Esterillos
Central Pacific, Costa Rica
Esterillos is three quiet stretches of beach between Jacó and Quepos, called Oeste, Centro and Este, with long dark sand and almost no tourist scene. The foreign residents here came for the calm, and they mostly get it. You'll drive to Jacó or Parrita for groceries and errands, and that's part of the deal.
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