Located in Playa Grande, a 1-minute walk from Grande Beach, ONDA - Playa Grande - Adults Only has accommodations with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a restaurant and a bar.
Priscilla
Costa Rica
Great customer service, clean and modern rooms, overall excellent place.
Located in Playa Grande, a 2-minute walk from Grande Beach, The Grateful Hotel provides accommodations with an outdoor swimming pool, free private parking, a garden and a terrace.
Nancy
United States of America
The owner was the best and the staff where great can't wait to get back
Located in front of Playa Grande Beach and 1.2 mi from Playa Ventanas Beach, the Hotel Rip Jack Inn features a sun terrace with swimming pool, a yoga terrace and free Wi-Fi throughout.
Julie
United States of America
The property is right across from the beach and located close to town.
Located inside Las Baulas National Marine Park, this bright hotel offers guests free Wi-Fi and an outdoor swimming pool. It is just a 2-minute walk from Playa Grande beach.
Hotel Cantarana is 164 feet from Playa Grande Beach and 20 minutes’ drive from Tamarindo Local Airport. It features a swimming pool, sun terrace and free Wi-Fi.
Sara
United States of America
beach. restauarant and pool were very convenient. The beach was convenient for our child and pool was very nice and clean as well. Great little restaurants for breakfast in the area and the cafe was also very wonderful and convenient.
Offering an outdoor swimming pool, El Reinas by Sugar's Monkey is located in Playa Grande. Free WiFi access is available. Each room here will provide you with air conditioning.
Virginia
United States of America
Being near the beach at Playa Grande is a treat. Once all the building construction is finished around the property it will be fantastic. The breakfasts were very tasty. The workers were very friendly. Any request was granted by the staff.
Located just steps from Playa Grande beach, Playa Grande Surf Camp offers an outdoor pool, BBQ area, full shared kitchen and lounging hammocks. Free WiFi access is available throughout.
Mike
United States of America
Breakfast and dinner were good.Lena and other guests were friendly.
Offering a private beach area and a garden, Pipe House Playa Grande is located in Playa Grande beach and 0.7 mi from Marino Las Baulas National Park. Free WiFi is available throughout.
Jonathan
Canada
one of the most favorite places we stayed, good place for meeting others, breakfast was made every morning for us by some lovely local ladies. Surf board rentals, beautiful location, would stay here again for sure.
Playa grande was such a relaxing place. The beach sunsets were amazing! Took an estuary tour with Luis right off the beach - private tour for 2 was only $70 and we saw crocodiles, monkeys and amazing birds. Tamarindo is a fun day trip (taking the water taxi, or asking to be dropped off there after the boat tour). There is a cool food truck court at the end and behind the beach that has an iguana walking about. Tamarindo was nice if you like lots of people and lots of bar and food choices but playa grande was so much more chill of a spot. Loved it and will be back! Cantarana cafe had the best coffee and almond croissants and dinner upstairs was really good. Servers for breakfast and dinner were fabulous! The Tortuga was a great spot - with the most delicious fish bites I’ve ever had! Cafe Mar Azul was so much fun- Sunday night entertainment needs a reservation. Such a good price for amazing fish dinners.
Jennifer McKay
Canada
6.0
Scored 6.0
Playa Grande is perfect for running or walking on the beach,...
Playa Grande is perfect for running or walking on the beach, however not for swimming, snorkeling or floating. On the other side of Playa Grande (crossing the river) there is Tamarindo, a crazy town full of tourists with its own long beach. If you are looking for a laid back place, Tamarindo is NOT where you want to be. Lots of traffic and tons of people walking in the streets and hanging around. Can't imagine what is like in high season. Stores have beautiful clothes but they are pretty expensive. Definitely a surfing town, everyone walks with a board under their arm...lol.
Saadia
Puerto Rico
10
Scored 10
Location, beautiful beach , facilities and great bed !
Location, beautiful beach , facilities and great bed !
Lovely responsive employees!
Restaurant next door offered excellent food .
Not sure why everything had to be paid in cash eg car rides, trips etc . That was inconvenient.
One has to have cash on hand as most business was done that way. However we were told only in “ low” season.
The location was small and intimate and easy to access by foot. A car wasn’t always needed.
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Cecilia
United States of America
10
Scored 10
Beautiful beach line. Great for surfing and boogie boarding.
