Kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets (photo included) and bedroom closet are all beautiful native cedar wood. Ceiling is laurel wood with beams of Guanacaste wood. These are native Costa Rican hardwoods.
As a guest you will have complete use of two swimming pools--one large, one small--and a tennis court at the neighboring hotel 300 yards (270 meters) downhill via the concrete driveway. The hotel also has a nice restaurant, open some evenings in the high season; the cook is excellent and versatile.
Car also available for rent at the hotel. By car you are 5 minutes from downtown Atenas, which has just about anything you may need. Available there are: four supermarkets; several restaurants; four banks, 2 with ATM; 4 internet cafe's; hardware and appliance stores; video store, Spanish lessons; bus station with frequent, comfortable, inexpensive buses to San Jose, International Airport and other towns.
In Atenas you are in a very good location for exploring all the nature parks of Costa Rica. You are midway between San Jose and the Pacific beaches--40 minutes from downtown San Jose and 1 hour from Herriadura Beach. You are also 15 minutes from the Pan American Highway, which connects all points in Costa Rica, plus Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. More details available on request including: 5 beautiful, popular places to visit and how to get there from Atenas; complete bus schedule to and from Atenas; how to rent a car cheaply in Costa Rica; security, money, etc.
Other Activities:
Shopping, Spanish lessons