Santa Teresa Costa Rica
Santa Teresa is a booming new travel destination in Costa Rica attracting beach aficionados and especially surfers who come to ride the area's world-class waves that crash onto broad sandy beaches
Santa Teresa Costa Rica
Since the jungle hugs the shore, you’ll find lots of shady hideaways, while views from the hills overlooking the beaches in
Santa Teresa are unobstructed by high-rise buildings.
Not long ago, Santa Teresa was a small village that is now a lively town. Many who arrived only for a surf vacation in Costa Rica
fell in love with Santa Teresa and decided to stay.
These newcomers from around the world, give a trendy international flavor
to the local Costa Rican scene, from music and art to bakeries and a wide variety of
restaurants and bars.
Travelers will also find a good selection of
hotels, resorts, vacation rentals
to match every taste and budget.
Surf Shack on Playa Carmen
Today Santa Teresa also offers amenities like doctors with 24/7 emergency service, banks with ATM, car and ATV rentals,
and hotels, cafes and restaurants with fast wireless internet.
Santa Teresa Costa Rica is a cool little surf town with many surfer-oriented hotels, surf camps plus numerous surf shops who cater to all
ages and levels of surf experience. The breaks of Playa Carmen and Playa Santa Teresa are are also excellent
to have your first surfing experience.
See: Surf in Santa Teresa and Mal Pais
The white-sand beach of Playa Santa Teresa
However, you don't have to be a surfer to enjoy a vacation in Santa Teresa. Rent a bicycle or ATV and explore some of
Costa Rica's most pristine beaches which extend both ends of Santa Teresa. See also: Beaches North of Santa Teresa
Besides beach combing, you can also make a boat tour, go fishing, snorkeling, kite surfing, horseback riding, or take a jungle
canopy tour in Mal Pais just on the edge of the
Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve.
As well, there are many hotels in Santa Teresa offering health retreats, yoga and pilates.
Sunset gathering on the beach
There are many tour options from Santa Teresa like the villages of Montezuma or Costa Rica's oldest
nature reserve, Cabo Blanco.
When it comes time for Santa Teresa’s spectacular sunsets over the Pacific Ocean, everyone seems to gather at the beach
to enjoy the cool breezes, while watching the late afternoon surfers and making plans for the evening.
Surf at sunset
Santa Teresa offers plenty of nightlife, especially during high season and even more so over the Christmas holidays. Drop in to the unique atmosphere of a "Baile" in the dancehall of "La Lora" where live music plays most nights, often featuring a Costa Rican band. Or, hit Santa Teresa’s other nightspots on the beach where international DJ's spin electronica dance music, or reggae that is so perfectly in tune with the tropical lifestyle.
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Santa Teresa Costa Rica - Detail Maps with Hotels :
» Santa Teresa Area with Playa Hermosa
» Playa Santa Teresa & Playa Carmen