Close to the beach.You'll find Santa Teresa Beach and Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve within 3 miles (5 km) of this hostel. Also, Cocal Beach is within 3 miles (5 km) and Hermosa Beach is within 6 miles (10 km).
Public spaces have free WiFi. Business amenities include a business center and a meeting room. An outdoor pool and a terrace are also featured at Selina Santa Teresa South - Hostel. Free self parking is available.
This 3-star Cóbano hostel is smoke free.
15 guestrooms or units
2 buildings
Business facilities
Breakfast available (surcharge)
Front desk (limited hours)
Storage area for luggage
Terrace
No smoking on site
1 conference room
Selina Santa Teresa South - Hostel offers 15 accommodations with air conditioning. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Languages
English, Spanish
Property amenities
Family friendly
Outdoor pool
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
Free self parking on site
Food and drink
Continental breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–10:00 AM: USD 13 per person
Things to do
Outdoor pool
Accessibility
This property does not have elevators
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bathroom
Shower
Towels
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 11 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination
COVID-19 vaccination record requirement applies to all guests aged 12 and up
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets: USD 10 per pet, per night
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome.
Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
Property payment types
Important information
Optional extras
The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.
Fee for continental breakfast: approximately USD 13 per person
Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher in each accommodation. At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccination record requirement applies to all guests aged 12 and up.
We should mention
Guests may experience noise disturbance due to nearby construction work.
Property is also known as
Selina Santa Teresa South Hostel Cobano
Selina Santa Teresa South Cobano
Selina Santa Teresa Cobano
Selina Santa Teresa South
Selina Santa Teresa South Hostel
Selina Santa Teresa South - Hostel Cóbano
Selina Santa Teresa South - Hostel Reviews
Reviews
8.4
Very good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Love Selina santa teresa south! The pool is so clean and beautiful and they clean the rooms if you want. They upgraded us to a private room but I’ve stayed in the shared bunks and it was very nice and clean too. The people here are super nice and friendly. Also monkeys. Lots of monkeys.
Verified traveller
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2024
10/10 Excellent
George
12 Apr 2024
George
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
2/10 Terrible
stephen
30 Dec 2023
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bloody sheets upon check in could not be changed until the next day. Laundry service took 3x as long as promised.
Stay away
Pros: great location, friendly staff. Cute decorative touches, lots of places to lounge, nice little pool, great workout area (no weights). Tasty food truck!
Cons: The curtains don't keep out any light, and there is construction everywhere starting super early. My room was on the second floor and above me sounded like about a thousand pigeons. Inability to sleep was my biggest bummer.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Rooms were clean and comfortable, there were lots of amenities and convenience was great. Location was great and we really love the coworker area. So nice to have filtered water and a beautiful apartment option with a kitchen
Nice place to stay on the southern part of Santa teresa walking distance from everything however you need to manage your expectations.
We had private room with shower and toilet.
In the room and outside everything was clean quite and well decorated.
Free parking is available.
Lovely pool, and good food at the food track.
You can take Yoga classed, surfing use co work space etc for extra payment.
And the Selina north facility is also available for the guests.
However in our room we had 2 huge transparent windows you can’t cover in the shower facing the neighbours we felt no privacy in additional we asked to change towels once a day and we have been told every day that towels are not available.
For Expedia VIP members, it was complicated with the hotel, we had to explain 3 times we booked through Expedia and we have some benefits on our reservation, it is written we have free drinks (we were not able to get them at first) some front members wasn’t aware what is Expedia others tried to help and took care of it in the end.
Regarding room upgrade it was not offered at all, we were not expected once we were told they don’t know what is Expedia VIP .
I will recommend staying Selina but bring extra towels.
Ya había estado en otros Selinas, y este Selina Sur me decepcionó
El desayuno que lo pagué al momento de la reserva se debía tomar en Selina Norte lo que implicaba una caminata de 20’ o taxi
Si me hubiesen avisado antes de sacar, hubiese elegido no tomarlo
He estado en otro hotel en Santa Teresa que por la misma plata (o menos) en habitaciones privada tenía muchos más servicios
Agua mineral, toallas sin cargo extra para la piscina, desayuno en el hotel, etc
A chequear extra costos antes de contratarlos nuevamente!!!!
