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.
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cities
La Fortuna — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listSan Jose — among the highest recent hostel demand levels in this listSanta Teresa — high recent hostel demandPuerto Viejo de Talamanca — high recent hostel demandMonteverde — high recent hostel demandTamarindo — moderate recent hostel demandUvita — moderate recent hostel demandManuel Antonio — moderate recent hostel demandAlajuela — moderate recent hostel demandQuepos — moderate recent hostel demandLiberia — low recent hostel demandJaco — low recent hostel demandPlaya Samara — low recent hostel demandMontezuma — low recent hostel demandCahuita — low recent hostel demandTortuguero — low recent hostel demandNosara — low recent hostel demandDrake Bay — low recent hostel demandDominical — low recent hostel demandTurrialba — low recent hostel demand
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 RicaTop hostel cities in Costa Rica
Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.
La Fortuna
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Fortuna Pink Hostel
Very Good
210 reviews
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Hostel Batzu
Good
154 reviews
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Viajero La Fortuna Hostel
Good
158 reviews
Santa Teresa
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Casa Calocita
Very Good
73 reviews
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Lost Boyz
Very Good
644 reviews
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Surf Paradise
Very Good
743 reviews
Monteverde
Top hostels overall in Costa Rica
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
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Costa Rica
Best in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
La Ruka Hostel
Punk Score
86%
GOOD
Tamarindo
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Costa Rica
5th best in Tamarindo
The Backside House - Women Only
Punk Score
84%
GOOD-ISH
Santa Teresa
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Costa Rica
5th best in Santa Teresa
El Gato Rojas Surf Hostel
Punk Score
85%
GOOD-ISH
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
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Costa Rica
2nd best in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Smile Jungle Hostel
Punk Score
85%
GOOD
La Fortuna
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Costa Rica
5th best in La Fortuna
Argdivan Hostel
Good vibes, bad bugs
84%
Bed bugs detected
Playa Santa Teresa
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Costa Rica
Best in Playa Santa Teresa
Dream Surf House Santa Teresa (Playa Hermosa)
Punk Score
86%
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