Riu Guanacaste Hotel
4/5 Very Good
City Zone:
Matapalo Beach
Address:
Sardinal de Carrillo, Playa Matapalo
Property Style
Beach Hotel
Rooms:
1041
Near Diamante Eco Adventure Park
With a stay at Hotel Riu Guanacaste - All Inclusive in Sardinal, you'll be on the beach, just a 2-minute walk from Diamante Eco Adventure Park and 8 minutes by foot from Playa Matapalo.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 6 outdoor pools, a nightclub, and a complimentary water park.
You can enjoy a meal at Liberia serving the guests of Hotel Riu Guanacaste - All Inclusive, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. When you are in need of a refreshing drink, visit the poolside bar or one of 7 bars/lounges, or 3 swim-up bars. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.
With a stay at Hotel Riu Guanacaste - All Inclusive in Sardinal, you'll be on the beach, just a 2-minute walk from Diamante Eco Adventure Park and 8 minutes by foot from Playa Matapalo.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 6 outdoor pools, a nightclub, and a complimentary water park.
You can enjoy a meal at Liberia serving the guests of Hotel Riu Guanacaste - All Inclusive, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. When you are in need of a refreshing drink, visit the poolside bar or one of 7 bars/lounges, or 3 swim-up bars. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Free self parking is available onsite.
Special check-in instructions
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools. This property does not permit name changes on reservations. The name on the booking must match the name of the guest who is checking in and staying at the property; photo ID is required.
All inclusive details
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities are included and additional gratuities at guests' discretion are accepted. Food and beverages
All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.
Water activities
Land activities
Gratuities are included and additional gratuities at guests' discretion are accepted. Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included
- In-room minibar (all beverages included)
All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.
Water activities
- Kayaking
- Snorkeling
- Windsurfing
Land activities
- Volleyball
- Kids club
- Onsite entertainment and activities
- Access to onsite nightclubs
- Onsite live performances
- Theme parties
- Motorized water sports
- Sailboats
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Snorkeling excursions
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
- Activities and services offered by independent operators
- Offsite tours
- Transportation to offsite activities
Know before you go
- Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
- A car is not required for transportation to and from this property.
On-site payments
Visa, Debit cards not accepted, Cash not accepted, Mastercard, CRC
Property Facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Adventure sport property
- All property's electricity comes from renewable sources
- At least 80% of all lighting comes from LEDs
- Beach property
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Beach volleyball on site
- Billiards or pool table
- Boat tours nearby
- Change of towels (on request)
- Children's pool
- Comprehensive food waste policy
- Comprehensive recycling policy
- Daily
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Eco-certified property
- Eco-friendly toiletries
- Ecostars
- Ecotours nearby
- Elevator
- Energy-saving switches
- Fitness classes on site
- Free breakfast
- Free buffet breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free water park access
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Grey water recycling system
- Guest education on local ecosystems and culture
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Housekeeping on request
- Humane animal treatment
- Indoor tennis courts - 1
- Kayaking on site
- LED light bulbs
- Limo or town car service available
- Locally-owned & organized tours & activities
- Luggage storage
- Mountain biking nearby
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- No accessible shuttle
- No cribs (infant beds) available
- No elevators
- No rollaway/extra beds available
- No single-use plastic stirrers
- No single-use plastic straws
- Number of bars/lounges - 7
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 6
- Number of outdoor pools - 6
- Number of poolside bars - 1
- Number of restaurants - 7
- Number of swim-up bars - 3
- Pets not allowed
- Playground on site
- Pool umbrellas
- Porter/bellhop
- Professional property host/manager
- Recycling
- Sauna
- Scuba diving on site
- Service animals not allowed
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Snack bar/deli
- Snorkeling on site
- Spa property
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Tennis on site
- Total number of rooms - 1041
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Vegan menu options available
- Vegetarian breakfast available
- Vegetarian menu options available
- Volleyball on site
- Water-efficient showers only
- Water skiing nearby
- Waterslide
- Wedding services
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
- Wheelchair accessible – no
- Wheelchair-accessible on-site restaurant
- Wheelchair accessible parking
- Wheelchair accessible path of travel
- Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
- Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
- Wheelchair-accessible spa
- Windsurfing on site
- Ziplining nearby
Rooms
Double Room (ROH | C)
1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Double Room, 2 Bedrooms (U)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Double Room, 2 Bedrooms, Ocean View (U)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Double Room, Connecting Rooms (ROH | C)
1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Double Room, Connecting Rooms, Ocean View (C)
1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Double Room, Courtyard View (E)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Double Room, Garden View (L)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
185-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Family Suite, 2 Bedrooms (C)
1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds
818-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Family Suite, 2 Bedrooms (L)
1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds
818-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Family Suite, 2 Bedrooms (U)
1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds
807-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Standard Double Room, Ocean View (C)
1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Standard Double Room, Sea View (E)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Standard Double Room, Sea View (L)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Standard Room, Ocean View (U)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Suite, Jetted Tub, Ocean View (C)
1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds
710-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Superior Double Room (C)
1 King Bed OR 2 Double Beds
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Superior Double Room, 2 Bedrooms (U)
2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed
323-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio
Superior Double Room, Connecting Rooms (C)
1 King Bed and 2 Double Beds
334-sq-foot room with a balcony/patio