An independent guide to Playa Flamingo
PlayaFlamingo.com covers Playa Flamingo and the surrounding Gold Coast of Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Potrero, Surfside, Brasilito, Conchal, and the beach towns beyond.
It exists to answer the questions every visitor ends up asking: where to eat tonight, what’s on this week, which sunset sail is worth it, how to book a fishing charter, and how to get here from the airport. One place, kept current, focused only on this stretch of coast.
This isn’t a directory that covers all of Costa Rica thinly. It covers Flamingo and its stretch of the Gold Coast properly.
What the guide covers
Restaurants & bars
Where to eat and drink across Flamingo, Potrero, and Surfside, mapped with honest one-line takes.
Open→Weekly events
Karaoke, live music, trivia, and market nights, with the date each listing was last checked.
Open→Tours & activities
Bookable tours around Flamingo and nearby towns, with real traveler reviews and prices.
Open→Sailing & sport fishing
Catamaran sails, sunset cruises, private charters, and fishing trips, most out of Marina Flamingo.
Open→The marina
A guide to Marina Flamingo: where boats leave from, and what’s there to eat and do.
Open→Getting here & around
Airport shuttles, private transfers, and the nearby beaches and towns worth a day trip.
Open→How this guide is funded
Tour, sailing, and fishing-charter bookings are completed on Viator. Those are affiliate links: if you book through them, the guide earns a commission at no extra cost to you. That’s what keeps it online and free to use.
Shuttles are different, and we want to be straight about it. Those links go to BookShuttles.com and CostaRicaShuttles.com, which are operated by the same team as this site. They are notaffiliate links and there is no third-party commission involved. They are our own sister sites, and we would rather say so than let them read as an arm’s-length recommendation.
Private rides and tours with Gaudy, our local private driver, shopper and tour guide, are arranged directly with her, usually on WhatsApp.
Tour listings and prices come live from Viator with genuine traveler reviews; restaurant and event listings are maintained by hand, and the events page shows when each listing was last checked. If something here is out of date, we’d genuinely like to know: hello@playaflamingo.com.