Thursday, February 17, 2011

Side Trip to Arenal for Valentine's Day Weekend


Sorry folks no pictures to share from this trip. Well at least none we took ourselves. It rained and we did not risk breaking out  the cameras.

Brian and I discovered that we are only 2 1//2 hours from Arenal. Initially the thought was that we were 5 hours or more away. After we learned it is a short drive, we decided to go rest our weary muscles in the hot springs.

We drove from our home in Escazu through winding jungle roads to reach the volcano. We stayed at the Royal Corin resort. The hotel is beautiful and contemporary with stone floors, counter top sinks, flat screen tvs, multi faucet shower, king size bed, and a 2 person hot tub in the room. All rooms have decks that look at the volcano and at the hot spring pools below.

We spent the majority of our time in the hot pools. My favorite was a smaller pool that was fed by a waterfall and had a warm rock wall at water level that you could lay on and relax.

The hotel site is here. We stayed in one of the Master Suites.

Here are a couple of pictures I found on Google.

The peak in the background is the active volcano of Arenal.


The room behind the waterfall is a natural sauna.


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