Playa Hermosa is located at Hermosa Bay in Sardinal, Guanacaste. To get there take the route Liberia - Guardia - Playas del Coco - Playa Hermosa. The distance of 37 km is completely paved.
Playa Hermosa
The mounts at Hermosa beach raise your heels just high enough to give you the most amazing panoramic view of the ocean. Down on the shore, white sand meets blue waters and mild waves invite you in for a splash. Luxury accommodations as well as inexpensive lodging are available in this beautiful cove surrounded by dry forest. Hermosa is a popular destination among those looking for the perfect tropical setting.
The possibilities are endless at Coco beach, the most developed coastal town in the region. Although it still retains much of its fishing village personality, hotels, restaurants and bars now cater to young tourists looking to have fun in the sun. The central plaza is lined with palm trees and benches, the perfect spot to relax with a cooling snow cone in your hand, the whisper of the crashing waves and the view of the grand ocean.
A good destination for families with kids, Playa Hermosa means "beautiful beach," which is an appropriate name for this crescent of sand. Surrounded by steep forested hills, this curving gray-sand beach is long and wide and rarely crowded. Fringing the beach is a swath of trees that stays surprisingly green right through the dry season. The shade provided by these trees, along with the calm protected waters, is a big part of the beach 's appeal. Rocky headlands jut out into the surf at both ends of the beach, and at the base of these rocks, you'll find fun tide pools to explore.
Playa Hermosa
Beyond Playa Hermosa you'll find the still underdeveloped Playa Panama and, farther on, the calm waters of Bahia Culebra, a large protected bay dotted with small, semiprivate patches of beach and ringed with mostly intact dry forest. After years of neglect and abuse, Playa Panama has finally been cleaned up and cars and camping have been severely restricted, making this once again a beautiful beach.
Around the north end of Bahia Culebra is the rapidly developing Papagayo Peninsula. Currently the home to two large all-inclusive resorts and one championship golf course, this area is slated to expand and develop even more in the coming years. This peninsula has a half-dozen or so small to midsize beaches, the nicest of which might just be Playa Nacascolo, which is inside the domain of the new Four Seasons Resort here -- but all beaches in Costa Rica are public, so you cannot be denied entry.
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