Top 10 Things for Kids to experience in Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Planning an unforgettable family vacation that your kids will never forget? Trying to find a place where young and older kids will all enjoy some family time together.Tamarindo, Costa Rica is the place to go. With unforgettable activities, international cuisine, top not rentals and more Tamarindo will guarantee a vacation that you and your kids will not stop talking about! Booking a Tamarindo Vacation Rentals is a guaranteed hit for families looking to spend some time together! Check out the top 10 activities for families to experience while visiting the Guanacaste.

10. ATVs- Show your younger kids your wilder side with them hanging on while you whip around turns and slide in the dirt on your quad. They will hang on tight and tell all their friends back home how awesome it was to experience the wind in their faces and the amazing jungle views.

9. Stand Up Paddle boarding- Can be a difficult task at first, but over all a great way to view the beach from atop the water. Mellow enough for younger children, but a great way to get out and get some exercise while learning something new.

8. Hanging Out Poolside- After a few days packed full of high octane activities there is sure to be a day where you and the kids just want to enjoy the sunshine poolside. This will give you a good chance to catch up on a book your reading and just enjoy some R and R.

7. Beach Day- The beaches here offer warm water and clear blue skies. Take the kids to the beach and enjoy swimming, building sand castles, or even shopping from some of the local beach vendors. Enjoy a fresh coconut with your toes in the sand.

6. Kayaking- There are great tours that take the family up the estuary in Tamarindo which is a perfect way to view wildlife. View up close monkeys, iguanas, a variety of birds, and probably even a crocodile or two. The tour company can even pick you up at your Costa Rica Vacation Rental and save you the hassle of lugging around equipment or finding how to get there.

5. Visit the skate park- While it is by no means a world renown park, it is a great way for your kids to meet some other local kids and hang out and enjoy the park. There are always kids around just hanging out and enjoying some sunshine.

4. Experience the nightlife- There are great restaurants in Tamarindo when you are looking for a night out from your Costa Rica Vacation Rental. Enjoy great food, drinks, and performances. It is not uncommon for live musicians or performers to stop by the restaurant to show off their talents. See fire dancers or musicians bring some life to any night out.

3. Shopping- Everyone likes to take home a little bit of vacation with them. Tamarindo has tons of great shops with souvenirs ranging from Coffee to key chains. A tee shirt is a great way to show off where you have been during your family vacation.

2. Zip lining- fastest activity you can experience flying though the treetops. There are a fair amount of canopy tours offered near your Tamarindo Vacation Rental. A great way to experience a thrill ride with your kids. It is the equivalent of a real life rollercoaster.

1. Surfing- The most amazing activity to learn with kids of all ages. The surf schools are everywhere in Tamarindo and offer great lessons to get the surfer up by the end of the day. Perfect photo op for your family to bring home and give your kids bragging rights for how awesome their Tamarindo family vacation was this year!

Get ready for a fun family vacation and book your trip to Tamarindo today! Contact us for assistance in finding the perfect vacation rental for you and your family! Pura Vida.

Eating in Tamarindo Costa Rica

The Tamarindo Costa Rica dining places offer you a thing for every palate and each wallet a little. Within the 1st place for each and every vacationer ought to attempt one of the common nearby cuisines readily available. Costarican meals you consume inside the “Sodas”: small eating places that supply regional dishes extremely inexpensive and very good. Try Gallo Pinto in the morning: rice blended with black beans to some selection of aspect dishes is served as fried chicken eggs, platanos or tortillas. For supper, suggests Casado: rice, greens, beans and selection of chicken, sea food or meats.

It’s often served in the soda no alcohol. Costa Rica incorporates a license for serving beer for being obtained or leased. These licenses are for conditions in Tamarindo Costa Rica quite costly.
Talking of alcohol: In the week before Easter, Semana Santa, is no place for two days dished up beer. There exists a legislation within the prohibition of offering alcohol on nowadays. The law applies not just to Tamarindo Costa Rica but will also eating places, food markets and shops. Would you prefer to consume on these nights on holiday so like a glass of alcoholic beverages or wine, purchase one particular just before.

Langosta Beach from Mansions

I have shown some photos of beach front mansions along Langosta Beach during the last couple of weeks, and here is a photo of the same part of the beach where the mansions are located. From the beach, you do not see them when looking up and down the beach, as they are behind a row of vegetation on the beach.

This photo was taken at high tide at one of the little points where there is a bend in the beach. We love to walk along the beach, for obvious reasons, even at high tide.

Langosta Beach Beautiful Frame of Trees

The houses that I have been showing along Langosta beach are set back behind a strip of vegetation that runs along the beach. I like the vegetation lining the beach because as we look down the beach, the houses are out of view and there is nothing but sea, sand, sky and trees.

