BOSCO ANTIGUA — Hotel in Sacatepéquez

Review is based on the spa experience. TL; DR: Great massages, unfortunately done in the cold outdoors. Not great if you need to Uber there. The good: My husband and I did the full spa package: sauna & cold plunge, massage and facial. The grounds are gorgeous. I loved the small sauna, it was very comfortable for the 2 of us. The cold plunge is shallow so you have to manipulate your body to get fully submerged but it worked out fine for us. We enjoyed doing several rounds of hot sauna & cold plunge. The staff were wonderful. I opted for a deep tissue massage and it was great. She really worked my sore muscles and I was very happy with the massage. Facial was relaxing as well - very basic but done well. The not as good: you can only book the package for 2 times - 9am & 3pm. We opted for 3pm not realizing that the massages are done outside & there are no heaters and no mosquito repellants. The massage & facial started at 4pm & went until 6pm and the temperature really dropped in that time period. Despite having a blanket over me, lying in the cold for 2 hours became very uncomfortable for me. Plus both my husband & I as well as the staff were getting eaten alive by mosquitos. The owner can't control the temp or the bugs, but she could have heaters or a fire, and some citronella candles or even burn some coffee grounds to ward off the bugs. Or the massages could have been done inside the rooms rather than outside. Despite the great massage, this was one of the most uncomfortable spa days I have experienced. This place is NOT Uber friendly. This is not something the owner can control but I want to make sure others are warned about this. The spa is up some very steep hills so Ubers will refuse to drop you off all the way & refuse to pick you up at the top. We needed to walk up a few minutes up and about 10 minutes down to get an Uber. The issue with this is that there are some wild, very aggressive dogs in the area and I came close to being biten. One of the dogs barked at us going up and was waiting for us on the way down. He followed me and snapped at me several times while barking and growling. I am lucky that I have been around animals my whole life and know to behave calmy and try to slowly back away while not making direct eye contact so I was able to get away without being bitten but it was still too close for comfort. I was terrified and the memory has not yet left me. Unless you have a car, I would not recommend booking a spa treatment here since I would worry that someone will be attacked and hurt...

An absolutely amazing wellness experience!

What we got: Massage and sauna package ($100 each)

The experience: This place was incredible! We had a private cabin with sauna and cold plunge all to ourselves. The cold plunge isn’t super cold, but it’s definitely cold enough for the perfect contrast therapy. The massage was really relaxing and rejuvenating.

What made this truly special was the stunning location - like an island oasis surrounded by trees and nature with really no noise. So peaceful and restorative.

The staff was incredible too, providing us with water, robes, watermelon, and everything we needed for a complete wellness experience.

This was such a unique and rejuvenating experience overall. Highly recommend for anyone looking to disconnect and...

I found them over Google maps, it was the best thing to do for a half day, but once we were up there, we regret a bit to just book the half day option, it would be great to stay longer but we had errands to do and that’s why we didn’t ask for extra time.

The owner, Nieve was extremely helpful and kind, it gave us the right amount of information, and then we had the place for our own.

The staff it’s also super kind and professional, our driver pick us up at our air bnb, and we only paid 100Q. For back and forth ride, it was easy.

Overall we highly recommend the sauna and definitely any other option the place is offering I’m sure it’s worth the experience.

Our best wishes to Bosco, and we hope to be...