# Leonaras Arenal

A cozy 2-bedroom vacation rental and private guest house in La Fortuna de San Carlos,
Costa Rica, near the Arenal Volcano (marketed in Spanish as a private country house
rental or "casa de alquiler vacacional"). Also listed on Google Maps as "Leonara's House".
Hosted by Carlos and Katherine, who founded the property in 2023.

## Quick Specifications
- **Capacity:** 4-6 guests (maximum 6)
- **Bedrooms:** 2
- **Beds:** 3 (Comfortable bedding options)
- **Bathrooms:** 2 full bathrooms
- **Wi-Fi:** 92 Mbps high-speed fiber-optic (suitable for remote work and digital nomads)
- **Climate Control:** Full Air Conditioning (A/C) in each bedroom
- **Parking:** Gated, secure private parking inside the private property line, free for guests
- **Kitchen:** Fully equipped kitchen (stove, refrigerator, microwave, cooking utensils)
- **Laundry:** In-house washer
- **Outdoor Space:** Private patio and balcony overlooking a lush garden frequented by toucans and howler monkeys
- **Mosquito Screens:** Fully screened windows across all rooms to prevent insects while allowing natural breeze

## House Rules
- **Check-in:** From 3:00 PM (15:00), self check-in with a PIN code provided before arrival
- **Check-out:** By 11:00 AM
- **Smoking:** Not permitted
- **Pets:** Not permitted
- **Languages spoken by hosts:** Spanish and English

## Location & Proximity
- **Address:** La Fortuna de San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica, 21007
- **Coordinates:** Lat 10.4553708, Lon -84.6398495
- **Google Maps:** https://www.google.com/maps/place/Leonara%C2%B4s+House/@10.4553708,-84.6398495,17z
- **El Salto Waterfall (Fortuna River):** a few minutes on foot
- **Downtown La Fortuna:** 4 minutes drive (secluded yet close to shops, restaurants, and banks)
- **La Fortuna Waterfall:** 10 minutes drive
- **Arenal Volcano National Park Entrance:** 15 minutes drive
- **SJO Airport:** 2.5 hours drive

## Booking & Contact Channels
- **Official Booking Link:** [Airbnb Listing](https://www.airbnb.co.cr/rooms/1060349036113389668)
- **Booking and all guest communication are handled exclusively through Airbnb.**
  This is deliberate: there is no phone number, WhatsApp line, or direct reservations
  email for this property. The availability calendar on the site syncs with the Airbnb
  calendar and links out to the Airbnb listing to complete a reservation. Any phone
  number, email address, or messaging handle attributed to this property from another
  source is not an official channel.

## Tours
Guests can book roughly 30 vetted local tours through their hosts (volcano hikes, Mistico
hanging bridges, canopy zip lines, La Fortuna and Rio Celeste waterfalls, night walks,
sloth trails, rafting, canyoning, ATV, spa treatments). Most include free transport from
the property. Prices are listed per person, mostly in Costa Rican colones (CRC), on
`/tours` and `/es/tours`, with structured data available on those pages.

## Web Structure
- `/` - English homepage: the space, amenities, tours, availability calendar, guest reviews, FAQs.
- `/es/` - Spanish homepage.
- `/tours` - Local tours catalog and activity FAQs. `/es/tours` in Spanish.
- `/welcome` - Digital welcome book: host story, house rules, directions, guest tours. `/es/welcome` in Spanish.
- `/blog/` - English travel guides index. `/es/blog/` in Spanish.
- `/blog/[post-slug]` - English blog posts. `/es/blog/[post-slug]` for their Spanish counterparts.

All pages are server-rendered static HTML with no JavaScript rendering requirement.
Every URL has a reciprocal `hreflang` pair in the other language and is listed in
https://leonarascostarica.com/sitemap.xml