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Shana by the Beach Manuel Antonio

4.5 star property
4.5-star beachfront hotel near Marina Pez Vela

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Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Bar

Explore the area

Map
Road to Punta Quepos, 900 m NW from La Mariposa Hotel, Quepos, Puntarenas, 60601
  • Biesanz Beach
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Playitas Beach
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Manuel Antonio Beach
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Quepos (XQP)
    ‪22 min drive‬

Room options

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Studio Suite Ocean View

Studio Suite Ocean View

  • 56 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

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Royal Jungle View with Private Pool

Royal Jungle View with Private Pool

  • 61 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

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Superior Ocean View

Superior Ocean View

  • 37 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Studio Suite

Studio Suite

  • 56 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

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Royal Jungle View

Royal Jungle View

  • 72 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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Family Suite with Shared Pool

Family Suite with Shared Pool

  • 75 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

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Standard Room

Standard Room

  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Junior Suite

Junior Suite

  • 56 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Bed

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Family Suite

Family Suite

  • 46 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

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Royal Ocean View

Royal Ocean View

  • 60 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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Jungle Room with Private Pool

Jungle Room with Private Pool

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Jungle Room with Shared Pool

Jungle Room with Shared Pool

  • 42 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Manuel Antonio

Beachfront retreat .You'll be within half a mile (1 km) of Biesanz Beach and 2 miles (3 km) of Playitas Beach with a stay here. Playa La Macha and Manuel Antonio Nature Park & Wildlife Refuge are also within 3 miles (5 km).

What's nearby

  • Biesanz Beach - 5 min walk - 0.5 km
  • Playitas Beach - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Manuel Antonio Nature Park & Wildlife Refuge - 7 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Manuel Antonio Beach - 13 min drive - 5.7 km
  • Playa La Macha - 18 min drive - 4.3 km

Getting around

  • Juan Santamaria Intl. Airport (SJO) - 175 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪El Avión Restaurant - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Emilio's Cafe - ‬14 min walk
  • ‪Burû - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Magic Bus - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪El Patio de Café Milagro - ‬15 min walk

About this property

Shana by the Beach Manuel Antonio

4.5-star beachfront hotel near Marina Pez Vela
A winery is on site. Shana by the Beach Manuel Antonio offers its guests a full-service spa, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool. There's a restaurant on site, as well as a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.

A terrace, a vending machine, and multilingual staff are also featured at the luxury Shana by the Beach Manuel Antonio. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is available for a fee. Self parking is free.

This 4.5-star Quepos hotel is smoke free.

  • 77 guestrooms or units
  • 3 levels
  • 3 buildings
  • Built in 2010
  • Buffet breakfast (free)
  • Winery on site
  • Deli
  • Towels for the beach
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Umbrellas for the pool
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Wedding services available
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Bellhop
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Bar by the pool
  • Dining venue
Shana by the Beach Manuel Antonio offers 77 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. Pillowtop beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. 32-inch LCD televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, designer toiletries, and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include massages. The spa is open daily.

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A poolside bar
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Communal pool
  • Full-service spa
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Winery

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Well-lit path to entrance

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • 32-inch LCD TV with cable channels

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Down comforter
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Soap
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Air conditioning
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets: USD 35 per accommodation, per night
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Maximum 2 (weight limit: 50 lbs per pet)
  • Pets cannot be left unattended
  • Food and water bowls are available
  • Restrictions apply
  • For more information, you can reach out to the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Kids stay free! One child 12 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: USD 250 per stay

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 190 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Pet fee: USD 35 per accommodation, 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, debit cards, and cash
This property uses a grey water recycling system and eco-friendly cleaning products
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector
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, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, JCB International, debit cards, and cash. This property uses a grey water recycling system and eco-friendly cleaning products. For guests' safety, the property includes a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector in each accommodation.

We should mention

  • Reservations are needed for massage services. For reservations, contact the hotel before arrival using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • One child 12 years old or younger stays free in the same room as the parent or guardian when using existing bedding.
  • To make arrangements to bring your pet, contact the property directly at the number on your booking confirmation (please see the Fees section for related charges).
  • This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).

Property is also known as

Hotel Shana
Shana Hotel
Shana Hotel Manuel Antonio
Shana Manuel Antonio
Shana Hotel & Spa Costa Rica/Manuel Antonio National Park

Shana by the Beach Manuel Antonio Reviews

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 747 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 177 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 41 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 1003 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 1003 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel I will be back. My only complaint was the air conditioner. I feel like they need another. One for the size of the room was very hard to get the temperature down to a normal range. The staff are amazing and it's in a beautiful location. I will be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The access to the beach was unexpectedly beautiful. My favorite asset of this hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lori Stuckey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Shana by the Beach was Stunning, Very Steep but they had golf carts to help with that, The beach access is about 1/4 mile hike. Very beautiful when you got down there. But we decided to go to the public beach near state park. Cabana rental was 1/2 price there. restaurant breakfast was awesome each morning--Very Great staff!! Road getting to this is very narrow, drive slow!! Lots of people walking by the road and motorcycles all over! Stunning hotel, We would go back there--very safe--gated, Thanks so much for building this beautiful Hotel!
Stayed 11 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Madelyn, Great Neck

