Arenal area - La Fortuna, hot springs and Cerro Chato

After visiting Rio Celeste we drove to La Fortuna. We had booked Hotel Villa Fortuna first for only one night. The hotel's location is a bit out from the centrum, which did not matter since we had a car. It wouldn't have been a problem by foot either, but this was more convenient. The hotel had received good recommendations and it didn't disappoint. The room was clean, there was a shared kitchen where we made breakfast and there was even an outside pool. :)

Room #8 if we remember correctly 

Arenal area - Rio Celeste (blue river)

We left Monteverde after our coffee, choco and sugar cane tour to Rio Celeste. We had planned to stay at Hotel Rio Piedras for two nights in Neuvo Arena. There were two reasons for us to stay there: for easy access to Rio Celeste and for Markus the possibility to go kiteboarding if there were windy days. In the beginning of the way we saw Arenal Volcano from a distance but it looked like it would like to throw out some lava ;)

Arenal volcano

Everything does not always go as planned… We arrived to Piedras around 4 pm. The place looked empty so we went to the restaurant next door to ask with Edda’s un poco español. We found out that the hotel is CLOSED!