Hotel and Spa Poco a Poco
An intimate cloud-forest retreat in Monteverde. The Naroa spa uses jungle-harvested organic ingredients and local therapists, with nature at the centre.
Set in the otherworldly cloud forest of Monteverde, Hotel and Spa Poco a Poco is, as the name (little by little) suggests, rather small. That isn’t a shortcoming. The modest scale makes for an intimate retreat, and intimacy turns out to be exactly what deep relaxation requires.
The heart of the place is the Naroa spa, and its approach is refreshingly local in every sense. Treatments use organic ingredients harvested from the jungle that surrounds the property, applied by skilled therapists drawn from the nearby community. So as you unwind, you’re also doing quiet, practical good: helping to develop the area’s organic-goods trade and supporting a responsible, sustainable relationship with the forest. The benefit runs both ways.
Nature takes centre stage here, and not as a marketing flourish. The Monteverde cloud forest is one of the richest ecosystems on the planet, home to thousands of species, and the resort is positioned to let you feel that abundance rather than merely glimpse it. It would be hard to leave without a renewed affection for the planet, particularly after spotting one of the forest’s rarer birds, the resplendent Quetzal among them.
What Poco a Poco offers, then, is a wellness stay where the spa, the setting and the surrounding community are all part of a single, coherent idea.
For travellers who want their relaxation genuinely entwined with the place they’re in, this gentle, fairly priced Monteverde retreat is a quietly exceptional choice.
