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Costa Rica Beaches | The
Breathtaking Expanse
The Costa Rica beaches are called 'playas' that is the Spanish word
for the beach. These Costa Rica beaches are considered to be the
world's most heavenly and exotic beaches.
What makes the Costa Rica
beaches exclusive is the variety. There are rocky beaches as well as
sandy ones. You will also find Costa Rica beaches with a border of
palms.
The sand of the Costa Rica beaches ranges from golden and
gray to black and even pink. You may even find vast stretches of
white sandy beaches too. The picturesque coastline of Costa Rica can
be a feast for the eyes.
The Expanse
The Costa Rica beaches extend to more than 1100 miles of sheer
beauty with the Pacific Ocean on the western side and the Caribbean
Sea on the eastern side. About 65% of the boundary of Costa Rica
comprises of the Costa Rica beaches. The population in most parts of
Costa Rica is quite low and this gives you an opportunity to spend a
calm vacation on these isolated beaches.
Costa Rica lies on the
Central American isthmus and is quite narrow in width. This makes
the two coasts, namely the Caribbean and the Pacific beaches not too
far from each other.
The Guanacaste beaches are the most planned and
developed Costa Rica beaches while the south Pacific beaches are the
quietest Costa Rica beaches and the Caribbean beaches are the
liveliest Costa Rica beaches.
Beach Activities
As you must have already understood, there are innumerable Costa
Rica beaches that you can experience and enjoy. At these Costa Rica
beaches you can engage yourself in various kinds of activities.
Among the numerous activities you can spend time in snorkeling,
scuba diving, yachting, kayaking, surfing, water-skiing, deep-sea
fishing, sports fishing, diving, swimming and many such water
sports.
Surfing is perhaps the most popular activities on the Costa Rica
beaches. The Playa Avellana, Nicoya Peninsula's Playa Santa Teresa,
Santa Rosa National Park's Playa Naranjo, Playa Negra, Playa
Hermosa, Playa Grande, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Dominical and
Playa Pavones are considered as the best options among the Costa
Rica beaches for surfing with regards to the breaks and swells.
If you do not wish to spend your time in such energetic activities
you can laze around by simply soaking up the goodness of the sea and
by taking a quite walk along the Costa Rica beaches or going for a
horse ride too. Whatever your taste, at the Costa Rica beaches you
can enjoy yourself almost at any point of the year.
When asked to list the breathtakingly beautiful Costa Rica beaches
there will be a great number of them to name. The Costa Rica beaches
like Playa Santa Teresa, Playa Blanca, Playa Conchal, Playa Grande,
Playa Flamingo, Playa Zancudo, Montezuma, Gandoca Manzanillo
Wildlife Refuge, Playa Ballena and the Southern Caribbean coast are
some the personal favorites to name only a few among the Costa Rica
beaches.
Let us pick out some of the best Costa Rica beaches and
take a close look at each of them.
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