Jacó

Jacó is one of the two largest tourist towns on the Central Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. It is a surfing town with a 4-km long black sand beach and several local surf shops where you can get a board or sign up for lessons. Wikivoyage

Population 16,830 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Sportsman Hotel Hotel · 340 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 5
• Ice cream 1
• Asian 1
• Chicken 1
• Japanese 1
• Juice 1
• Sushi 1
• International 1

All 40 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Boulevard de Playa 480 m across 1.5 km

Getting around

• Terminal Jacó - San José 960 m

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