Situated on Costa Rica’s southeastern coast, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, locally known as Puerto Viejo, lies in the Limon Province. It is a popular surfing community, featuring some of the country’s largest and most powerful Caribbean waves at the well-known Salsa Brava Beach. Puerto Viejo de Talamanca often is a pit stop for tourists on their way to Panama as it offers the closest accommodations, restaurants and other services to the Panamanian border.
Set on a secluded private area of Playa Negra Beach, the Hotel Le Perla Negra offers 24 guest rooms, six two-story townhouses and a two-bedroom beach villa. Guest rooms offer standard modern amenities with jungle or ocean views. Townhouses offer a fully equipped kitchen, a full bath and a half-bath. The beach villa features a wrap-around deck, full kitchen, two full baths and a half-bath. Small pets are welcome.
Amenities and services at the Hotel Le Perla include an outdoor swimming pool, children’s pool, pool table, tennis court, basketball court, library, laundry facilities, tour assistance, complimentary wireless Internet access, airport shuttle for a fee and wedding services.
Nearby places of interest include the Bri Bri Indian reservation, Tortuguero National Park and Cahuita National Park, which features a coral reef.
Hotel La Perla Negra
Playa Negra
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 70403, Costa Rica
011-506-2750-0111
perlanegra-beachresort.com
Tucked between a lush tropical forest and the golden-sand Playa Cocles Beach, the Hotel Le Cameleon offers 10 superior rooms, six deluxe rooms, six junior suites and one suite. All accommodations are non-smoking. Rooms offer standard modern amenities and a mini-bar, iPod docking station and complimentary Wi-Fi. Some units also feature a private balcony.
Property amenities and services include an outdoor swimming pool, hot tub, full-service health and beauty spa, on-site restaurant with lounge, beach clubhouse with snack and beverage bar, laundry facilities, on-site complimentary parking and wedding and honeymoon packages.
A 15-minute walk takes guests to the main part of town, which offers additional dining venues, street vendors, bars, nightclubs and dance clubs.
Hotel Le Cameleon
Playa Cocles
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 70403, Costa Rica
011-506-2430-2929
lecameleonhotel.com
Situated on nearly five acres of tropical gardens and just steps from the Playa Cocles Beach, the Cariblue Hotel offers 22 thatch-roofed guest bungalows, including standard, standard deluxe and superior bungalows and a two-bedroom, two-bath beach house. The beach house accommodates up to seven guests and offers a full kitchen and separate living area.
The Cariblue Hotel features an outdoor swimming pool, children’s pool, hot tub, complimentary Internet hot spot, game room, TV room with movies and books, an on-site gourmet seafood restaurant with bar, poolside bar, complimentary buffet breakfast, tour assistance and wedding services.
The hotel is just three miles from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca’s beachfront dining, shopping and entertainment area.
Popular tourist activities include rafting the Pacuare River, visiting the Alta Talamanca Indian Reserve, excursions to the Arenal Volcano, boat tours of the Tortuguero Canals, walking and hiking tours of the Gandoca Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge and ATV safari tours of the Talamanca Forest and Mountains.
Cariblue Hotel
Apdo. 51-7304, Playa Cocles
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 70403, Costa Rica
011-506-2750-0035
cariblue.com
