great wellness destination on top of being a one in a kind rainforest experience. We can’t say enough about our time at Nayara Springs (the adult only section) - it was unforgettable.

If you ever want to enjoy another vacation again, I recommend not booking Nayara, because there isn’t a place on earth that can compare to this resort! Perfectly situated within the jungle, you have it all. From the different pools, restaurants, spa experiences, bars, and its close proximity to La Fortuna’s town and adventures, I’m not sure what else you could ask for. We ate at every restaurant and tried every cocktail, and they did not miss a beat. The tasting menu and experience at Amor Loco was by far our favorite and a must try. The entire staff is beyond incredible, accommodating, and knowledgeable. The property is stunning. The sloths, monkeys, frogs, birds, etc. we’re so fun to watch. We WILL be back, and I can’t wait!!!

My wife and I stayed 8 nights at Nayara Springs, making it our only stop in our Costa Rica trip. The Arenal area and the rainforest are such unique features of the country that we did not want to spend time on the coasts, away from this wonderful region. We don’t regret it at all, as our stay was absolutely perfect. It started with a stress-free pick-up at the airport, a friendly driver and a comfortable private car with both wifi and AC inside. The check-in was perfectly executed by the wonderful Noelia, quickly going through the few formalities before explaining all the amenities of the resort: complimentary breakfast in any of the resort’s restaurants (not just the one of Nayara Springs), daily sloth patrol to spot these animals in liberty, complimentary activities (yoga, nature walks, visits), and so on. We then discovered our villa, spacious and luxurious but with a genuine charm, as well as its private pool filled with hot thermal water, a common feature of all accommodations. Subsequently, we spent eight wonderful days both within the resort (five excellent and diversified restaurants, five pool areas each with a different vibe, six regular bars and their own mixologists as well as an astonishing coffee bar with a secret terrace, an ice cream shop, two spas, and an incredible nature surrounding us at any given moment, with its sloths and birds roaming freely on the property) and outside (horse riding excursion and zip line tour, both with the amazing Adrían from Jacamar, the hotel’s tour operator partner). We also booked the sloth classes, the mixology class and the coffee class, all at the resort, equally amazing and strongly recommended. Any food or drink order was matched with outstanding quality, rich diversity (e.g. each bar having their own specialty cocktails) and a service always perfectly delivered. Speaking of the staff, each employee of the resort went above and beyond to make our stay even more incredible. From the golf cart drivers to the restaurants’ waiters and managers, from the front desk officers to the housekeepers and gardeners, everybody was extremely professional, always courteous but very friendly as well, striking a perfect balance rarely seen elsewhere. Their care was not only observed in our daily interactions but also with our requests, from dietary adjustments to wildlife questions and daily sloth spotting. My wife having some allergic constraints, the servers always double checked everything and the chefs always find creative and delicious alternatives, a greatly appreciated gesture. While the huge size of the resort offered plenty to do over an entire week, we never had the feeling to be with too many other guests, a prowess given the hotel was 95%+ full. The abundant vegetation and the intimacy of the accommodations greatly helped. As a final point, we could only praise the Nayara Resort - and specifically the Nayara Springs and their team - for an exceptional stay in a dream-like setting and a wonderful staff. We will definitely be back, whenever we feel the need to return to paradise.

Amazing place quite unique Very good restaurants Pools, private areas, not many people, sharp service. The people are also very nice Would highly recommend to my friends to spend some days in this resort We hope we can come back in the near future