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Tamarindo

Surf town · Costa Rica

Score a trip to Tamarindo

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Beds: 10 places

10 places to stay within 2 km.

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 10 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 15 surf spots

Surf · this week

  • Playa Grande · about 10 min by car · stays in Playa Grande

    76 out of 100
  • El Estero- Tamarindo · about 10 min by car

    73 out of 100
  • Playa Langosta · about 10 min by car · stays in Villarreal

    73 out of 100
  • Flamingo Point · about 25 min by car · stays in Brasilito

    72 out of 100
  • Little hawaii · about 15 min by car · stays in Villarreal

    71 out of 100
  • Playa Avellana · about 20 min by car · stays in Villarreal

    71 out of 100
  • Playa Avellanas · about 20 min by car · stays in Villarreal

    71 out of 100
  • Pico Grande · about 10 min by car · stays in Playa Grande

    70 out of 100
All 15 surf spots
  • Playa Negra Guanacaste · about 25 min by car · stays in Paraiso Guanacaste Province

    69 out of 100
  • Junquillal · about 30 min by car · stays in Junquillal

    67 out of 100
  • Pico Pequeno · about 10 min by car · stays in Villarreal

    67 out of 100
  • raps · about 30 min by car · stays in Paraiso Guanacaste Province

    67 out of 100
  • Tamarindo · about 10 min by car

    67 out of 100
  • Suizo · about 10 min by car · stays in Villarreal

    63 out of 100
  • Brasilito · about 20 min by car · stays in Brasilito · Not for intermediates

    –, 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 Tamarindo.

Places to eat

6 near Tamarindo

Places to eat near Tamarindo

  • Soda MarcelaSeafood · 0.1 km from the centre
  • Bar Villa CostaBar and grill · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Entonces PizzaPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Pollolandia VillarealChicken · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Rancho Marion Bar Restaurante y PizzeríaPizza · 0.3 km from the centre
  • Pizza ExpressPizza · 0.5 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Tamarindo.

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About Tamarindo

where it is, what is near

Tamarindo is a town in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

From Tamarindo you can reach 15 surf spots.

The nearest is El Estero- Tamarindo, a surf spot 3.9 km from the centre.

Overture lists 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

The nearest airport is Nosara Airport (NOB), 40 km away.

In Guanacaste Province · Costa Rica

  • 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: Nosara Airport (NOB), 40 km, Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), 43 km, La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON), 135 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).