Beautiful beach line. Great for surfing and boogie boarding. Trees at the beach provide plenty of shade. Long and picturesque shore line is excellent to walk in the morning or at dawn hours. Amazing sunsets.
Henry
United States of America
8.0
Scored 8.0
Nice quiet area.
Nice quiet area. A limited but good selection of eating places nearby. the beach is great for walking, swimming or riding a bike. It does not have shade trees on the beach. Lots of different birds.
Go to Hotel El Manglar to book mangrove estuary boat tour. it is very good. Playa Grande is much quieter than Tamarindo but it is about 40 minute drive if you want to go to Tamarindo.
Vern
Canada
8.0
Scored 8.0
I liked the area, which is a very long beach near the...
I liked the area, which is a very long beach near the national park. Note that access can be limited, as it is a very bumpy and unpaved road from the national park entrance to the villas at the end of the peninsula towards Tamarindo.
Beach was fine enough to walk in - lots of shells and surfers. Water wasn't cold, but wasn't totally warm either, comfortable temperature to walk.
If you walk down to the end of the peninsula, water taxis that are only $2 will take you over to Tamarindo, so in the end it's nice to be a bit secluded away from the action, yet still have access to shopping and entertainment if you need it. Just wave to the guys at the other end!
I loved the ambiance of Villa Kalei; very peaceful. Wonderful after a morning of activity to nap by the pool or after taking dinner at one of the lovely nearby restaurants. Even though there were other guests, we rarely saw them. I loved the room too; very Zen vibe. Didn't want to leave! We also loved the outdoor kitchen; eating breakfast in the morning and looking for the monkeys in the trees. Geisha and Marcos are kind, gracious, and know a lot about the area and the country which was so helpful.
It was the first time experiencing a place like this, and it was a very nice experience! The location is very close to restaurants and Playa Grande, although it is true, the entrance is sandy so it is recommended to be careful. But the place was very quiet, the gampling comfortable and with what we needed. The breakfast is totally worth it. There was a cat, and we are a fan of them, so it was very nice to see.
And it should be noted that we forgot a hat and Antoine reminded us, he was very kind.
We came back to Playa Grande after 12 years and were saw time didn't stand still over here; beautiful places to stay with respect for the surrounding nature. El Manglar was a perfect place to stop, we felt sorry we had to leave to keep in line with our travel plans. The staff was very (very!) helpful, the rooms were large and clean, the pool was just great. We ate just nextdoors and paid little money for great amounts of fresh fish.
Our unit included a kitchen where we cooked for ourselves, but their "sister" lodging a couple of doors down the road has both a coffee shop and a restaurant. The pool is lovely, their private path to Playa Grande is right across the street, and the neighborhood is a quiet gated residential community. But if you're looking for nightlife, stay at the north end of the beach where Rip Jack is.
The room was extremely clean, the beds are comfortable and the location is just perfect. 1 minute walk to a great beach with nice waves, you can see howler monkeys next to the hotel. The food at the restaurant is delicious and the cocktails are the best. Well maintained hotel area with two pools.
10/10, the best place we stayed in CR. Definately would come back again!
El Reinas has the friendliest, nicest staff ever. They were really happy to help us with anything we needed and were extremely nice, there is a dog called Dafne and she is so sweet. Also, the hotel has a great location with a 3 minutes walk to the beach.
Dan was friendly and helpful from the moment we arrived. The rooms were large and clean, and the restaurant, marker, and surf shop downstairs had everything we needed. Playa Grande, a large, quiet, pristine beach was a short walk away
Amazing structure that made us feel like we were in a jungle.
The personnel was really attentive and helped us out with any questions we had.
Bike available to ride to Playa Grande, only 10-15 minutes walking from the camp.
We enjoyed walking to the Grande beach & restaurants nearby. It was located at a nice safe area with a parking space & great breakfast. The owners are very friendly & speak good English. We had an enjoyable stay there.
It’s small with a good pool and restaurant and located within easy walking distance to a fantastic and quiet beach. The beach is great to learn surfing or to run along and to watch great sunsets and pelicans fishing.
Perfect location, very close to the beatiful beach. Excellent for surfing, waves for beginners. Also surfing equipment for rent available, good surfing lessons. We took a lesson and were very happy with it.
Atmosphere is very chill (hammocks, pool), staff is very friendly, helpful and professional. I like the Playa Grande beach more than Tamarindo, more calm, amazing sunsets
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