“Live music at Restaurante Grano de Oro”

We are happy to announce that July is the “month of the music” at Restaurante Grano de Oro. We are having daily evening live presentations (Monday through Saturday), and at lunch time on Sundays, with musicians from “Editus”, Grammy Award winning Costa Rican group. Presentations include violin, guitar, sax and flute. We invite you to experience an unforgettable evening at our lovely restaurant, enjoy the exquisite food and the live music!

Honeymoon at Arenas Del Mar, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Arenas Del Mar is the perfect honeymoon escape, featuring spacious suites with spectacular views and an outdoor bathtub. Manuel Antonio, one of the most beautiful National parks in the world, offers not only beach and ocean activities, but a great combination of restaurants, night life, rainforest and beaches.
Costa Rica has become a preferred destination for the new generation of "active honeymooners" that want more than just cocktails by the pool. A Costa Rican Honeymoon allows you to combine rainforest adventures with relaxing moments on the beach, all in a safe and comfortable environment.
At Arenas Del Mar, we have become specialists in helping honeymoon couples create unforgettable experiences. The private setting of Arenas Del Mar Beach & Nature Resort in its private rainforest reserve within walking distance to secluded beaches and spectacular Ocean views are the ideal setting for couples to decompress after the hectic days of getting married.
Favorite activities for honeymoon couples include horseback riding on the beach or in the rainforest, whitewater rafting excursions to the nearby tropical rivers, Canopy tours (zip lines through the top of the rainforest) and the dolphin watch tour in the Pacific Ocean.
Let us take care of your honeymoon arrangements for you!

Working for a Sustainable Tourisim

Florblanca’s quest for obtaining our CST (Certificate of Sustainable Tourism) leaves has made us revalue ourselves completely, letting us set a more clear vision of where we want to go and what impact we want to have over our clients, our staff, our community and the environment.

Lucky for us, we have staff in all departments (housekeeping, maintenance, accounting, reception, reservations, security and management), that has the best will to participate and collaborate with the new activities and changes we are developing at Florblanca and Reserva Hotel.

We have taken big steps forward on recycling. We began by focusing on separating the garbage of the hotel. This task required educating the staff, creating infrastructure as well as setting a new plan on managing our solid waste and especially our organic wastes, which we are converting into compost.

After teaching our staff, we started working at a community level. We have proudly helped setup a collection center managed by a local we like to call “Gato”. On June 5th, the international day of the environment, we are kicking off with a recycling program for the communities of Santa Teresa, El Carmen, Hermosa and Manzanillo. Prior to this day, a member of Florblanca’s staff will go door by door explaining the recycling program to the community with brochures and examples of what can be recycled and what cannot be recycled.

Electricity conservation has been also one of our top priorities, therefore; we have just installed solar lights in most of our offices and our kitchen allowing these spaces to be illuminated with natural light from the sun. We have also changed most of our light bulbs to more energy saving bulbs.

At a social level, we have reached out to our community in a number of ways. We have made contributions to paint a school in Paquera, to build the bullring of Cóbano, to help organize the annual sand castle contests in Manzanillo, and to help a 15 year old surfer of our community that qualified get to France for international competitions. Two of our workers volunteered to help MOPT build the bridge from Playa Hermosa to Manzanillo. Florblanca signed a code of conduct rejecting commercial sexual exploitation in travel and tourism. We are happy to sponsor the soccer team of Bello Horizonte, and we also send our maintenance personal for a beach clean up every Friday. Florblanca is committed to its neighbors.

Master Chef of France in Villa Caletas

Villa Caletas invites you to enjoy our exquisite cuisine at the Mirador and Amphitheater Restaurants managed by our “Master Chef of France” M.Vincent Boutinaud.
“Master Chef of France” is the most envied and desired title that all chefs aspire to have!
Their motto is to preserve and spread the French culinary art, encourage training in cuisine, and assist professional development.
The Master Chef of France is given the highest classification in restaurant guides and is often mentioned in specialized magazines. Most of the leading chefs and the winners of culinary competitions belong to the Association.
The association of the Master Chef of France promotes professional excellence trough numerous national and international cooking competitions.
They also organize Competitions for the Best Apprentice Chef in France and the Best apprentice Chef in Europe.
In our restaurants you can pampered your palate with specialties prepared by our Master Chef or France M. Vincent Boutinaud; at the same time feel closer to heaven admiring the magnificent views of the Gulf of Nicoya and the best sunset in country.

Relaxing amongst the Sugar Cane!

Casa Turire would like to introduce you to the newest edition to the hotel facilities, in looking at maximizing our guests comfort we have opened the new Veroliz Spa.
We would like you to meet Sonia Aguilar our registered massage therapist whom will greet you with a smile and provide you with the ultimate in relaxation with the large variety of services which her spa provides.
Veroliz is the name given to the flower which blooms on the sugar cane grass just before it is ready to be harvested.
Located just behind the reception offices, as you step through the door of the Veroliz Spa you feel more relaxed, with the decadent smell of eucalyptus and mint coming from the room where Sonia works, guests can only help but fall asleep while Sonia hands work magic on sore muscles from rafting or canyoning.
But Veroliz Spa is about more than just massages; guests have a variety of treatments to choose from while staying at Casa Turire that can range from chocolate body wraps to hot rock massages to facials and body exfoliations.
There are also combos available of massage & body wrap or exfoliations & body wrap.
So looking at relaxing in Turrialba?
We invite you to come and check out the new Veroliz Spa and enjoy some of the many exciting activities at your disposal here in Turrialba!

Five Star Guests at Capitan Suizo!

We have the privilege to introduce our two special guests: Alice & Sophie. They are two baby howler monkeys that unfortunately lost their families. Alice was found one morning walking through the hotel garden. We brought her to the veterinary and he informed us that she was brought to him after an (unknown) accident and that he had to amputate the tale because it was very much damaged. Since then Alice is living with us. Her family is visiting Capitan Suizo frequently. When the troop is here, Alice spends some time with the family. For our guests and all of us it’s beautiful to observe it.

A couple weeks later a tourist found Sophie walking alone on the road and after a veterinarian check the hotel took care of her as well. Both of them are very cute and they require to be close to someone as they are used in the troop. A big part of the hotel staff is helping taking care of the two babies. But since this is a fulltime job, the hotel hired a “babysitter” for 8 hours a day to make sure that they feel comfortable and happy at our place and that the hotel is a good home for them until they are strong and skilful enough to join the group one day.

Birds, howler monkeys, squirrels, gray iguanas, armadillos, skunks and raccoons are animals that can be seen almost daily throughout the hotel’s garden since Capitan Suizo is an oasis where it is implicit that nature and animals are integrated with love and respect. This is why probably Julius, a 6 year old guest in Capitan Suizo, called the property “the zoo hotel”.

Arenas del Mar Hotel – Manuel Antonio National Park

Arenas del Mar is a beachfront resort situated in the rainforest of Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. This fine Costa Rica hotel was designed and built with a unique combination of deluxe accommodations coupled with the highest level of certified sustainability. With 38 rooms equipped with Jacuzzis that overlook the Pacific ocean and the surrounding forest, Arenas del Mar is truly the epitome of sustainability and luxury combined.

While Arenas del Mar just opened recently, its very foundations and construction are rooted in the concept of sustainable tourism. With a focus on native plants (the entire property consists of plants native to Costa Rica), recycled materials (roof tiles are made from recycled plastic from the banana industry), solar panels, recycling and waste management, as well as community and guest interaction, Arenas del Mar truly stands out as a shining example of how sustainability can be applied at all levels of operation.