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San Jose, Costa Rica |
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property is NOT a nudist resort…..it's a unique hotel on a private estate
for adult couples and singles. However, adjacent to the hotel mansion is a
clothing optional pool with gauze-covered day beds similar to what you may find
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John Teskey from north America, owns a couple of hotels in
Costa Rica, one on the beach and the other near San Jose. He's designated the
one in Heredia, a suburb just north of San Jose, as "Hotel Desire Costa Rica"
hotel for adults only with "open minded ambiance." This unique hotel is
headquartered in the mansion of a former land baron and millionaire with
several outlying, separate cottages on 6 acres, suitable for small groups and
individual occupancy. The hotel is nudist friendly with over half the property
is designated for nude recreation with room categories for nude and prude
accommodations. The clothing optional pool is now a nude pool. The nude area is
from the nude pool and across the wall where the jacuzzi is located, about 3
acres total. With a resort takeover, all guests can be nude. Total occupancy is
approximately 60 guests for entire resort.
The property is NOT a
nudist resort…..it's a unique hotel on a private estate for adult couples
and singles.
The hotel features monthly Zodiac parties for a good
excuse to have fun. Several “couples only” weeks are featured at this
hotel and at the other sister hotel in Jaco on the beach.
You may meet
a nice group of U.S ex-pats who have moved to Costa Rica to live, for
investment or to work. We met many during our visits to Costa Rica, the top
rated country in Central America, hands down. In the 40s and 50s when banana
republics came and went with guns and bullets, Costa Rica invested in its
citizens and education: Currently, Costa Rica boasts of about a 95% literacy
rate among its citizens and has not military. Those funds go for programs that
support its citizens.
NOTE: This resort is NOT affiliated in any way
with the Desire Resort in Mexico.
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Fly into San Jose from numerous gateway cities world wide.
Several major airlines service the country including Continental, Copa, US Air,
Delta, American and others.
The hotel is about 20-30 minutes from the
airport, depending upon traffic.
If you stay a week, round trip
transfers are included for either this resort or the one in Jaco. Or you can
rent a car at the San Jose airport. The highways are excellent throughout Costa
Rica.
Local color: If you drive in the countryside, local police in
every village you pass through are always eager to ticket foreigners for a
shake down and $20 bucks. Believe me, it's happened to us. If you pretend you
don't know the language, you may be better off just loading your wallet or
purse with some $1 bills and keep your larger currency elsewhere. Give him what
you have and be on your way.
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Desire Hotel Copacabana offers an all-inclusive plan
including meals, bar drinks, rooms, taxes, tips and airport transfers.
The main restaurant in the mansion serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and
drinks including soda, beer and liquor. You can buy duty fee liquor at the
airport if you prefer a specific brand. And, room service is available, too.
All rooms include air conditioning, hair dryers, cable TV, clock
radio, coffee maker, snacks, fridge in some plus bed and bath with shower (some
with tubs).
Two pools are on site. One adjacent to the main building
is nude with gauze shrouded day beds along with a hot tub nearby. The other
pool is located down the hill from the mansion in a separate villa building
with 5 more apartment/bedrooms.
At certain times, the conference room
is converted into a small disco for adult parties.
Enjoy a unique
feature of the property: If you take a group and take over the resort, you can
enjoy the entire estate without clothes except for dining.
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Meals are served downstairs on the main level and patio in
the mansion. The restaurant has a varied menu for all 3 meals of the day and
feature local favorites, excellent choices, lots of variety as well as dishes
you will find most places such as burgers and sandwiches.
You can buy
your own liquor, wine or beer in San Jose or at mall nearby.
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All inclusive rates are about USD $110/person/night. Rooms
are clean, neat and the resort is well maintained but don't go expecting the
Ritz. Most are over sized and some are essentially apartments with
living/kitchen area, bed and bath rooms.
The all inclusive plan
includes room, taxes, tips, all meals and bar drinks included such as soda,
beer and liquor. Bring your own liquor or wine if you prefer a specific taste.
