![]() It’s quiet in the fishing town of Manzanillo (a short drive from Playa Uva), where the homes are on stilts and you can’t throw a starfish without hitting a seafood restaurant. Location: Manzanillo, Limón Province | Google Maps.Best for: swimmers, snorkelers, seafood obsessives.(Note that Costa Rica has several beaches with the same name, so watch for that when researching or booking anything.) ![]() Beaches are arranged here from north to south. That is to say, they’re practically perfect: think smooth shores slope gently into calm waves and views framed by palm trees. Beaches on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coastīeaches on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica are the ones printed on tourist brochures and postcards. Here are 17 of our top beaches in Costa Rica to visit on your next trip. ![]() With waves and ever-shifting trade winds coming from the Pacific and the Caribbean, surfing in Costa Rica presents all kinds of conditions and challenges for surfers of various skill levels-and as many options for surf camps and classes as well.īut even nonsurfers will find plenty of seaside retreats to choose from as well, be it a calm beach suited for young children, a shore with excellent wildlife-spotting potential, or a busy surf beach with lively nightlife. Throughout the country, surfing is a big draw. Notice a sandy theme? The country has more than 800 miles of coastline and 300 beaches, divided between its Pacific and Caribbean sides, with something to offer any coast-loving traveler. Costa Rica offers the stuff of vacation advertisements: horses galloping on a white-sand beach, surfers crouched in an enormous barrel wave, sea turtles gently nesting just steps from the ocean.
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