ARENAL

I love Arenal. We have spent time in Fortuna and have enjoyed it immensely. It is kind of a little tourist town, but with tons of charm. At night if you are really lucky you can see the active volcano throwing off a little steam. Sometimes in the daytime you can even see the smoke as in the picture below.

When you head north toward the volcano from Fortuna you can stop at one of the many hot springs. There is the most expensive one Tabacon, the mid-priced one Baldi and the one we loved the family place. That is the only name I know it by as it was the one all the families and people who live here frequent. It had about five pools, like the one pictured below and was super hot. There were a couple of pools you could actually cool off in. If it rains it is just better because you can sit outside and cool off, and jump in the hot pools and get warmed up.

Our massage school does three trips throughout the six week Costa Rica period. One of the weekends we spend in Fortuna visiting all the cool sites and fun places in that neck of the woods.