VIP Hotel Playa Negra

2.0 star property
Colonial hotel with a 24-hour health club and spa services

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Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas
House, 2 Bedrooms | Children's theme room
House, 2 Bedrooms | Terrace/patio
Interior
Property grounds

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Room service
  • Spa
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Pool

Room options

Available filters for rooms
Showing 2 of 2 rooms

House, 1 Bedroom

Highlights

Yard
Balcony or patio
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Kitchen
  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

House, 2 Bedrooms

Highlights

Yard
Balcony or patio
Separate dining area
Separate sitting area
Individually furnished
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Kitchen
  • 100 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Map
Third left after Banana Azul, Playa Negra, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limon, 70403

What's nearby

  • Black Beach - 19 min walk
  • Playa Cocles - 6 min drive
  • Foundation Jaguar Rescue Center - 9 min drive
  • Playa Chiquita - 21 min drive
  • Punta Uva Beach - 27 min drive

Getting around

  • Limón Intl. Airport (LIO) - 58 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Hot Rocks - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Restaurante Tamara - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Azul Beach Club - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Puerto Pirata - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Koki Beach - ‬4 min drive

About this property

VIP Hotel Playa Negra

Family-friendly hotel by the ocean
Consider a stay at VIP Hotel Playa Negra and take advantage of a terrace, a garden, and a playground. Adventurous travelers may like the fitness classes and ecotours at this hotel. Treat yourself to a massage or other spa services. Laundry facilities, a 24-hour health club, and a kid's club are available to all guests.
You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
  • An outdoor pool with pool umbrellas
  • Free self parking
  • A roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), babysitting (surcharge), and tour/ticket assistance
  • Barbecue grills, a porter/bellhop, and smoke-free premises
Room features
All guestrooms are individually furnished, and offer comforts such as premium bedding and air conditioning, as well as thoughtful touches like separate sitting areas and separate dining areas.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Bathrooms with showers and hair dryers
  • HDTVs with satellite channels and DVD players
  • Private yards, separate sitting areas, and separate dining areas

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Room service available

Things to do

  • 24-hour health club
  • Fitness classes
  • Ecotours
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's club
  • DVD player
  • Full-sized refrigerator
  • In-room child care (surcharge)
  • Kitchen
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Separate dining area
  • Separate living room
  • Washer/dryer

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • Satellite channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware/dishes/utensils
  • Dining room
  • Kitchen
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Stovetop

Outdoor space

  • Balcony or patio
  • Yard

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Free local calls
  • In-room massage
  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area
  • Washer and dryer

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
There is no front desk at this property
Guests must contact the property for check-in information
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
2 children, up to the age of 3 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: CRC 250000 per vehicle (roundtrip)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms

Property is also known as

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Frequently asked questions

Does VIP Hotel Playa Negra have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is VIP Hotel Playa Negra pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at VIP Hotel Playa Negra?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at VIP Hotel Playa Negra?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at VIP Hotel Playa Negra?

Check-out is at noon. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).

Does VIP Hotel Playa Negra provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of CRC 250000 per vehicle applies.

Where is VIP Hotel Playa Negra located?

This family-friendly Cahuita hotel is located by the ocean, within 2 mi (3 km) of Black Beach and Talamanca Family Art. Playa Cocles and Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Gandoca-Manzanillo are also within 3 mi (5 km).

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VIP Hotel Playa Negra Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 49 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 49 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 49 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 49 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 49 reviews

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Si anda buscando paz
Excelente ubicación y trato, instalaciones inmejorables.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Sonia, San José, Costa Rica.

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overpriced, needs mayor fixing and updates.
Overpriced hotel. None knew our two families were coming. Not very organized. Very basic kitchen, stove didn't work, TV didn't work, only one bathroom for two bedrooms, water flow extremely low, tasted and smelled extremely unpleasant, no lighting to walk from parking area to room ( we had to use our flashlights), gym was non operational, old, rusty, no A/C and windows broken. Pool was very nice but lights were loose (not safe). Pool beds were old and dirty (can't be used). WiFi worked randomly. Refrigerator, coffee maker and blender were nice. A/C in each room worked well. Place needs some mayor fixing up. Maintenance guy was very pleasant and nice, he came to show us a sloth that was crossing the street.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This "hotel" was the worst we took in our trip in Costa Rica. For that amount of money go to another hotel, DO NOT STAY HERE. It's away of beach, away of Puerto Viejo center, dark street, no signs to recognize there is a hotel. Is not a hotel, is a group of cabinas..
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place. Quiet place. We saw monkeys and frogs every day. Need car to get to the town. Yoga is relatively closed by.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

juan Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel limpio y comodo
Demasiado lindo, todo excelente, recomendado
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Christian, San José, Costa Rica

