Playa Junquillal

Playa Junquillal is situated 30 km west of Santa Cruz and 20 km south of Tamarindo. Found in the North Pacific Coast in the Guanacaste province, you can reach this beautiful beach either from Villareal or from Santa Cruz.

With a quiet and serene environment, Playa Junquillal is a three kilometer beach strip that is unlike any other on the Guanacaste Gold Coast. Backed by lovely grasslands, the beach here is mostly empty with just a few hotels and restaurants in Playa Junquillal.


The perfect escape, if you wish to avoid the humdrum and noise of the other beaches, Playa Junquillal is a short distance away from the village of Junquilla. This beach is great for a tranquil stroll alone or with your partner, as the sunsets here are quite spectacular. Not the best beach for swimming as the waters here tend to be very rough, Playa Junquillal has some nice surfing spots as well as an estuary in the area. For those who prefer some action, activities such as horseback riding, deep sea fishing, and snorkeling are available too.

Often called one of the province’s best kept secrets, Playa Junquillal is a pristine beach with fantastic surroundings. If you are the outdoorsy type, camping out under the stars is a fun option. You can also rent mountain bikes and view the lovely environs, or take a horseback ride along the beach strip. Keep a look out for monkeys, turtles and a variety of butterflies and birds that live in the area. There is plenty to explore, and you can additionally explore the immediate dry tropical forests on foot or enjoy some fishing or diving if you get bored.

You can take a trip to nearby Playa Avellana or Playa Negra from some excellent surfing opportunities or visit the Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas de Guanacaste, a national marine park that is just north in Tamarindo. If you are on vacation to get a way from it all, this beach is just right as it is secluded yet easily accessible at the same time.

Playa Jaco

To less than two hours by highway from San jose is the tourist locality of Jacó. The conditions of this coastal town, as much by his elaborated tourist supply like by its proximity to places like Beautiful Beach, the Carara National Park , Tácoles river, or like beaches of Bejuco and Esterillos, or manglar of Guacalillo, they form it as a good point of contact with the Central Pacific.

Jacó Beach  has a curvilinear beach of 4 kilometers in length, delimited to both sides by two green hills. If an activity gives relief and characterizes to this beach is the practice of the Surf, Jacó its an ideal place for the practice of this sport activity. Its coasts like those of the near Beautiful Beach locality, to the south of Jacó, they lodge the year important national competitions throughout as as much international that they will make enjoy the followers this sport.

In Jacó you will find all the related one to surf, like stores, rents of tables, lessons for nascent and mainly the atmosphere characteristic of beaches marked by this sport.

Playa Islita

A cove in form of medialuna with calm waters and that count on two matting that give a complement him to the beauty of their landscape. Its way offers a full beautiful cliff panorama.

In her it is possible to be enjoyed the clean water, to make long walks, to take the sun, cavalcade, cycling of mountain, tours in 4x4 and, to give strolls in boat and to practice sport fishing and diving.

Playa Hermosa

An important point that most tourists need to be aware of is the fact that there are two beaches named Playa Hermosa in Costa Rica. One is located in Guanacaste, while the other Playa Hermosa lies in Puntarenas.

The Playa Hermosa that is in Puntarenas is one of the best surfing havens in the country. However this Playa Hermosa located in Guanacaste is just 20 minutes from the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia. One of the best maintained beaches in the country, Playa Hermosa, offers visitors crystal clear blue waters and gorgeous scenery, making it a very popular beach strip on the west coast.

Winner of the ‘Bandera Azul’ or ‘Blue Flag’, a prize given to beaches that demonstrate high environmental standards and excellent safety facilities, Playa Hermosa lies seven kilometers north of Playas del Coco. Meaning ‘beautiful beach’ in Spanish, Playa Hermosa has made a name for itself with its idyllic beauty and lush surroundings. A two-kilometer long grey sand beach, encircled by tropical forests and ridges of volcanic rock, Hermosa Beach is a great family destination for all to enjoy.

This beach is relaxed, rarely crowded and laid back most of the year, making it a great retreat for those who wish to just lie back leisurely and enjoy the sun. With warm water temperatures and ideal weather conditions all year long, Playa Hermosa is the perfect haven with convenient accommodations and restaurants that line the beach shore. Recently, many luxury hotels have also set up base out in Playa Hermosa to take advantage of the pristine conditions.


Perfect for swimming and scuba diving, Playa Hermosa offers amazing diving safaris and snorkeling opportunities for those who enjoy being out in the sea. With some of the best scuba diving in the country, you can also have great fun renting out kayaks, sailboards, windsurfing equipment, canoes, jet skis and water bikes from the many shops that line the beach. Local tourist companies also offer organized fishing trips as well as catamaran rides along the Hermosa coast for those who prefer a more tranquil holiday.

Playa Grande

Along with Tamarind, comprises of the Baulas National Park and is exclusive zone of the Baula Turtle.

Very it is desired by the surfers by his immense waves, and offers conditions to make long walks, to bathe and to take the sun. It has restricted schedule.

It is a cove characterized by the rocky promontories, appropriate to take the sun, to bathe, to rest and to make long walks.

Playa Flamingo

Moderate surge and white sand. It must manglar and to the north they are isla Plata and Punta Salinas. To single 36 km of Santa Cruz it is a place that characterizes by its white sand and its imposing houses of rest.

The hotels in this beach are of first class with excellent services and comforts, which makes one of the sites of recreation of more class and comfort in the country.

Playas del Coco

Located in the Provincia de Guanacaste, the Canton de Santa Cruz.

It is a dark sand beach, of little more than 1 km of extension, whose hard surge very is pleased by the lovers of “surf”.

Beach destined to sun, beach, sea, surf.