Beautiful beach , but too many vendors. You cannot sit down and relax peacefully without someone trying to sell you something. My little girl felt very uncomfortable at some points with strangers talking in her face and trying to touch her hair.

We only spent 1/2 day at this beach. But we had the pleasure to rent our boards and chairs from Glen and Angelina Castro. This couple made our time at the beach great. We rented 4 chairs and shade for $20 with unlimited use of their buggy boards and we rented a surf board for $10. I thought it was great value. Perfect spot at the beach. The both of them very genuine and attentive people. Glen teaches lessons and I saw one of his classes and his student had a hard time getting up, but Glen gave him some tips and the person started getting up immediately. He looked like a great teacher.

La Playa Espadilla Norte was a short bus ride from our hotel. The hotel offers shuttle at specific hours, however, there is a bus down the street that comes about every 10 to 15 minutes and it costs 380 Costa Rican colones. Both drop you off right at the beach. The beach is clean with gorgeous scenery. You can rent a cabana and chairs for $25. They give two boogie words to you for free. Surf lessons are also available for an hour for $45. There is also para sailing for about 15 minutes 120–140$. There are drinks available throughout the beach. These are offered by different companies we chose the one our Hotel had suggested Angelina. Going back to the hotel we decided to take the public bus not wait for the hotel shuttle to come.we had a great day.