Country Info
- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
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- Population
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Puerto Viejo Slideshow
Top Hotels in Puerto Viejo
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Punta Cocles Hotel Puerto Viejo
8 reviews -
Le Cameleon Hotel Puerto Viejo
167 reviews
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La Perla Negra Beach Resort Puerto Viejo
63 reviews
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Totem Hotel Beach Resort Puerto Viejo
157 reviews
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Hacienda Pinilla Puerto Viejo
50 reviews
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Hotel Banana Azul Puerto Viejo
470 reviews -
Cariblue Hotel Puerto Viejo
181 reviews
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Hotel La Costa de Papito Puerto Viejo
238 reviews
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Hotel Shawandha Lodge Puerto Viejo
128 reviews
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Yare Hotel Puerto Viejo
14 reviews -
Hotel Kasha Puerto Viejo
75 reviews
Puerto Viejo
Travel Blogs from Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
Staying in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica..
This is a top pick! ... of the many reggae or salsa bars, and who am I writing for anyway, the Talamanca tourist board? Anyway, I can recommend a visit to Puerto Viejo and Cahuita to everybody, so please do not listen to the Lonely Planet (don't buy it would be better!), the ...
The last of the Carribbean
This is a top pick! Hi all, From Monteverde we took a 6am bus. Our aim today was to reach Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, a beach resort literally at the end of the Carribean road. We had to make a change at the capital San Jose. In San Jose we had to have our wits about us as ...
Into the Hippy Heart of Darkness
This is a top pick! ... a taxi back to Sixaola (canīt seem to escape that god-forsaken town) and from there a bus back up the coast to Puerto Viejo (home of "the salsa brava" surf break, supposedly the best break on the Carribean side of CR), where we washed everything we ...
Rasta Time
This is a top pick! ... to beat the odds………stupid is as stupid does……We walked the 6 kms back into town – Puerto Viejo, a town that many people had told us was their favourite place in Costa ...
COSTA RICA
This is a top pick! ... we hitched a lift with two of the Catalans who we met the night before, down to the Caribbean coastal town of Puerto Viejo. Puerto Viejo looked nice, but unfortunately, it bucketed it down with rain our whole time there. The scenery in Costa Rica has ...
Pandemonium in Panamania
This is a top pick! ... , was only a practice run for the biggest Bungee in the world next year in NZ. Spent a few days in Puerto Viejo, a great wee Jamaican town on the Costa Rican east coast. More quality vibes of da tipo de Carrib, tried a bit more surfing but yet again ...
Sweet, Sweet Costa Rica
This is a top pick! ... we couldnīt have been happier hanging out with them; before we knew it we had spent 7 nights. Our last stop was the Puerto Viejo area (5 nights), which is on the Caribbean coast almost at the border with Panama. It reminded us a bit of the ...
Puerto Viejo
This is a top pick! Our first stop is Puerto Viejo, we ll be here for three days to relax, enjoy the beaches and ...
Hola Cost-a-Lotta!!
This is a top pick! ... dollar. Prices are steep and westerners are everywhere....80% of Costa Rican coastline is owned by foreigners. Our first stop is Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean Coast, a small reggae town full of young surfer folks, old hippie expats, lots of drugs ...
Last stop on Costa Rica's Carriben Coast
This is a top pick! ... by that stage! We swam in the clear but rocky waters before relaxing in the shade and then started making our way back towards Puerto Viejo in the scorching afternoon sun. The ride back was way harder than the ride there! The sun was much stronger and ...
From our ankles up to our tops, we are in it!!!!
This is a top pick! I think its Friday, D said something about that earlier! Woke lazily in our cabina aching for some breakfast. Such as it is, our digs are better without loose food in the room. So we decided to venture out in the morning sun for some ...
Puerta Viejo: Pika Pikas and Spiny Sea Urchin
This is a top pick! ... Brian helped her out with. So, we went to eat at her restaurant and then to Bamboo for Reggae night. We stayed at Hotel Puerta Viejo for about 2,000 colones a night...not bad! May 31: We wake up, rent bikes and head for the beach with Poppy who we met ...
Crabby roomate
This is a top pick! I basically decided to skip Costa Rica. I just was not feeling excited about it plus its super expensive compared to the rest of central America. I met so many people that loved it though so I cant wait to ...
