Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Hacienda AltaGracia: A 50-casita, inclusive Costa Rican wilderness resort with Casa de Agua wellness.
Hacienda AltaGracia is a 50-casita Auberge resort in Costa Rica’s Talamanca foothills, built around a coffee farm, riding stables, chef’s gardens and Casa de Agua. Its inclusive programme covers meals, non-alcoholic beverages, scheduled wellness/adventure programming, core wellness facilities, trails and a Compa itinerary designer; it is not an unlimited-everything rate. Alcohol, treatments, private experiences and some transport variants need confirmation.
Choose casita by configuration and pool rather than category name alone. Casita King and Double Queen are 1,200 sq ft; Casas are 1,500 sq ft; Casona con Piscina is 2,300 sq ft; Casa Grande is a two-bedroom 2,350 sq ft family option. Casa con Piscina and Casona con Piscina explicitly print heated plunge pools. Casa Grande con Piscina is named as a pool category, but its own current detailed card duplicates non-pool Casa Grande copy and never describes the pool, so confirm it directly. The hotel does not publish maximum occupancy for its categories.
The food programme has six distinct settings but no public restaurant timetable. Grano is the chef-led culinary laboratory; Picoteo is family-poolside; Mercado provides all-day snacks, coffee and takeaway; Cienfuegos is live-fire dinner; Las Brisas is the adults-only infinity-pool venue; and El Cultivo hosts garden cooking/workshops and a chef-led dinner. In-casita dining exists but without posted menu or hours. Casita Barbecue is a private-chef dinner only for specified Casa/Casona/Casa Grande categories.
Casa de Agua is open daily 08:00–19:00 and is 16+. Its included core facilities include group Restorative Movement, fitness centre, sauna, steam room and hydrotherapy area; treatments are additional. The resort has two outdoor pools—family Picoteo and adults-only Las Brisas—plus Casa de Agua hydrotherapy water. Las Brisas has no published age threshold, so do not equate its adults-only label to the spa’s 16+ rule.
Book AltaGracia for a deeply programmed wilderness stay, with family and wellness options operating side by side. Skip it if you need restaurant opening hours before committing, a published year-round calendar, or a standard drive-in resort arrival. The scheduled SJO charter is widely described as included, but official pages conflict with transfer wording and local-airport timing; give flight plans to the resort and confirm the exact inclusion. The resort also closes for six weeks sometime from mid-September to November without publishing exact dates.
First day
- Give flight details to the Compa and confirm whether the scheduled SJO charter or a local-airport ground transfer applies to the booked programme.
- Set the first wellness/adventure calendar with the Compa, then reserve any treatment or private experience not covered by the inclusive rate.
- Choose dining and pool setting by the day: Picoteo is family-focused, Las Brisas adults-only and Casa de Agua 16+.
What guests say
Hotel Flock Score
Exceptional
Based on 593 published ratings
Category breakdown
Guests Love
Landscape and activities
Retained traveler evidence values the layered wilderness setting, outdoor activity programme and private-casita rhythm.
Wellness depth
Retained traveler evidence consistently highlights Casa de Agua and the resort’s blend of restorative movement and adventure.
Guests Warn
Planning and transfers
The remote arrival and activity schedule benefit from early coordination with the Compa rather than a spontaneous drive-in approach.
Published gaps
Operational details such as restaurant times, exact closure dates and some room/pool specifics need a direct confirmation.
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Awards & Recognition
2025 Travellers' Choice Best of the Best
Tripadvisor
Inaugural MICHELIN Key selection
Auberge Collection press, 12 September 2024
In the stay
- Daily meals and non-alcoholic beverages, scheduled wellness/adventure programming and core Casa de Agua facilities.
- Daily group Restorative Movement, fitness centre, sauna, steam room, hydrotherapy area and hiking trails.
- The Compa itinerary-designer/guest-liaison support and published transportation inclusions subject to reservation confirmation.
Usually extra
- –Casa de Agua treatments, alcohol, private experiences and private flights/cars need direct confirmation.
- –In-casita dining exists but the hotel does not publish its menu, hours or possible delivery charges.
Good to Know
- Casa de Agua is open daily 08:00–19:00 and is 16+.
- Las Brisas is adults-only, but the hotel does not publish its minimum age.
- The resort says it closes for six weeks from mid-September to November, without exact dates.
- The Junior Adventurers’ Club serves ages 5–12; babysitting can be arranged through the Compa.
- Scheduled SJO transfers are broadly described as included, but official pages conflict with local-transfer wording; confirm the itinerary.
Editor's Note
Use the Compa to resolve transfers and programming early. Book a room card that explicitly prints the pool you want, and treat the resort’s closure and outdoor-experience calendar as confirmation items.
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Reviewed by Hotel Flock · Last updated August 2026