Hotel Don Carlos

Calle 9&Av 9,
San José
San José
Costa Rica
506/221-6707

http://www.doncarlos.co.cr

Type: Hotel
Minimum Rate: ₡ 41 - ₡ 125

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Hotel Don Carlos 36 rooms, cable TV, restaurant, gift shop, room safe, parking nearby, continental breakfast included, $$-$$$). The Don Carlos is celebrated as an attractive, clean and comfortable colonial hotel that takes up an entire corner block in a residential area of downtown. You’ll know you’re there when you pass beautiful hand-painted tile episodes from Cervantes’ Don Quixote set into their brick wall facing Calle 9. Typical Costa Rican scenes grace the wall on Av 9 and bronze statues of campesinos (country folk) rest near the entry. A wall at the reception is completely tiled with colorful hand-painted tiles of village scenes (tiles are for sale individually in their well-stocked, well-known, and very large gift shop). The hotel’s bedrooms are in two buildings divided by a patio breakfast area with two bubbling fountains. The “colonial” section has the older rooms with typical high ceilings. The newer rooms on two upper stories feature parquet wood floors and floral bedspreads with complimentary curtains. There is original artwork throughout, most for sale. In a previous life, the Don Carlos hotel was the mansion of a Costa Rican president. The attic suite, with two queen beds, is a good value at under US $90 because it has a large amount of space and lots of privacy. No charge for children 12 or younger sharing a room. Lunch and dinner are served in the Pre-Columbian Lounge, where stone reproductions of Maya statues fill a waterfall fountain. Sadly, we found the restaurant’s food somewhat disappointing.