Beaches

The North Pacific coast of Costa Rica is literally peppered with beautiful beaches. Playa Grande itself is a lovely white sand beach, almost 5 km (3.5 miles) long, perfect for surfing, boogie boarding or simply sunbathing. Below are some of our favorite beaches in the immediate area. Playa Ventanas Directly north of Playa Grande, Playa Ventanas is “more of the same”, …

Playa Flamingo

One of the beaches a little bit further away is Playa Flamingo. It has very, very large waves during high tide, and they are not much smaller during low tide. The waves crash very close to the shore. It was very fun for us because we enjoyed jumping around in the white foam right on the shore. One of the …