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Jacó · 4 bedrooms · sleeps 8
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Central Pacific
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Where Costa Ricans send people to learn to surf.
66 homesfrom $55 / night62 km to SJO
Central Pacific
Where Costa Ricans send people to learn to surf.
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Every one of the 66 homes we look after in Jacó has air conditioning. 52 of them are on the beach.
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Jacó · 3 bedrooms · sleeps 6
Jacó is where Costa Ricans send people to learn. Local surfers call it the best spot in the country to start — to get used to paddling, duck diving and reading the ocean. The bay runs about four kilometers, the sand is dark, and the currents are real, so treat it as a surf beach first and a swimming beach second.
Source: The Tico Times — Surfing in Costa Rica: secrets from a local surfer (2026-08-16), Visit Costa Rica (ICT) — Central Pacific (2026-08-16)
Jacó is the most built-up beach town on this stretch of coast. The national tourism board calls its nightlife booming and its tourism offer one of the most diverse in the country, and it is one of the easiest Pacific beaches to reach from San José — about an hour and a half by road.
Source: Visit Costa Rica (ICT) — Central Pacific (2026-08-16)
Almost everyone flies into Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), the country's main airport just outside San José, and drives south to the coast. Jacó is one of the easiest Pacific beaches to reach from the capital — the national tourism board puts it about an hour and a half away by road, though traffic through the central valley, and the Sunday drive back from the beach, can stretch that to two hours or more.
Source: Visit Costa Rica (ICT) — Central Pacific (2026-09-28), Pura Vida Traveling — How to get to Jacó from San José (2026-09-28)
Jacó · 3 bedrooms · sleeps 6
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Jacó · 4 bedrooms · sleeps 8
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Jacó · 2 bedrooms · sleeps 5
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Jacó · 2 bedrooms · sleeps 4
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Jacó · 2 bedrooms · sleeps 4
From $130 / night
Jacó · 2 bedrooms · sleeps 6
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Carara National Park sits just up the coast road — its main entrance is two kilometers south of the Tárcoles river bridge on the road toward Jacó, and it was the first national park in Costa Rica with a universal-access trail into the forest.
The Tárcoles bridge itself is the standard roadside stop on the drive in: the river below holds one of the most densely populated crocodile habitats anywhere in the world.
Source: Visit Costa Rica (ICT) — Carara National Park (2026-08-16), Visit Costa Rica (ICT) — Central Pacific (2026-08-16)