Uvita Guidebook
Best Beaches 🏝
Our favourite beach at the end of the street. Marino Ballena National Park beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. 10/10 would recommend.
48 locals recommend
Uvita Beach
Our favourite beach at the end of the street. Marino Ballena National Park beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. 10/10 would recommend.
Perfect for surf and swim. The beach trail walk is also a favourite.
Playa Chaman, Provincia de Puntarenas, Uvita, Costa Rica
Perfect for surf and swim. The beach trail walk is also a favourite.
Truly a beautiful beach also a very popular surf spot.
Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica
Truly a beautiful beach also a very popular surf spot.
Another national park beach that is worth checking out. Trek out over the rocks to find a soft sand beach with calm waves to swim in. We love this spot 👍
23 locals recommend
Playa Piñuelas
Another national park beach that is worth checking out. Trek out over the rocks to find a soft sand beach with calm waves to swim in. We love this spot 👍
Peak through a cave to see the crashing ocean. A very special beach nestled in a cove with epic caves and rocks. They also have coconuts and snacks at beach stands near the parking area. A must visit beach in our opinion.
72 locals recommend
Playa Ventanas
Peak through a cave to see the crashing ocean. A very special beach nestled in a cove with epic caves and rocks. They also have coconuts and snacks at beach stands near the parking area. A must visit beach in our opinion.
Dominical Beach
A popular surf spot 🏄
If you are in for a little drive this is a beautiful beach. You can drive right up to the beach so it is more accessible than some of the other beaches.
15 locals recommend
Playa Linda, Matapalo
If you are in for a little drive this is a beautiful beach. You can drive right up to the beach so it is more accessible than some of the other beaches.
Waterfalls
Uvita Waterfall
Calle BejucoThe Waterfall of Ojochal
Calle CascadaNauyaca Waterfall Nature Park
Best Restaurants 🥥
Sebas restaurant
Best local sushi hands down! Excellent boutique wine shop with weekly tastings.
28 locals recommend
Mosaic Wine Bar & Cafe
Best local sushi hands down! Excellent boutique wine shop with weekly tastings.
Best Italian with the best view
Perfect for sunset dinners - kid friendly (tested by our wild ones) but a perfect retreat for a romantic date night.
Think fresh pasta, pizza, and antipasto
We love the pumpkin ravioli, the beef tartare, and all of the pizzas.
Good cocktail selection with Italian wines too.
14 locals recommend
Gusto Italian Restaurant
Best Italian with the best view
Perfect for sunset dinners - kid friendly (tested by our wild ones) but a perfect retreat for a romantic date night.
Think fresh pasta, pizza, and antipasto
We love the pumpkin ravioli, the beef tartare, and all of the pizzas.
Good cocktail selection with Italian wines too.
TAGUA Café Vivo
A hidden gem right downtown Uvita.
Pizza Time
Costanera SurRestaurante Citrus
Avenida Principal de OjochalFalafel Uvita
La Choza De Alejo
This is our go-to butcher shop - all organic and grass fed. Artisanal butter and raw milk. Really fab.
Now they have opened up a restaurant with a stellar menu - breakfast through dinner.
You can even pick a cut of steak from the meat case and have them cook it to spec for 4 bucks on top of the cost of the meat.
The warm potato salad is bomb. Burgers are awesome.
Worth the visit for sure.
Seguras Meat Market
This is our go-to butcher shop - all organic and grass fed. Artisanal butter and raw milk. Really fab.
Now they have opened up a restaurant with a stellar menu - breakfast through dinner.
You can even pick a cut of steak from the meat case and have them cook it to spec for 4 bucks on top of the cost of the meat.
The warm potato salad is bomb. Burgers are awesome.
Worth the visit for sure.
Yoga Studios 🪷
Daily yoga classes are a perfect way to start your day! Only a five minute walk from the property.
Yoga Maya Uvita
Daily yoga classes are a perfect way to start your day! Only a five minute walk from the property.
