Many units enjoy oceanfront views — others enjoy views of the huge swimming pools and tropical landscaping. Commercial space on main street will house a Las Vegas sytle casino, luxury spa and wellness center and four star restaurant. Just lay by the beachfront pool or swim in the ocean all day. One way or another you will have a trip of a lifetime. The national parks, ocean, beaches, pasture land, surf and less trodden paths of Costa Rica provide more than enough ample fun-filled excursions. A day’s itinerary can include surfing, swimming, fishing, sailing, parasailing, hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, scuba diving, or just lounging on a deserted Costa Rican beach with your favorite book and the surf lapping at your feet.

Jaco’s close proximity to the airport and the central valley (where the capital city is located and most of the population live) has made it a popular beach destination for Costa Rican and international tourists. Jaco’s central location makes it an ideal home base for travelers that want to live and explore up and down the Pacific coast. The beach areas (coming from the south) Playa Carrillo, Playa Nosara, Playa Samara and Playa Grande, have all benefited from the airport opening, but also the building of the bridge across the Tempisque River. Although these are probably the most remote beach areas to reach, they are still growing, adding hotels, Cabinas, (cabins) and restaurants to their already formidable selection.

This is undoubtedly the new hot spot for Costa Rica beach opportunities. Everything up North and down South is getting very expensive and sold out. Further south down the coast, the developing city of Dominical is also a hot area for Costa Rica beach real estate, offering some homes that are perched in the surrounding hills. Ocean views from on high here are amazing. Costa Rica beaches, or playas as they are called in Spanish, range from the dazzling white sands of Flamingo to black sands of Nicoya. On the north Pacific coast, Guanacaste province boasts the greatest number of Costa Rican beachfront hotels.

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Jaco Beach, the county seat, is the closest beach town to San Jose, and a popular vacation destination for nationals and foreigners as well as a perfect base point from which to operate. Most major attractions are within a few minutes to four hours drive. A laidback bustling town, Jaco is one of the most popular Costa Rican beaches. Located in the North of the Puntarenas province along the country’s central Pacific Coast less than 2 hours from San Jose , Jaco has the reputation of being a party beach with an excellent nightlife. The beach stretches nearly two miles and is known for strong riptides, so be careful swimming there! Visitors seeking exciting nightlife won’t be disappointed as Jaco attracts a young crowd that fills the bars and casinos each night.

It’s a great location at the south end of the beach, which is definitely the calmest and prettiest section, and only a $2.00 cab ride into town. The staff is superb; very friendly and knowledgeable and nice enough to loan us two bikes for our entire stay. The beach is a 2.5 mile (4 km) strip which offers world renowned surfing and more. Much like Costa Rica’s metropolitan areas, Jaco offers most services, such as a post office, health center and branches of major banks.

In Jaco Beach one won’t find the remoteness that many people search for in Costa Rica. As you can see in the map, Jaco is North of Playa Hermosa, a very popular beach among surfers who not only like the constant waves of Jaco Beach, but wish to experience larger swells. Along the way you can also go visit the beaches of Punta Leona, both of which have been awarded the Blue Ecological Flag.

In fact, a new highway system connecting the airport right to the Jaco Beach area (scheduled to be completed in 2009) is expected to facilitate the tourism and steadily growing population. Not only does Costa Rica trade bananas, coffee, sugar and cocoa with the US, but they also trade citizens. You’ll find everything you need -- restaurants, grocery stores, calling & Internet centers, drugstores, bicycle shops and more -- within walking distance.

Combining gorgeous beaches with dense lush rainforests, exotic animal and bird species and exquisite coral reefs, the Manual Antonio National Park lies in the lovely Puntarenas province along Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast. Easily accessible by bus or car from the capital city of San Jose, which lies only 140 km southwest of here, this park is also easy to get to from Jaco, which sits just 69 km to the south.

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