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Drinks & Nightlife
Father Rooster is a two-minute walk from the villa. It's a bar that serves food right on the beach, and is usually open from lunch until about 10-11pm. Wednesdays is live music. We usually stop on our way back from the beach to the villa. You can also get food to go and take it to the beach club.
97 locals recommend
Father Rooster's
Father Rooster is a two-minute walk from the villa. It's a bar that serves food right on the beach, and is usually open from lunch until about 10-11pm. Wednesdays is live music. We usually stop on our way back from the beach to the villa. You can also get food to go and take it to the beach club.
Coconutz is an expat hangout that morphs depending on the time of day. For many, it's a destination to watch sporting events. On a given afternoon, it might be the place for a beer and a burger. For a holiday or a Saturday night, it can turn into a nightclub.
72 locals recommend
Coconutz Bar & Grill
Ruta Nacional Secundaria 151Coconutz is an expat hangout that morphs depending on the time of day. For many, it's a destination to watch sporting events. On a given afternoon, it might be the place for a beer and a burger. For a holiday or a Saturday night, it can turn into a nightclub.
Food Scene
Java Coffee is more than coffee. It offers a number of yummy drinks, waffles as big as your head, and an assortment of sandwiches for lunch. Tucked down a side street, it's our favorite coffee shop in Coco.
25 locals recommend
Java Coffee
Java Coffee is more than coffee. It offers a number of yummy drinks, waffles as big as your head, and an assortment of sandwiches for lunch. Tucked down a side street, it's our favorite coffee shop in Coco.
The Lookout has awesome views (hence the name), but it is also know for its poke dishes and microbrew selection. Make a reservation if you want to go during high season. During the low season, it is best to call ahead as it often shuts downs for weeks at a time.
45 locals recommend
The Lookout Restaurant
The Lookout has awesome views (hence the name), but it is also know for its poke dishes and microbrew selection. Make a reservation if you want to go during high season. During the low season, it is best to call ahead as it often shuts downs for weeks at a time.
Papagayo Seafood offers the daily catch, and a view of everything in downtown Coco. It's a good place to start the evening before hitting some of the entertainment venues.
27 locals recommend
Papagayo Seafood
Ruta Nacional Secundaria 151Papagayo Seafood offers the daily catch, and a view of everything in downtown Coco. It's a good place to start the evening before hitting some of the entertainment venues.
A great menu, decent wine selection, and a neat elevated dining room, Ginger is the place to go for a more sophisticated grown up outing. Ginger, a Canadian expat, is often mingling with the customers.
64 locals recommend
Ginger Restaurant Bar
A great menu, decent wine selection, and a neat elevated dining room, Ginger is the place to go for a more sophisticated grown up outing. Ginger, a Canadian expat, is often mingling with the customers.
Entertainment & Activities
Diamante brings the best of Costa Rica into a single location, offering one of the world's longest and fastest zip lines, an amazing animal sanctuary, horseback riding, four-wheeling, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and kayaking. Better yet, it's only 30 to 40 minutes from the villa.
150 locals recommend
Diamante Eco Adventure Park
350 east RIU HotelDiamante brings the best of Costa Rica into a single location, offering one of the world's longest and fastest zip lines, an amazing animal sanctuary, horseback riding, four-wheeling, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and kayaking. Better yet, it's only 30 to 40 minutes from the villa.
Rocket Frog provides SCUBA training, certification, and equipment, and can be found at our beach club. Papagayo Bay provides a unique SCUBA experience, and their knowledgable staff can provide insight into the most intriguing locations.
14 locals recommend
Rocket Frog Divers
Rocket Frog provides SCUBA training, certification, and equipment, and can be found at our beach club. Papagayo Bay provides a unique SCUBA experience, and their knowledgable staff can provide insight into the most intriguing locations.
Essentials
This is our first stop grocery store, especially if we are going to be in town for a few weeks. Less expensive than the more Americanized Auto Mercado, but a bigger selection than the other local grocery stores.
36 locals recommend
Super Luperon
This is our first stop grocery store, especially if we are going to be in town for a few weeks. Less expensive than the more Americanized Auto Mercado, but a bigger selection than the other local grocery stores.
This grocery store has the brands most familiar to Canadian and US visitors, and is somewhat premium priced. Wednesday is usually sale day.
309 locals recommend
Auto Mercado
This grocery store has the brands most familiar to Canadian and US visitors, and is somewhat premium priced. Wednesday is usually sale day.
Getting Around
Renting a car in a foreign country is always a harrowing experience. Adobe makes it easy with upfront pricing and without high pressure sales. Book through our concierge to get our discount. You can pick up the car at the airport or have it delivered to the villa.
11 locals recommend
Adobe Rent a Car
Renting a car in a foreign country is always a harrowing experience. Adobe makes it easy with upfront pricing and without high pressure sales. Book through our concierge to get our discount. You can pick up the car at the airport or have it delivered to the villa.
Parks & Nature
Rincon offers zip lining through canyons and over rivers, river rafting, hot springs, a national park, and an active volcano. It's only about 90 minutes from the villa, just north of Liberia.
175 locals recommend
Rincon de la Vieja National Park
Rincon offers zip lining through canyons and over rivers, river rafting, hot springs, a national park, and an active volcano. It's only about 90 minutes from the villa, just north of Liberia.