This yoga studio is also only 5 minutes away from the property. They offer daily classes and are tucked up above Seba’s Restaurant at Hotl Yuli
Sol Rising Yoga Studio & Event Space
This yoga studio is also only 5 minutes away from the property. They offer daily classes and are tucked up above Seba’s Restaurant at Hotl Yuli
Bienestar Uvita Yoga Shala
Beauty 🦋
BRI - Day Spa & Wellness Center Uvita
Carretera Pacífica Fernández OreamunoGloria's Salon and Spa
This salon is located one town over in Ojochal. It offers hair, nails, massages, facials, waxing and more. Definitely worth checking out
Nourish Beauty Center
This salon is located one town over in Ojochal. It offers hair, nails, massages, facials, waxing and more. Definitely worth checking out
Activities
Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary
Calle San Martin NorteChirripó National Park
Tarcoles Crocodile Bridge
Carretera Pacífica Fernández OreamunoReputedly Central America's largest insect museum, this place has an extensive collection assembled by the Facultad de Agronomía (agronomy faculty) at the Universidad de Costa Rica. After viewing the specimens, visitors are invited to a room with a kitchen to sample meal worms, scarabs and crickets. A little salt and oregano does wonders.
Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica (MIUCR)
Reputedly Central America's largest insect museum, this place has an extensive collection assembled by the Facultad de Agronomía (agronomy faculty) at the Universidad de Costa Rica. After viewing the specimens, visitors are invited to a room with a kitchen to sample meal worms, scarabs and crickets. A little salt and oregano does wonders.
This three-in-one museum houses an extensive collection of Costa Rica's most priceless pieces of pre-Columbian gold and other artifacts, including historical currency and some contemporary regional art.
133 locals recommend
Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
Avenida CentralThis three-in-one museum houses an extensive collection of Costa Rica's most priceless pieces of pre-Columbian gold and other artifacts, including historical currency and some contemporary regional art.
This museum houses the world’s largest collection of American jade (pronounced ‘ha-day’ in Spanish), with an ample exhibition space of five floors offering seven exhibits. There are nearly 7000 finely crafted, well-conserved pieces, from translucent jade carvings depicting fertility goddesses, shamans, frogs and snakes to incredible ceramics (some reflecting Maya influences), including a highly unusual ceramic head displaying a row of serrated teeth. Interesting indigenous history is on display, too.
272 locals recommend
Jade Museum
Avenida CentralThis museum houses the world’s largest collection of American jade (pronounced ‘ha-day’ in Spanish), with an ample exhibition space of five floors offering seven exhibits. There are nearly 7000 finely crafted, well-conserved pieces, from translucent jade carvings depicting fertility goddesses, shamans, frogs and snakes to incredible ceramics (some reflecting Maya influences), including a highly unusual ceramic head displaying a row of serrated teeth. Interesting indigenous history is on display, too.
This site, 4km north of Sierpe, offers the best opportunity to view the mysterious pre-Columbian spheres created by the Diquís civilization between 300 BCE and 1500 CE, in their originally discovered locale, near culturally significant mounds 30m in diameter. In their original setting, one can really appreciate their size and perfect sphericity. The onsite museum screens an informative video on the spheres' significance and purpose, and there are other fascinating artifacts on display here, such as stone sculptures and metates (grain-grinding stones) unique to the Diquís.
Sitio Museo Finca 6
34This site, 4km north of Sierpe, offers the best opportunity to view the mysterious pre-Columbian spheres created by the Diquís civilization between 300 BCE and 1500 CE, in their originally discovered locale, near culturally significant mounds 30m in diameter. In their original setting, one can really appreciate their size and perfect sphericity. The onsite museum screens an informative video on the spheres' significance and purpose, and there are other fascinating artifacts on display here, such as stone sculptures and metates (grain-grinding stones) unique to the Diquís.
If you're wondering how to get your young kids interested in art and science, this unusual museum – actually two museums in one – is an excellent place to start. Housed in an old penitentiary built in 1909, it's part children’s museum and part art gallery. Small kids will love the hands-on exhibits related to science, geography and natural history, while grown-ups will enjoy the unusual juxtaposition of contemporary art in abandoned prison cells.
63 locals recommend
Kid's museum
Calle 4If you're wondering how to get your young kids interested in art and science, this unusual museum – actually two museums in one – is an excellent place to start. Housed in an old penitentiary built in 1909, it's part children’s museum and part art gallery. Small kids will love the hands-on exhibits related to science, geography and natural history, while grown-ups will enjoy the unusual juxtaposition of contemporary art in abandoned prison cells.