With some great day trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to enjoy all that Monteverde, 17 miles away, has to offer. Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, Selvatura Adventure Park and Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde alone make the drive out here worthwhile. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of La Fortuna, 18 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, make sure it’s Tabacon Hot Springs. (But we’re also huge fans of Baldi Hot Springs and La Fortuna Waterfall.)