Guidebook for San Ramon
Food Scene
Chepes Restaurante
Avenida 9Great selection of food, pizza, burgers, dinners, fun atmosphere. Real chef.
Great Costa Rica food, big menu, great prices, cool setting. Try and stick to the basics, that pretty much goes for most places here. If you order a Cordon Blue, fore example, expect to be surprised! It will be yummy, but not necessarily what you expected.
Mi Choza Restaurante y Bar
Great Costa Rica food, big menu, great prices, cool setting. Try and stick to the basics, that pretty much goes for most places here. If you order a Cordon Blue, fore example, expect to be surprised! It will be yummy, but not necessarily what you expected.
Drinks & Nightlife
Fun place, cool vibe. Not traditional Costa Rica, more of a European feel.
7 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Octubre 29 Gastrobar
Fun place, cool vibe. Not traditional Costa Rica, more of a European feel.
Parks & Nature
Waterfalls! Natural pools! Giant water slide! Fun fun tico places with big restaurant, showers and bathrooms, ranchos with picnic tables and BBQs if you get there early, plenty of parking, hiking trails, even short zip lining at certain times of year. Playground too!
20 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Balneario Las Musas
Waterfalls! Natural pools! Giant water slide! Fun fun tico places with big restaurant, showers and bathrooms, ranchos with picnic tables and BBQs if you get there early, plenty of parking, hiking trails, even short zip lining at certain times of year. Playground too!
The purest Cloud Forest reserve. Not touristy - this is for people who want the real information, in a beautiful setting, on a 4-5 hour hike. Over 50 acres of private forest maintained through tours and programs and 2 dedicated rangers. Make an appointment: check their website by looking up Nectandra Cloud Forest San Ramon.
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden
The purest Cloud Forest reserve. Not touristy - this is for people who want the real information, in a beautiful setting, on a 4-5 hour hike. Over 50 acres of private forest maintained through tours and programs and 2 dedicated rangers. Make an appointment: check their website by looking up Nectandra Cloud Forest San Ramon.
Closest Blue Zone beach ! less than an hour away, with parking, restaurant and full bathrooms and showers. Black sand beach so leave the whites at home. Watch your food with the monkeys. Really. Small fee.
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Playa Doña Ana
Playa Doña AnaClosest Blue Zone beach ! less than an hour away, with parking, restaurant and full bathrooms and showers. Black sand beach so leave the whites at home. Watch your food with the monkeys. Really. Small fee.
Arts & Culture
Cute Museum with different exhibits on San Ramon and surrounding areas including a gravesite found here dating to the pre-columbian era. Just off the park so easy to get to. Plan to spend about an hour. Children's play area too.
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
San Ramon Regional Museum
Avenida 1Cute Museum with different exhibits on San Ramon and surrounding areas including a gravesite found here dating to the pre-columbian era. Just off the park so easy to get to. Plan to spend about an hour. Children's play area too.
Hotel casitas designed like an old Costa Rica village, and youa are free to wander around. Old church with 100+ handpainted tiles. Wander around the grounds and see them milk the cows at 2:30. High end (but expensive) restaurant, cloud forest trails and nature center.
Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel & Nature Reserve
Ruta a Villa BlancaHotel casitas designed like an old Costa Rica village, and youa are free to wander around. Old church with 100+ handpainted tiles. Wander around the grounds and see them milk the cows at 2:30. High end (but expensive) restaurant, cloud forest trails and nature center.
Universidad de Costa Rica - Sede de Occidente
Shopping
Best Costa Rican grocery store. Has everything at great price. Can park across the street in the lot for free for an hour if you show your receipt totaling more than 10,000 colones. (about 20USD)
Supermolina (Supermarkets Molina)
Best Costa Rican grocery store. Has everything at great price. Can park across the street in the lot for free for an hour if you show your receipt totaling more than 10,000 colones. (about 20USD)
Entertainment & Activities
Zip lines and great vegetarian restaurant! Lovely place! Just 45 minutes away - great day trip from Vista Valverde!
Lands in Love Hotel and Resort
Zip lines and great vegetarian restaurant! Lovely place! Just 45 minutes away - great day trip from Vista Valverde!
Getting Around
CAR FERRY! Very cool. From Puntarenas to Nicoya Peninsula. Get in line, park, then get your tickets at the office on the corner. just ask and follow where they point. Driver is included with car price, but there is a per person ticket price too. Driver drives on by passengers must walk on. Disabled can drive on with driver, and there is a very cool elevated stair lift!
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Ferry Paquera station
CAR FERRY! Very cool. From Puntarenas to Nicoya Peninsula. Get in line, park, then get your tickets at the office on the corner. just ask and follow where they point. Driver is included with car price, but there is a per person ticket price too. Driver drives on by passengers must walk on. Disabled can drive on with driver, and there is a very cool elevated stair lift!
Ferry from Puntarenas to Paquera - there used to be one to Paquera and one to Naranjo (just a few miles away from each other). Just ask when you get there depending on which area you are going to on the other side.
Ferry to Playa Naranjo
Paseo de los TuristasFerry from Puntarenas to Paquera - there used to be one to Paquera and one to Naranjo (just a few miles away from each other). Just ask when you get there depending on which area you are going to on the other side.