Hotel Las Brisas del Pacifico
Travel Blogs from Playa Samara
June 6, 2008
Hola, We have been in Costa Rica a little over 24 hours. It is lovely. Our flight was very good without complications. We arrived in Libera about 6:20PM. It was already dark here. The airport was very simple but had the largest paddle ceiling fan I have ever seen. Customs was very easy to get through and our driver was waiting for us. The ride to …
Cahuita / Puerto Viejo. Caribbean Coast. Maan.
Hi All, After a ten hour bus journey, we made it to Cahuita. A quiet resort on the Caribbean coast. We stayed in some cabinas called Brisas Del Mar, which was the best accomodation yet. Big rooms in a nice little garden next to the ocean. There are two local beaches, Playa Negra and Playa Blanca. Playa Blanca is in the nation park. Golden sand …
Day 14 - Day Trip to Playa Carrillo
As usual I was up at the crack of dawn so I took a long walk around town and along the beach. I saw the Las Brisas del Pacifico hotel which is located a ways east of the main part of town. The hotel looked very nice with a pool right on the beach. If you had the money, this would definitely be the place to stay in Samara. Walking back I found a …
Day Eight
... morning!
We decided to lie at the pool for a while instead of renting chairs at the beach – you can only stand about an hour out in the sun – it is very hot and intense. The pool water was quite warm but still refreshing considering how hot it is in the sun.
After showers we decided to explore more of the town. We walked the same way where the monkeys were the night before but it being so hot they were resting in the shade I'm ...
Weekend at the beach!
... that they were closed due to damage that some of the villas sustained during the earthquake. They said that about 1/3 of their rooms had damage. We were pretty bummed because we had booked at a super nice place because we had 50% off coupons. Though now I will get to stay at the super nice place for cheap when Kevin comes to visit :) Since we couldn't stay there we got some recommendations for other places to stay in town. We check another hotel that didn't have room because they ...