Rio Verde Isabella: King Casita on the Palo Alto River

A ground-floor studio casita at Rio Verde, a tropical parkland retreat with waterfalls and creeks on the banks of the Río Palo Alto, a six-minute drive from downtown Boquete. The casita is a generous forty-five square metres with an open-plan living area, a fully equipped kitchenette, an en-suite bathroom, an orthopaedic mattress on a king bed and, unusually for the highlands, air conditioning. Its private terrace looks across the garden to the river, and the soundtrack is birdsong and water. Boquete's trails, coffee tours and the road to the Caldera hot springs are all close. Eight years of hosting and a 4.87 across nearly eighty reviews. Sleeps two.