Ocean to Ocean
This is a top pick! ... was the first time we had seen both of these oceans in the same day, which was pretty neat. Monday we spent in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Itīs another beach town, which we chose mostly because it was on our way to our next destination, in ...
New Year in Puerto Viejo
The laid back town of Puerto Viejo, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, is a top destination for surfers and adventure seekers. The hotels were all packed to the rafters with travellers and holiday makers looking for a piece of the New ...
Finalmente estoy viviendo un sueņo de mi infancia
Just the other side of the border to Bocas Del Toro, Puerto Viejo is Costa Rica's gringo beach party town and is often compared to its Panamanian neighbour. Personally I preferred the much more peaceful atmosphere offered in Puerto Viejo, and ...
Puerto Viejo
This past weekend, we went to Puerto Viejo (a beach on the Carribbean coast down near Panama), which was amazing. The beaches there were some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. On Saturday a 5 of us girls rented bicycles and rode about 45 minutes to ...
Reggae, Bike Rides and Amazing Food
... a little bit of beach time toward the end of the day, but other than that it was an uneventful day. Our last night in Puerto Viejo was great. We went back to Cafe Viejo and had an incredible meal and then headed off to the bar on the corner ...
Pura Vida in Caraibe!
Chiar nu mai vrei sa pleci din Costa Rica dupa ce descoperi si sudul Caraibelor.E un fel de Vama Veche,dar mult mai laid-down,mai reggae,mai rasta,mai internationala,cu sezon de 12luni,cu paduri tropicale care inunda plajele.E Pura Vida! Am reusit si.sa ...
Dia 17. Puerto Viejo
*** PLANING *** Excursion a Playa Cocles, Gandoca, Punta Uva y Manzanillo. Podemos ir alquilando unas bicis, motos, o gestionando un transporte. NO OlVIDAR equipo de snorkel. Para comer, en Manzanillo muy recomendado el Maxi's (Langosta y ...
Wildlife of both the animal and human variety...
... , thai and mediterranean food. I had some killer chicken in yellow curry with rice and a couple Bavarias - a dark beer made in Costa Rica. Afterwards, I headed over to the Sunset Bar, which is owned by the same people. The Sunset Bar had a good reggae ...
Buena Olas at Puerto Viejo, Talamanca
Puerto Viejo is on the Carribean side of Costa Rica, (ie the opposite coast of San Juan in Niaragua, and most of Costas famous beaches). Its equally famous for its Carribean feel as for its waves....and comes highly recommended by my brother ...
More Monkey Madness @ The Jaguar Rescue Center
We've been volunteering at the Jaguar Rescue Center near Puerto Viejo for nearly 2 weeks. It's run by an Italian Spanish husband & wife duo called Sandro and Encar. It's a really fantastic project and they get lots of visitors every day. They have 11 ...
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... intact though there were a few bulletholes in the bus! My next destination was La Fortuna so decided to break the journey overnight in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui. So from Cariari to Guapiles was easy and then a 4pm bus to PV - both bus times & travel ...
Puerto Viejo
... hot and stops every ten minutes so we couldnīt bare the idea of taking one down for eight or nine hours all the way to Puerto Viejo (from Fortuna). So killing two birds with one stone we decided to raft on the Rio Pacuare early in the morning ...
Puerto Viejo
Puerto Viejo was a really cool place, very Caribbean feeling, really beautiful beach and lovely people but quite busy. On our second day there Nat and Julia arrived and, only because we were on the internet at the same time, managed to meet up, ...
Fitting in, in P.V.
... has really been affected by everyone else's problems. With the US in recession, tourism is way down. That would be since September. Puerto Viejo is a town with many restaurants and surf shops- a tourist town. So that has really made it hard for some ...
The rainy beach and a fiesta
Friday we went to the carribean side of the country to a town called puerto viejo. It's nice, I think. I couldn't really tell what the beaches looked like because there was too much rain but the town wasn't too bad. They had some really great restaurants ...
PANAMA TO COSTA RICA BY FOOT BRIDGE
... a stamp) and we were back into a bus for a forty five minute drive to La Cameleon Hotel in Puerto Viajo that is on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. The hotel is uber trendy with white walls and flooring and blending white furniture. We were not ...