Hotel Magic Mountain SPA & Conference center

Excellent room. Very nice food in the dining room for all of our meals. Really enjoyed. Especially appreciated being at the edge of the town . Very convenient for all the adventures of into the volcano area. But also easy to walk down to a local coffee shop nearby or to the grocery store. Property is really beautiful with a swimming pool and much beautiful greenery. You don’t need a car, as allthe tours provide tour buses that come to pick you up at your hotel if you wish. About 2 1/2 hour drive from San Jose airport.

My husband and I stayed Magic Mountain hotel for six days in January of 2026. I am a manual wheelchair user with a power assist. I am able to stand and pivot transfer. This hotel had everything I needed, a roll in shower, grab bars by the toilet, and a wheelchair to ramp into the pool (they provided the wheelchair). The staff are incredibly friendly and the buffet breakfast was delicious. My only criticism is that to use the bathroom I had to go all the way back to my hotel room. The bathrooms in the lobby are large enough that if they just put some grab bars in there you would have two wheelchair friendly bathrooms that are close to the pool and restaurant. The bathrooms in the restaurant are not wheelchair accessible either. There is a bar on the second level that did not have an elevator, but that did no hinder me at all. Overall, a great hotel and I would highly recommend it.

The room was dated but clean. The restaurant offered a wide selection and the service was outstanding. Great location.

It was a great experience
Loved every minute of our stay here
Everyone is very polite and clean rooms hospitality was amazing.

Gorgeous views of the volcano, nice balconies with a view, beautiful pool area. The food here was very good with great service - they provided table service and we were able to get water, coffee and drinks which was different from other Barcelo hotels here where there was virtually no table service at all. I appreciated the smaller property - less of a cattle call at meals, less lines.

The hotel room was clean but very old, especially the bathroom. The room and bathroom smelled bad and when we mentioned this to staff they immediately changed the filter in the a/c and sprayed the bathroom. The hotel really needs to be upgraded. However, that being said the food at the restaurant was great and so was the service. And the location is good too, close to restaurants and the downtown and about 20 minutes from Arenal volcano.

This resort sort of reminded us of some of the great places we stayed on our South Africa trip.
Giving this accommodation a hinge rating of 4.4
The hotel is 22 years old and has 108 rooms.
The hotel overlooks a semi active (occasional gas puffer) volcano “Arenal”. The last physical eruption was a minor event back between 1968 and 2010 and a somewhat significant eruption in 1958.
We are on a OAT trip and will be staying here 3 nights

Incredible views of the mountain! The front office team is absolutely amazing and very accommodating! The two gentlemen are an asset to this hotel. The rooms are clean and comfortable. Their breakfast spread is the best in Costa Rica! Truly delicious and absolutely worth it!!

We stayed at Magic Mountain five nights early Dec. and had a great stay. Location is great with part of town walkable. Our room was front and center volcano view. Grounds are beautiful! We enjoyed the included breakfast buffet. Juan and front desk was helpful in steering us to EcoThermales for a wonderful soak and offered us great tips on the area. Greeters Frankie and Jason are friendly and helpful.

The images make this hotel look so much better than it actually is. The rooms are alright. Bathrooms are decent. My only gripe is that the lighting is all cold blue LED's. Even the lamps. I'm also not sure how to describe it, but the website images somehow make the rooms look so much better than they actually are - rarely do I encounter such a discrepancy.

We went to Hotel Magic Mountain Spa & Conference Center as members of a traveling group with CARAVAN. We only stayed for one day. The location is very convenient, the views are nice. The rooms were comfortable. This hotel has no fitness center. Nobody in our group was bothered by it except for me (I'm a gym rat, I admit :)

Amazing place.

Beautiful hotel with nice amenities

Comfortable but not super relaxing. White light everywhere and colorful flashing LED lights around the jacuzzi. Quite jarring. The entire hotel needs an urgent remodel. It looks very dated and old

Nice property and location. A little bit of a walkif you are in the back

We booked the trip through Capital One Travel Portal and specifically booked a King bed (I only look for hotels with King beds) when we got there they did not have a King available and told us the bed types are not guaranteed. The Capital One Portal gives options for King/Double or King. They should not provide the King only option if it’s not guaranteed. I would not have booked this hotel had I known the King would not be available.

Awesome resort. We had a junior suite with a view of Arenal Volcano. Daily breakfast buffet was very good. Staff was friendly and helpful

Wonderful Stay

Beautiful hotel, staff friendly, and great location close to everything.

Comfortable beds
Great food
Awesome staff