Santa Teresa, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

off to Santa Teresa, the beach next door
Aug 11, 2006

... Teresa was the most beautiful beach I have seen so far. It was not crowded and the surf was awesome. Mail Pais and Santa Teresa are seriously what this place is all about. The place was just flat out beautiful with beaches stretching out forever in both ...

Mal Pain-Santa Teresa
Jun 27, 2006

... we caught a ferry across Gulfito de Nicoya (1 hour)and drove the rest on another dirt road to a swanky little surf town- Santa Teresa. It´s a pretty cool town with Internet cafe´s, French bakeries and lots of pizzerias. The town also caters to the budget ...

Arenal - The other Kilauea
Jun 20, 2006

Buenos Dias! Hola! We arrived in Arenal yesterday after a 7 - 8 hour journey by boat and bus. We spent the night in the thermal pools in the back of our resort. It was very relaxing after the travels. Last night I woke up to a loud bang. At first I ...

Surf and Rainfall
Oct 23, 2009 (26 photos)

Once the hippie-scene of Montezuma lost its novelty, Jaime and I set our sights on the nearby surfer town of Santa Teresa.  Santa Teresa is right next door to another beach town called Mal Pais.  They actually merge into one another as a ...

Mal Pais and Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
Jan 19, 2006 (10 photos)

... Teresa. We are staying at Charlie´s Cabinas 100 meters from the beach in Playa Carmen which is halfway between Mal Pais and Santa Teresa. This is certainly another piece of paradise despite it being gringo ville. It´s great how we´ve managed to stay off ...

Oh man.
Sep 18, 2009 (31 photos)

So, it has been less than one week that we are travelling here in Costa Rica and we have managed to see and do A LOT of things. Repelled down a 300 ft waterfall, experienced independence day in more than one little town, relaxed in natural hot springs ...

The Yin and Yang Theory
Jun 30, 2006

Okay, since we've started this trip, Shane and I have now come up with a "Yin-Yang Theory." For instance, initially my passport was no good *Yang* but we got to visit Tita for a week *Yin*... get it! Yesterday, we were in the "Yang" part... we were in " ...

Engaged in Santa Teresa
Dec 4, 2007

Latitude 10 was heaven but we heard it was bought out by Flor Blanca.  Our experience with them was not so great.  John and I got engaged here in paradise.  A great place to relax.   Day tour to Tortuga island was fun but a ...

Costa Rica, the beach and the mud!
Oct 23, 2007 (2 photos)

... till sunset at 5.30ish and then again a massive dinner is cooked by Trish.  Everyday I have tried to make missions into Santa Teresa township - about 45 mins walk.  But after all the rain the roads are muddy carnage!  One day I thought I ...

mellowing out
Nov 21, 2007

... i have been off the road for just over a week now and am really loving the down time. Grace and i are back in santa teresa costa rica chilling out and learning to surf.... Grace is renting a place with her boyfriend and im living with my sister. we are ...

Take me to the sunset!
Oct 21, 2009 (20 photos)

... ride through NIcaragua and El Salvador, not fun but way cheaper than flying. As for our short term plan, we´re leaving Santa Teresa tomorrow and heading up to MOnteverde/Santa Elena and La Fortuna to do some hiking, canopying and lava-watching. It should ...

To Volcan Arenal
Oct 26, 2005

We rented a car and drove to Arenal

Semana Santa
Apr 8, 2007 (12 photos)

... in the morning. I hung around the beach awhile longer and watched the surfers, (I was hoping to be able to surf in Santa Teresa). I finally took a few buses and a ferry back to Puntarenas on Wed. and mentally prepared to pack my bag again. On Thursday ...