This hotel offers 16 clean, colorful rooms with good ventilation, ceiling fans, tiled floors, bathrooms and hammocks (in addition to beds). The friendly Italian owners speak English and Spanish. The place is often full and the front gate is always kept locked. Discounted rates ar… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This German-run hotel is a warren of 29 rooms of several types. Rooms have fans or air-conditioning, a couple have kitchenettes, and the cheapest don't even have bathrooms, a boon for money-minded travelers. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Cielo is on the low-end of Playa's new chic boutique hotels. Funky, modern rooms come with cream-and-red bed covers and hand-painted tiles, which make a welcomed rustic touch in an otherwise modern environment. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Slick, minimalist, and very hip. The fifteen rooms at El Deseo are decorated in white tones with dark wood accents. Furnishings include little more than plush, barely-off-the-floor king-size beds and a claw-foot bathtub (in the middle of the room). Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This is a simple, secure and very clean nine-room place with mostly fan-cooled rooms (there's three rooms with air-conditioning). The owners speak French, Spanish and some English. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

An Italian-owned and operated hotel, the Kinbé has 29 clean, simple but elegant rooms with lovely aesthetic touches, azure bedspreads, a gorgeous lush courtyard garden and a breezy rooftop terrace with fab views from the third floor. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Mosquito Blue strives for - and at times achieves - ultrachicness. Its cloistered interior boasts two pools and courtyards, a bar and restaurant and very nicely decorated rooms. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

A rip-roaring deal in low season, Playa Palms is right on the beach. The shell-shaped rooms have balconies that look out to the ocean past the curly-whirly dip pool. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

It's not great, but it's better than the other hostels in the area. The cramped rooms aren't worth it, but the hostel space isn't so bad. Plus, you're right next to Quinta Avenida, so you'll definitely get the chance to party on. Full Lonely Planet Review ›