Casa Conley Del Mar
Newer Hone Creek hotel with a pool, opposite the Cacao Trails chocolate museum
About this stay
Set in Hone Creek, Casa Conley Del Mar provides a comfortable base for families, with the added convenience of an outdoor pool to cool off after a day of exploration. The air-conditioned rooms offer a welcome respite from the tropical heat, ensuring a restful night's sleep. Its prime location means the Cacao Trails - Museo de Cacao is practically on your doorstep, offering an easy cultural excursion. With free Wi-Fi and parking, plus an airport shuttle, the practicalities of your stay are well covered, allowing you to focus on enjoying your Costa Rican adventure.
- Opposite the Cacao Trails chocolate museum and gardens
- Outdoor pool, garden and restaurant
- Air-conditioned rooms with a patio, some with a sea view
- Free parking and Wi-Fi; airport shuttle offered
- At the Hone Creek turn-off between Cahuita and Puerto Viejo
- 9.4 guest score from 79 reviews
Our take
Casa Conley Del Mar stands opposite Cacao Trails, the chocolate museum and botanical garden of Hone Creek, in the village where most drivers leave Highway 36 for Puerto Viejo. That position is both its strength and its limit. You get a newly built hotel with a pool, a restaurant, air conditioning and patios, some rooms with a sea view, and you sit between Cahuita and Puerto Viejo with neither within walking distance. I would book it for families with a car who split their days between Cahuita National Park and the Puerto Viejo beaches, and skip it if you want to walk to the sand or to the bars at night. Guests score it 9.4 across 79 reviews.
- ✓Fill the tank in Hone Creek: Servicentro Hone Creek is the only full gas station for miles on this stretch of the southern Caribbean coast.
- ✓Without a car, catch buses on the highway at Hone Creek: not every bus enters Puerto Viejo, so services stop here more often.
- ✓Keep Cacao Trails for a wet afternoon: the two-hour visit covers the gardens, the culture exhibits and traditional chocolate making, a minute's walk from the hotel.
- ✓Ask for a sea-view room when you book, since only some rooms have one.
Why we love it
- The refreshing outdoor pool for family fun
- Air conditioning for comfortable nights
- Direct access to the Cacao Trails museum
- Convenient airport shuttle service
Why guests love itCasa Conley Del Mar suits families on the Caribbean coast who value air conditioning and a pool more than a beachfront address. Rooms have private bathrooms, air conditioning and a patio, the pool and garden fill the hottest hours, and the restaurant saves an evening drive with tired children. Cacao Trails is a minute away on foot: its gardens, small exhibits on indigenous and Afro-Caribbean culture and chocolate made the traditional way hold children's attention better than most rainy-day plans. The catch is that Hone Creek is a crossroads village with a public clinic, supermarkets and the gas station, not a beach town, so every swim means a short drive to Cahuita or Puerto Viejo. Parking and Wi-Fi are free and an airport shuttle is offered. Guests rate it 9.4 from 79 reviews.