When walking under some of the trees to take photos of the houses, I noticed that the vegetation also provided a nice frame for a view back to the ocean.

Sun Reflecting on Langosta Beach

Today's photo takes a break from the photos of Langosta beach front houses, to show a photo of Langosta beach. I like the way the sun was filtered by the clouds to penetrate through the clouds and to add a spot of reflection on the ocean that is shimmering on the sand.

This illustrates on reason why people like Langosta beach, and why people have spent the money to build and buy the houses that I have shown during the past week or so.

Traditional Beachfront House Playa Langosta

This is the beachfront house. The very dramatic houses on each side of this house make this house look like a somewhat traditional beach house in comparison.

All of the houses along the beach at Playa Langosta are very nice, in my opinion. This house, however, does not seem to have been constructed to take as much advantage of the view towards the ocean.

Closer View of Modern Beachfront Mansion

This photo shows a closer view of the beach front house that I have shown during the past two days. This photo shows the challenge of having so much glass facing west towards the beach and ocean.

The views of the ocean must be great, but the afternoon sun pouring through all that glass must be brutal on the furnishings and on the need for air conditioning.

You can see that in this photo the curtains are closed, which of course blocks the view of the ocean.

Modern Breachfront Mansion

In contrast to the intricate details of the Moroccan themed house that I showed this past week, here are the clean lines of the modern house two doors away. This is the view from the beach of the same house that what behind the gate that I showed yesterday.

One of the first questions that people wonder about houses is, understandably, "How much does it cost?" Three years ago this house was for sale and I posted a photo of it with a link to a real estate listing when the house was up for sale. It was listed for $1.8 million, which impressed me as a very reasonable price for a beachfront mansion with 10,233 sq. ft (931 sq. m.).

The house has 3 guest quarters, 2 with kitchens, in addition to a main house with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. The building at the lower level closest to the beach (where I was standing when I took this photo) is an exercise room, and there is an infinity edge swimming pool.

Modern Gate ‘Moroccan Gate’

This photo shows a modern, imposing gate of a neighboring house to the Moroccan gate that I showed yesterday. It is quite a contrast. In fact, it is hard to imagine two more contrasting architectural styles the intricate details and patterns of Islamic art or the minimalist, clean lines of today's modern style.

We have decorated the interior of both of our Tamarindo condos in a modern style, which is very different than our Scottsdale home. It is also different than the tropical or beach decor that is more common in Costa Rica. We like the contrast. A modern style is also clean and has been well received by guests who rent our condos.

This house is quite dramatic, as I will show during the next few days.

Front Gate of Casa Marrakech Costa Rica

This is a photo of the front gate of Casa Marrakech, which I have shown during the past week or so. Like houses in Morocco, behind the front gates there are often charming courtyards, although in Marrakech the courtyards are typically in the center of the houses, not in the front of the houses. In a mansion on the beach in Tamarindo, however, it would make no sense to orient a house towards an interior courtyard, as the house should take advantage of the beachfront location exposure, as this house does.

Ceramic Tiles at Casa Marrakech

This is photo of some of the ceramic tile alongside the swimming pool at Casa Marrakech. I would think that it would be hard to find building materials for Islamic architecture in Costa Rica. The design features of this house are done very well.

I saw a real estate listing for this house a while back. It was offered for sale for a little less than $5 million. I don't know how much the maintenance and upkeep are for this property. I think it is one of those situations that if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

There is a row of beachfront mansions from this house down to our condo building. Local real estate listings for properties along this part of Langosta Beach call it "Millionaires' Row." Naturally, being near to very expensive homes helps the property values for condos such as ours, as it helps make Kangosta such a desirable location.

If people have enjoyed my series on this house, I may show some more photos of some of the beachfront houses, if you would like to meet more of the neighbors.

Swimming pool of Casa Marrakech Costa Rica

This is a wider view of the backyard swimming pool of the Casa Marrakech beach house, about a block down the beach from our Langosta condo.

The grey slope in this photo is the area where the water runs off from a negative edge infinity pool, which are popular in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica does not have a law that requires pools to be fenced. I was standing in the vegetation that divides the public beach from the back yard of this home. If people are not at home or if there is no security, there is no physical barrier that would stop people from walking from the beach into the backyard and into the pool.

Our condo has a locked gate and a thicket of a type of pineapple plants with sharp thorns to keep people on the beach from using out beachfront swimming pool. I would not want a house where I had to worry about people coming into the pool, although I have not heard that there is a problem in our area with people who do that. This house has a staff of 5, so I am sure that includes security to make sure that unauthorized people don't use the pool.