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Mal Pais
Surf town · Costa Rica
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Beds: 74 places
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74 places to stay within 2 km.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£55 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£65 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£80 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 74 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 6 surf spots
Surf · this week
Mal Pais- Santa Teresa · about 5 min by car · stays in Santa Teresa · Not for beginners
–, no scoreMar Azul · about 10 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scorePlaya Jackals · about 5 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scorePlaya los Cedros · about 20 min by car · stays in Montezuma · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSanta Teresa · about 5 min by car · stays in Santa Teresa · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSunset Reef · about 15 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Mal Pais.
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Mal Pais.
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About Mal Pais
where it is, what is near
Mal Pais is a town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica.
From Mal Pais you can reach 6 surf spots.
The nearest is Santa Teresa, a surf spot 0.6 km from the centre.
Overture lists 74 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.
The nearest airport is Nosara Airport (NOB), 64 km away.
In Puntarenas Province · Costa Rica
- 74 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Nosara Airport (NOB), 64 km, La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON), 112 km, Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), 112 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).