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Expected more
Pros: surrounded by nature, wildlife and pure air. Rooms are spacious and comfortable, with full kitchens. The owner is generally nice and very involved in community and environmental affairs. Cons: the hotel is rather isolated and the road isn't very good. The beach is about 700 meters away. No air conditioning. Not very accessible to the elderly or disabled due to walkways covered with loose stones and slippery bathroom floors. Has no restaurant. Offers only breakfast which is individually prepared and then taken in turn to each room, which makes it a lengthy process. The staff is minimal.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not close to the Beach, You have to pay for.....
Not bad at all, but not like the pictures and we have to pay for the laundry
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Jürgen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel mitten im Urwald und trotzdem in Strandnähe
Tolle, helle, ruhige, riesengroße und sehr saubere Suite mit einer großen Terrasse, auf der uns das Frühstück serviert wurde. In der Suite gab es auch eine Küche, die man hätte nutzen können. Braucht jedoch ein Auto um die Anlage zu erreichen. Sehr nette Eigentümer. Schöner Pool und nette Außenanlage mit vielen Blumen, an denen ab und zu Kolibries zu sehen waren.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

GUSTAVO, Costa Rica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comodidad en medio de la naturaleza
Buena experiencia, preciosos lugar
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terribile
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Emilie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Marta, Barcelona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hotel de encanto
Muy agradable y el personal inmejorable
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

2/10 Terrible

Franco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Accesability: VERY POOR
After 25 minutes of searching for the hotel, due to the lack of clear signage, I went through A flooded creek(small) as it was pouring with rain. If you dont have a car or own transport, everytime you want to go to town, you have to get a cab at $7 for a 5 minute ride, each way. For this reason, I didnt stay. I want a refund
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Joaquín, Grecia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bello y muy cómodo lugar
El personal y el hotel en sí fueron excelentes. Habitaciones completamente amuebladas con su propia cocina y sala-comedor muy cómodos para familias.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ferias de verao
O hotel e excelente porem de dificil acesso e sinalizacao precaria colocada placas em arvores que a noite dificulta a sua localizacao. Porem fomos muito bem recebidos e depois de chegar e so aproveitar.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
tiene muchos baches el camino hacia el hotel
Me gusto que el hotel este rodeado de árboles, me relaje mucho, dormi regular, . pero en general estuve feliz con mi familia.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

4/10 Poor

Geoff, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Not really a hotel
The VIP 'Hotel' is not really a hotel. It has no reception, bar or restaurant. It is two sets of three apartments either side of a good pool which was the best feature of the accommodation and a gym. Each apartment has a kitchenette so you're are really in self catering accommodation. It is poorly located being 1.5km down a poor quality dirt track road and quite difficult to find and realise that you have arrived when you get there. Breakfast was brought to your apartment at 8am and was not particularly good quality or the cooked part hot. We were glad to leave as this accommodation was very poor value for money.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

4/10 Poor

Jonas, Gothenburg

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Way to expensive
This hotel was not worth the money and the rating it currently had. We asked to get the sorry excuse for breakfast early one day and they gave us some fruit instead. The location was way of the grid and the bicycles was in a bad condition and too few for the amount of people living there.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In the middle of no where and too noisy!
I feel that the hotel is overpriced and breakfast is the worst I've had in Costa Rica, we skipped it after 2 mornings, eggs, or an omelette and some fruit served with dry bread on the side. We travel all around the world and for the money we paid, I would honestly say that it's the least value place I have ever stayed. It's situated down a very long dirt track at least 2km from civilisation. The nearest beach and hotel is the beautiful!!! banana azure hotel where he stopped for cocktails whilst watching a sloth in there tree's. The staff and owner do try to make you feel welcome and if it wasn't so remote and half the price I would not be writing this negative review. Also I have come to Costa Rica to see the wildlife, however the howling money's screamed at 4.50am every morning without fail- funny on the first morning- also just to add we never saw them!
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un comodo rifugio nel verde
Abbiamo passato 3 giorni in questo bel posto nel verde, non lontano dal mare. Gli alloggi sono molto spaziosi, con una bella camera con porta finestra che da sulla foresta, un grandissimo soggiorno con cucina completa, un grande bagno ed una fantastica veranda con amaca che da sul giardino e la piscina. La padrona di casa, Marian, e' molto gentile così' come Minerva, la giovane donna che l'aiuta e che porta la colazione direttamente nell'alloggio alla mattina. La spiaggia si raggiunge con un breve tratto in auto o in bicicletta in mezzo ad una natura lussureggiante. Sicuramente un posto molto bello e confortevole. Ci sono solo 6 alloggi e il luogo è' molto tranquillo.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Really nice outside of town. The owners are really nice and helped us with everything. The rooms were huge and had a full kitchen. Overall great experience just wish it was on the beach or in town.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Caroline, Nîmes

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Calme
Pas vraiment un hotel, plutôt des grandes villas de pleins pieds. Nous avons séjourner en couple 5 jours à l'hotel VIP Hotel playa Negra. Nous avons été les seuls résidents pendant notre séjour. Le pied! Le cadre est aypique: isolé au milieu de la jungle. L'accès nécessite une voiture. Les chambres n'ont malheureusement pas la climatisation. Mise à part cela, les petits déjeuners servis sur la terrasse sont excellent, on se sent bichonnés. La piscine est très jolie et très agréable. Un moment de détente pure.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

Kjetil, Oslo, Norge

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel with nature experience
Lovely place where you really felt you where living in the jungle. The hostess was very helpful and we enjoyed the breakfast in the morning and the very beautiful pool and garden just outside our spacious "apartment". Around the fitness room you can watch the red-eyed tree frogs after dark. Treat them well, they are rare. Suitable for travelers with car or who like to be a little physically active. We loved it!