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Best hostels in Costa Rica — vibe rankings — HostelPunk

Best hostels in Costa Rica

Fun/social-ranked hostels across Costa Rica. Punk Score is the best available evidence that guests actually have a good time together, calibrated onto the 0-100 UI.

cities
La FortunaSan JosePuerto Viejo de TalamancaSanta TeresaMonteverdeTamarindoUvitaManuel AntonioQueposAlajuelaLiberiaJacoCahuitaPlaya SamaraMontezumaTortugueroNosaraDominicalPaqueraPlaya del Coco Guanacaste

Through the filter

We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.

No bed bug reports found in Costa Rica

Top hostel cities in Costa Rica

Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.

La Fortuna

  1. Fortuna Pink Hostel Fortuna Pink Hostel Very Good 194 reviews
  2. Viajero La Fortuna Hostel Viajero La Fortuna Hostel Good 115 reviews
  3. Palacios Arenal Palacios Arenal Good 419 reviews
All hostels in La Fortuna

Santa Teresa

  1. Lost Boyz Lost Boyz Very Good 612 reviews
  2. Surf Paradise Surf Paradise Good 718 reviews
  3. ICQ Living hostel ICQ Living hostel Good 966 reviews
All hostels in Santa Teresa

Monteverde

  1. Monteverde Monkey Hostel Monteverde Monkey Hostel Good 581 reviews
All hostels in Monteverde

Top hostels overall in Costa Rica

Monteverde · Costa Rica Best in Monteverde 3rd best in Costa Rica

Monteverde Monkey Hostel

Punk Score
90% GOOD
High confidence 581 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
581 reviews $12 dorm · $30 priv View
La Fortuna · Costa Rica

Fortuna Pink Hostel

Punk Score
90% VERY GOOD
Medium confidence 194 reviews
194 reviews $11 dorm · $15 priv View
Uvita · Costa Rica

Shipwrecked Hostel

Punk Score
89% GOOD
High confidence 327 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Santa Teresa · Costa Rica

Surf Paradise

Punk Score
88% GOOD
High confidence 718 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
718 reviews $16 dorm · $26 priv View
La Fortuna · Costa Rica 2nd best in La Fortuna

Viajero La Fortuna Hostel

Punk Score
87% GOOD
Medium confidence 115 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
115 reviews $18 dorm · $39 priv View
La Fortuna · Costa Rica 3rd best in La Fortuna

Palacios Arenal

Punk Score
88% GOOD
High confidence 419 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
419 reviews $8 dorm · $35 priv View
Tamarindo · Costa Rica 2nd best in Tamarindo

La Botella de Leche Hostel

Good vibes, bad bugs
85% Bed bugs detected
High confidence 2,615 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
2615 reviews $20 dorm · $61 priv View
Santa Teresa · Costa Rica

ICQ Living hostel

Punk Score
86% GOOD
High confidence 966 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Playa Samara · Costa Rica Best in Playa Samara

Casa Terra Samara

Punk Score
86% GOOD
Medium confidence 298 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
298 reviews $20 dorm · $49 priv View
La Fortuna · Costa Rica 4th best in La Fortuna

Hostel Batzu

Punk Score
85% GOOD-ISH
Medium confidence 146 reviews
146 reviews $16 dorm · $47 priv View
Pavones · Costa Rica Best in Pavones

Esperanza Pavones

Punk Score
87% GOOD
Medium confidence 147 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca · Costa Rica Best in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

La Ruka Hostel

Punk Score
88% GOOD
High confidence 1,000 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
1000 reviews $17 dorm · $53 priv View
Jaco · Costa Rica Best in Jaco

Casajungla Hostel

Punk Score
88% GOOD
Medium confidence 180 reviews
It's a solid hostel, you're almost guaranteed to talk to people and have a good time
180 reviews $23 dorm · $52 priv View
Quepos · Costa Rica

Villas Jacquelina

Punk Score
85% GOOD-ISH
High confidence 910 reviews