Tamarindo, The Most Famous

Beach in Costa Rica Located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Tamarindo is a truly exotic paradise, one that

just happens to be the perfect landscape for a vacation. Tamarindo Beach is a secure, public and family-friendly white sand bay beach, part of Las Baulas

National Park.

Tamarindo Beach offer all the amenities of a Costa Rican beach town: surf, sand, good food,

music and nice people all over, where you will also find a three and a half kilometer stretch of

white sand and warm blue water.

Formerly a fishermen town, Tamarindo is a beautiful beach town that is equally a tropical

paradise as well as a multicultural hotspot located on the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific coast

of Costa Rica, in the Province of Guanacaste and is the most accessible location along the

northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with paved roads leading in and an airstrip serviced 7

days a week.

Infrastructure abounds in international gourmet restaurants, bars, clothing stores, surf shops,

handicrafts stores, banks, pharmacies, post office, supermarkets, doctors, dentist, rental cars,

etc.

As a multi-cultural community, Tamarindo boasts several restaurants, whether you like to eat

Vegetarian, Costa Rican style, French, Italian or Sea Food, it is all here.

Located just outside of town, behind the Tamarindo Diria’s private Golf Driving Range, the

Tamarindo Airport has nearly hourly flights coming and going by two National airlines: Sansa

Airlines and Nature Air.

Tamarindo National Park Tamarindo Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica and part of a bay formed

by a cape, and Playa Grande lies to the north of Tamarindo inside the bay. These beaches are

part of Las Baulas National Park. Las Baulas park is named for the giant leatherback turtle,

and the beaches in the park comprise one of the major nesting sites for the turtles worldwide.

Tamarindo beach is perfect for that Costa Rican vacation filled with nature and wildlife, just a

daily walk will allow you to see Howler Monkeys, Iguanas, Parrots, and various wild life at your

every step.

Tamarindo offers first class eco-friendly activities, including watching turtles during their nesting

season at night, diving, snorkeling, surfing, zip-lining, estuary trips, horseback riding and

fishing are available all over the year.

Tamarindo Costa Rican Culture There’s no better way to experience the Costa Rican culture than to visit one of the typical

celebrations that take place in the evenings virtually every week in a town around Tamarindo

Beach during the Costa Rica Gold Season, between December through May. As a matter of

fact, Guanacaste is famous for its spirit-filled typical fiestas with traditional bull riding and

colorful horse parades with dancing as well. Merengue, Cumbia, and Salsa are the typical

music played at these fiestas, and don’t forget to try the various foods like beef and potatoes,

fried chicken, chicharrones, corn on the cob, … and for desert, sugared donut sticks.