Location

San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, is the destination of various airlines, located only 2:30 hrs. from Miami; with direct flights to and from Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles and New York.

Following information regarding all flights from the USA include the duration and time of Airlines available.

Jaco Beach (and Playa Hermosa) is one of the best areas to invest in Costa Rica right now, for three major reasons:

Recent large scale real estate development near Jaco beach and Playa Hermosa has made investors more aware of the area.

Jaco beach maintains its traditional position as one of the most popular tourism and surfing destinations in Costa Rica, therefore offering an incredible variety of restaurants, services and nightlife to Jaco beach and Playa Hermosa residents.

A new highway under construction from San Jose, Costa Rica to Jaco beach and Playa Hermosa will reduce the driving time to less than 1 hour.

San Jose to Jaco-Hermosa
Approximate driving time: 1 ½ hours

• Head west on Highway 1 out of San Jose for approximately 20 minutes until you see a right hand turn with signs pointing you in the directions and the towns of Atenas-Orotina-Jaco. (Highway 1 is the major highway that sits in front of the International Airport Juan Santamaria).

• This right hand turn can sneak up on you and if you are not paying attention you will drive right by it. Be on the look out for the big highway signs.

• After this right hand turn there is a stop sign. Here you will make a left hand turn onto Route 3. Continue on this main road until it dead ends and you will take a right, more than 30 minutes down the road. You will soon reach the small mountain town of Atenas. After reaching the town of Atenas, the road will follow a dangerous mountain pass. Drive with caution! After coming out of the mountain pass, you will reach the small town of San Mateo where you will take a right and then a quick left before the park.

• Just up the road you will reach Orotina. Orotina about 30 minutes from and Jaco-Hermosa. If you are hungry, there is a rotisserie chicken restaurant on the right hand side (the 2 nd chicken place that you will see is the best!)

• After passing through the small town of Orotina, be on the lookout for signs pointing you to Jaco and Quepos. There is a right hand turn just outside of Orotina and about 10 minutes later you will come to another right hand turn that is a loop around (there will be signs to Quepos-Jaco). Take this right turn onto Route 34 and continue on this road until you reach the town of Jaco.

• To continue on to Playa Hermosa, continue heading south for about 5 minutes and you will arrive at Hermosa Beach. Once you arrive in Hermosa, you will take a right hand turn just past the Backyard Hotel on the right hand side and follow this road until you reach paradise!