Guanacaste Travel Guide
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Get in
With the opening of the new international airport at Liberia in Guanacaste, you can now fly from many US gateways including Dallas, Houston, Miami and Atlanta directly to Guanacaste. From there you can drive or fly to all Pacific beach cities in a few hours.
To access Guanacaste's beaches from San Jose, a ferry can be taken from Puntarenas, a hot and unpleasant town with about 40,000 inhabittants, to the other side of the Golfo de Nicoya. From there, a long ride on poor pavement can take you to any number of great beaches. However, skipping the ferry and instead taking the Puente de la Amistad (literally "Bridge of the Friendliness") is probably prefferable. It's about four hours to most Guanacaste beaches from San Jose by car.
Get around
See
Do
Guanacaste's beaches are famous as surfing destinations and have been since Playa Negra was highlighted in the movie Endless Summer II. The surf breaks in Playa Negra and Tamarindo in northwest Guanacaste have made that area a magnet for visitors and investors alike. The Sportfishing in Costa Rica is legendary, and many fishing boats sail from Guanacaste. There is Cloud Forest, Beach, Volcanoes, all for exploring on horseback. Naturally fed hot springs relax and invite. And world-class golf has arrived in Guanacaste as well, with the arrival of the Four Seatsons and San Jose Pinilla resorts, just to name two.
Buy
Eat
Gallo Pinto (literally 'spotted rooster') is the national dish of rice and beans. You haven't visited Costa Rica till you've had it - with breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Drink
Hotel Del Sueno is a perfect little hotel worth visiting. A short walk to the beach, howler monkeys in the morning, two pools, clean, and reasonable.
Get out
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