Maximum guest room occupancy is about 60 persons if the mansion and
all outlying cottages are occupied. Plan ahead as some weekends, the resort is
sold out if a group is in house, if a Zodiac weekend is the theme or if an
adult club from San Jose visits for the weekend.
Rates here are not
guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
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This adults-only property has guests from 20s to 60s in
age.
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The hotel is targeting the adult market for clients who
enjoy Hedonism or Desire ambiance. The resort may have a few guests during the
week unless a group is there. On the weekends, you may find more couples and
monthly, there is usually a Zodiac-themed party.
Although there is no
disco or night club, the parties are held in restaurant area on the lower floor
of the mansion.
Adjacent to the hotel mansion is a clothing optional
pool with gauze day beds similar to what you may find at Desire in Cancun. A
hot tub is adjacent to the clothing optional pool. The lower floor of the
hotel/mansion is a restaurant serving local cuisine, nothing fancy but quite
tasty.
The 5-bedroom villa building down the hill from the main
building includes another pool, too.
Some employees speak English as
well as Spanish of course. Service personnel at the front desk and in the
restaurant speak English.
The resort is a good base from which to
explore the central part of Costa Rica. There's something for you to do off
site every day. There is not much to do at the resort during the day other than
enjoying the sunshine (nude or not) which is frequent and abundant.
TIP: If you can’t take over the complete hotel, take 4or 5 couples with
you and rent the 5-bedroom villa building with its own pool and grill to enjoy
as your own mini resort.
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Where to begin? Costa Rica has it all except maybe for snow
skiing.
Day tours are available at the hotel’s front desk and
reception area. Outstanding tours to national volcano parks nearby include
Arenal and Pao parks.
From the resort, you can experience half-day or
full day trips for: Jungle tours, white water rafting, ATV tours, zip lining,
fresh water and salt water fishing, scuba diving on the west coast, tubing,
swimming and more.
One or favorite tours included a visit to the
Arenal Volcano National Park, Observatory & Resort. We spent part of an
afternoon out on the park’s restaurant deck, cold beer in hand, watching
Arenal belch automobile-sized boulders as they tumbled down the mountainside.
The weather was perfect and the mountain top was completely free of clouds.
More night life is available in town, where night clubs can be found. At
the some of the clubs in town, you will find some of the most beautiful women
in the entire country.
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Diverse adventure touring is at your door step. |
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Upper diversity, museums, night life and dining in
town are minutes away in San Jose. |
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Upper This is a unique property…the main
building was one of several mansions of the former owner, a multi-millionaire
play boy from the U.S. who held the Coca Cola franchise for all of Brazil. |
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Downer/Upper If you're looking for big crowds and a
lot of action, forget it or bring your own group. Other than weekend parties,
the property is pretty mild during the week. |
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Downer In the countryside, local police in small
towns you pass through are always eager to ticket foreigners for a shake down
and $20 bucks. They spot you with radar guns that may or may not work. It's an
excuse in our opinion. Warning: Near villages and towns, the speed limit
frequently changes from 80 KM/hour down to 60 KM/hour to 40 KM/hour and vice
versa. You may see more cops around those speed transition areas than on the
open road. Beware both places. Cops will gladly avoid writing a ticket if you
have USD $20 handy. Their favorite ploy: "Pay me what you've got and I'll
forget about the ticket." |
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Upper On the weekends or during Zodiac party time at
the resort, you may meet other ex-pats from North America or Europe who live in
Costa Rica full time. |
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Costa Rica is a year-round destination. San Jose is
generally in a dry zone with moisture more prevalent in the summer months.
San Jose boasts much sunshine with temps averaging 60 low to 85 hight.
The countryside has a rainy season for a few months annually
throughout Costa Rica. Rainy months vary depending upon your location Costa
Rica. The northwest coast tends to be a bit drier than the rest of the country.
A big plus is that even though Costa Rica is bi-coastal (it boasts of both a
Pacific and Atlantic/Caribbean coast), the country does not have hurricanes,
only seasonal moisture which occur usually within a short 2-3 month period
annually.
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Wish their was a small night club on site.
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photos we have of Desire Costa Rica. You can contribute to this section - all
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