Great community & environment with attentive staff
I had an excellent stay here! I came for a few days but I loved my stay so much I ended up extending for two weeks. The staff is incredibly helpful, Hariel and Diego took care of every question and need I had. They help create a good environment of digital nomads with an incredible coworking space and a relaxed and inclusive community. This is especially great when traveling as a solo female traveler. The staff went above and beyond to ensure I had a good stay. Location is excellent, off of the main road with access to a supermarket, many restaurants, and the beach within footsteps. Best sunsets in Costa Rica!
Another great stay at Selina Santa Teresa South! After coming for two weeks I booked a second stay to return for another two weeks here. Between the great coworking community and attentive staff, it's a perfect option for digital nomads or just visitors looking for a week or weekend break to surf and chill. Hariel, Diego and Minerva were really helpful with extending my booking and are always doing extra actions to accomodate guests (for example, when I wanted to buy fresh tuna from the fisherman in Malpais, Hariel arranged everything and purchased it on my behalf). Catalina also helped me with the proper paperwork I needed from the coworking space to arrange business expenses.
Thank you to the Selina staff for another great stay!
Loved our stay, got amazing check in and service from Hariel at the front desk. Really the most helpful, especially after having a bad experience at a previous hotel.
Our room was so clean and comfortable, we had everything we needed here.
The property could offer more free coffee and water and more experiences.
I paid 180$ for a private room and felt like an insane price for what I got. It didn’t feel that private since window faced people. The tiny shower had a dirty shower curtain. There was no hairdryer (asked for one, but no luck). Bed was very hard, as were pillows. Sheets dirty. Woke up with sunrise since curtains didn’t block light and needed to keep bathroom door open to feel a/c so got bright light from that side too. Also super loud/ no sound proofing so can hear everyone. And no real customer service. I get that it’s a hostel not a hotel, but for 180$ would expect a bit (or a lot) more
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
16 Jan 2020
Disliked: Amenities
Paid $200 USD for a private hostel room, shared bathroom. Half the front desk staff was great, one girl had incredible attitude, really bad. I wouldn't stay at south selina ever again, but I do like Selina hotels in general.
Beautiful, clean rooms, professional and friendly service. This Selina is head and shoulders above any other options on the Santa Teresa strip in terms of comfort, cleanliness and quality of service. But you do pay the price for it. Worth it, in my opinion. We chose a private double room for about $60 per night between two, so not all that much more than dorm options. There was a lot of noise from birds on top of the roof at dawn (hence 4 stars) but they were in the process of fixing this at the time we stayed.
we got to the hotel and they had no more rooms for us even tough we had a reservation , they sent us to the other sekina north and it felt like a frat house , and was too smelly to stay there
Great location to Carmen beach and coworking space is available. Note the restaurant and most of the activities are at the other Selina north location.
This hostel is as good as the pictures look. It has lovely decor, the rooms are comfy (ours had air con which is great) and the staff were helpful. The vibe here is much more chilled compared to Selina North so we would recommend there if you’re after a party, but if you want to chill out then this place is great. It’s a bit of a walk out of Santa Teresa (probably 10 mins) but you can get to Playa Carmen beach in a matter of minutes. There’s some great places nearby to eat and drink too which is a huge plus. Would definitely recommend.
The free coffe was always ready when I needed one. The WiFi was perfect, even in the pool. The hotel is near a cool Surf Shop, a really good Soda and a grocery store. The staff was frendly and the place looked new. The A/C in the room was really strong. The desing of the hotel is really up to date!
Really nice, the hotel look new. The wifi is perfect for our needs. The staff is frendly. We realy loved the style of the place. I work a bit remotely, so this is the best place for telework. The waves in that area are not the best to learn surfing but the place is quiet for good long night. The coffee is really good too ; )