Best Hostels and Hotels near SJO Airport, Costa Rica

As SJO Airport is the main international airport in Costa Rica, many visitors have to stay in an airport hotel the night they arrive or before they fly out for their flight. Luckily San Jose has a ton of hotels near the airport for all budgets and many of them offer free airport transfers.

So if you’re looking for a place to sleep after a long flight or rest up before an early flight, here are our top picks for hotels near SJO Airport. Nearly all of these include airport transfers, breakfast and are 20 minutes or less from the airport. They are separated by price because if you’re like me, you’re not too keen on spending a fortune for just one night!

Remember, SJO Airport is not actually in San Jose – it is in Alajuela. You can also stay in Heredia as all the cities in the Central Valley are very close but you do need to account for traffic which is very bad around the airport and through San Jose. SJO Airport to San Jose downtown takes around 30 minutes or more depending…