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The De Lucia Inn is a small, quiet hotel that offers excellent value for a mid-range priced hotel. The charming Chilean owners Jose Belmar and his wife Lucia have designed the lodging with as much care and taste as their well-respected restaurant.
The Inn is new (built in 2002) and all the rooms use a combination wood and stucco to give it a comfortable, homey feel.
The hotel has 12 immaculate rooms and is about to open six more in an adjacent building.
You will find fine quality clean sheets, spotless bathrooms and tasteful landscaping.
Located across from the restaurant of the same name, the hotel has close access to the Monteverde Butterfly Garden and Valle Escondido; both highly visited attractions.
It is also about half way between the village of Santa Elena and the more rural town of Monteverde.
The inn offers breakfast ($6) for their guests at the Restaurant De Lucia, but I recommend visiting the Chilean steakhouse for dinner also.
The waiter brings to the table a selection of meats so you may choose between their five entrees, lemon chicken, steak, fresh fish, lamb or filet mignon wrapped in bacon.
The entrée comes with an appetizer of tortillas and four salsas; pico de gallo, refried beans, red pepper and jalapeno salsa.
The service is excellent and the atmosphere is first class. They also have a good veggie lasagna for those who do not eat meat.
The Hotel and Restaurant's charming owner, Jose, usually visits the table to converse with his guests in their native language; he speaks English, German and Spanish and bits of others.
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