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is beautiful and our room was lovely. The hotel provides beach access via a steep path to a public beach, where vendors rent lounge chairs and umbrellas and sell food and other items. Not private. The room TV is internet, not cable. You must connect to your own apps and a "casting" app costs $. Seems chintzy for an otherwise lovely and expensive hotel. Staff is wonderful. Nice pool area with adult pool. Views outstanding. Overall I would return.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice big room, comfortable bed, beautiful outdoor breakfast area overlooking water, great price, breakfast included, nice pool, you can walk to restaurants (just be careful no sidewalk) or quick uber ride. I would stay again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful stay, only had one room left reserved through Expedia so I had to book through them or else I wouldn’t have. Expedia is really bad in Costa Rica. They also charged me like $40 more to book through them.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

xingyan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property and surrounding area are beautiful, with a private trail leading directly to the beach. From our room, we could watch monkeys playing in the trees.The staff is super friendly, and they can help book transportations to the park and airport.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karl, Seattle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Shana's location was excellent: close to a wonderful beach accessible from the property, and a short (though hilly) walk to Manuel Antonio town. Our party had two rooms with ocean views that were close together. They were, bright, clean, nicely appointed, and comfortable. There are two pool areas, but we only discovered the adult pool towards the end of our stay (would have used it more.) We really enjoyed the views from the open-air restaurant and witnessed monkeys there a few times. Overall, the food selection was good and whatever we ordered was tasty. We particularly liked the breakfast buffet. A shout out to Javier, Andre, Edgar, and Lizandro for their excellent service. Be sure to catch the beautiful sunset views from the property!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great quiet place!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

4/10 Poor

Pouyan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not a premium or luxury experience, very basic. There is nothing special about this property, rooms are very basic and kind of boring actually. In need of redesign or remodeling. For example the lighting needs work, allow some sort of dimming. We also hated the smell of their body gel and shampoo, I hope they consider something different. It's a long walk down to the beach and you can definitely go to a nicer beach close by. The staff were friendly though. I think they just need a creative mind to uplift the experience, room designs/comfort, add some soul and luxury to the rooms, revamp the bathroom stuff, make sure there is ventilation in the bathrooms. Maybe include complimentary water everyday at the very least. We walked to the reception area multiple times to ask for water (which is very difficult to get to) and the night reception manager Oliver told us if the restaurant is closed just drink water from bathroom sink. We saw piles of bottle water in the storage areas everyday we walked by, they did have bottled water available, maybe just lazy to give it to us. Anyways this is supposed to be a premium property and experience based on the way it presents itself on travel websites but thats not the overall experience we had.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Karthik

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was nice
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Sandra Patricia

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ofrecer una habitación al momento de reservar y al llegar es algo súper diferente, una habitación con un olor repugnante, toda la noche con un olor a humedad es un problema que ya tienen desde hace bastante por qué tienen varios aparatos de humanizador que igual no quitan del todo el olor, mi hermana es asmática y aún así no les importo y solo dijeron que no tenían más habitaciones, no tienen un buen servicio al cliente y su excusa era porque había llegado tarde cuándo es un hotel y puedo llegar a la hora que yo quiera, no deberían ofrecer esa habitación si saben el problema que tienen, me sentí cero satisfecha, JAMÁS volvería a este hotel y mucho menos volvería reservar por Expedia porque no dan un seguro, les mencioné lo que sucedía y lo único que hicieron fue dizque un bono de 50 dólares cuando no equivale ni un cuarto a lo que pague, pase una noche fatal.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Chris

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This was our least favorite hotel during our trip. The restaurant at the hotel was overpriced and not very good. Parking is sparse and extremely tight. The toilets take forever to flush each time. The hotel is on a very steep hill that is a pain to walk up. The staff was very friendly, at least.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Andrea Gonzalez

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved Shana Hotel! The staff are always ready to help with a smile, the rooms are beautiful and the amenities great. We loved being able to walk to Biesanz beach via the hotel's trail.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patrice

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Meghna

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the location, the views and everything about this property.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property and the nearby beach is fantastic. Saw some beautiful birds, and the monkeys were fun to watch too.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Dominique

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shruti

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Little gem

Nice hotel with excellent pool, restaurant, and staff that cares
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Arvind

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Location is on a beach, they do provide kayak and other equipment for boating. Facility is really old, towels are worn and torn, food is decent, staff is very friendly, bars are stocked well. Pools are only cleaned in the morning
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Neema

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The first night the Junior suite we booked had very bad damp, musty smell. Made it hard to sleep, notified the staff and were able to give us a different room. We were there on Christmas eve till the day after Christmas. Breakfast was great both days,the Christmas dinner needed more options than f8sh, chicken and veggies especially at the price point. We opted to go out to a nearby nearby location with a full menu options. The Shana by the Beach staff are their best assets.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff and service were excellent! We enjoyed the food as well. We feel like the rooms could have been a bit nicer for the price.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024