Pride approved: Hotel Belmar Costa Rica
With Pride season just around the corner, we review some of the more LGBTQ-friendly hotels and destinations.
Located along the cloud forest mountain ranges of Costa Rica, Hotel Belmar is an award winning, upscale, planet positive hotel that is globally recognized as a leader in responsible tourism who celebrates diversity year-round.
Committed to creating opportunities that allow guests to connect with nature, the hotel also offers a gastronomy program including farm-to-table experiences at their onsite organic garden, a garden-to-glass cocktail making class, tours of their farm Finca Madre Tierra (the first carbon-neutral farm in the country) offering a real Costa Rican farm experience for guests while learning about sustainable agriculture, and thrilling eco-adventures with a purpose at SAVIA, their private reserve where guests can hike, zip-line, walk on suspension bridges, climb a hollow Ficus tree, meditate in sensorial gardens and curiosity pods, bird watch or enjoy a picnic above the forest canopy.
The hotel supports the LGBTIQ+ community with monthly Live & Proud events that are safe gatherings of hearts and minds, and which feature LGBTIQ+ musicians and guest speakers in partnership with Casa Rara, a non-profit network that supports and aids Costa Rica’s disenfranchised LGBTIQ+ populations.
Ahead of June Pride Month, Hotel Belmar has released a set of Pride Month offers including a FREE PRIDE Live & Proud event taking place on Saturday, June 17th at the hotel’s Cervecería Belmar Tap Room & Beer Garden starting at 2:00 p.m. and which features a Feminism Talk led by Casa Rara, a History of Pride and poster making workshop and a pop dance hits DJ set by artist SONORÆ en Plutón. Throughout Pride Month, the hotel will also donate $1 from the purchase of any beer to Casa Rara.
Special Pride offer!
Hotel Belmar, Costa Rica welcomes members of the LGBTQ community with a 15% discount on any guestroom or suite for stays during Pride Month with promo code PRIDE15. Rates start at $219.
