Description

Welcome to our beautiful Costa Rica Bed and Breakfast, where the food is delicious and the views are outstanding. Let us be your hosts for your Costa Rica travel.

"Cathy's macadamia nut pancakes & fresh fruit were the most delicious breakfast of our vacation. Toucans arrive at 8 and 4 in their backyard. In the evening the volcano went off in the distance and we could see the red lava."

What do you want to do on your Costa Rica vacation? Make Chalet Nicholas Costa Rica Bed and Breakfast your vacation "base camp." From Chalet Nicholas:

- Onsite - fabulous bird watching
- Onsite - hiking in 15 acres of protected tropical forest
- 15 minutes to horseback riding
- 20 minutes to Lake Arenal kayaking and canoeing
- 20 minutes to Lake Arenal for windsurfing
- 40 minutes to Arenal Hanging Bridges and Treetop Canopy Tours
- 45 minutes to Arenal Volcano and Hot Springs
- 1 hour to Corobici river trip
- 2 hours to Monteverde Cloud Forest
- 2.5 hours to the Pacific Beach

Location

From the San Jose Airport

Drive on the Inter-American Highway (Route 1), West, then North, to the town of Canas, (it's takes about 2.5 hours).

Upon entering Canas, you will pass over a concrete bridge, over the River Canas, and 200 meters further you will pass a gas station on each side. 300 meters more, you will see a red, circular Bullring. Take a right here and go about 8 blocks, to a fork in the road. Here, you will make the first of 3 lefts. Bear left at the green and white sign for Chalet Nicholas, go up the hill to the very top of the continental divide (20 minutes). At the top before entering Tilaran, you will see a sign to Arenal and take a very sharp left, almost a U-Turn towards Arenal.

At this turn on the right you will see a gas station and on the left corner, you will see a triangular shaped tourist restaurant/gift shop with glass windows covered with murals of rainforest scenes. There is also a bank cash machine in front......Here, take a sharp left toward Arenal. Go around this to the left and continue for another 10 minutes, past a gas station on the left and another of our signs on the right.

When you get to the fork in the road where Lake Arenal starts, you will bear left and be on the upper lake road. You will continue on this road for about 10 minutes when you will see a sign for Mystica Lodge. Stay to right of this fork along Lake Road. It will then be 15 minutes or less until you see Chalet Nicholas signs and a flower-covered archway entrance to Chalet Nicholas on the left.

We are just one mile past the Ecolodge entrance signs on the same road. We have been here since 1991 and everyone knows Chalet Nicholas.

From the Liberia airport, drive 10 minutes to the main intersection in Liberia (the only overhead traffic light "semaforo"), which is the Inter-American Highway route #1, and turn right. Drive for about 45 minutes to the red two-story bullring at Canas and turn left. You will see a sign directing you to Tilaran. Use the above directions for the rest of your trip.