The Fonda Vela Hotel, located near the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, offers a peaceful atmosphere, refreshing climate, and warm friendly service in one of Costa Rica's premier wildlife sanctuaries.

The Fonda Vela’s nine buildings are nestled in beautifully landscaped surroundings, designed with natural lighting, privacy and warmth. All have extensive windows with majestic views of the cloud forest and/or Gulf of Nicoya beyond. The spacious rooms feature king and queen-size beds, private bath, hot water, small refrigerator, telephone, table, a comfortable sofa and TV.

Dining options at the Fonda Vela Hotel include the elegant and spacious La Galería Restaurant, which enjoys a panoramic vista of the surrounding cloud forest, or the more intimate La Chimenea, which features a cozy ambience with a fireplace. Both offer guests international and local gourmet cuisine combined with first-class service. Upstairs from the restaurant is a full service bar.

The Fonda Vela Hotel has several large meeting rooms with balconies overlooking the forest. Every afternoon guests and visitors have the option of viewing a slide show on Monteverde's Quaker history and secrets of the cloud forest.
While at the hotel, guests may choose to explore the 35-acre property’s lush forests and verdant pastures, ideal for bird watching and hiking. During certain months the Fonda Vela is an excellent location for seeing the dazzling Quetzal, Three-waltted Bellbird and Keel-billed toucans. A 15-minute walk away is Costa Rica’s world famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, where guests may explore wind-sculpted dwarf woodlands and protected cove forests with grand towering trees adorned with orchids, bromeliads, ferns, vines and thick mosses.

The Fonda Vela Hotel can arrange for a wide variety of interesting and exciting tours that include a visit to the Orchid Garden, The Butterfly Garden tour, The Monteverde Cheese Factory tour, canopy adventures, horseback riding and more.