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Ballena, Costa Rica N/A
Driving Directions:
DIRECTION TO THE PROPERTY FROM NORTH 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 OF THE TOWNS ATENAS OROTINA JACO. 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 AND MORE HIGHWAY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO THE LEFT. FROM THIS POINT YOU WILL TRAVEL OVER A CURVY MOUNTAIN PASS WITH BEAUTIFUL VISTAS AND COFFEE PLANTATIONS. PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME ON THIS ROAD BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF STEEP HILLS AND CURVY TURNS. AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES YOU WILL COME TO THE SMALL TOWN OF ATENAS. FROM ATENAS FOLLOW SIGNS TO OROTINA. OROTINA IS THE HALFWAY MARK TO QUEPOS, AND THE TOWN OF JACO IS ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES FORM HERE. ALONG THE HIGHWAY IN OROTINA THERE ARE NUMEROUS LITTLE RESTAURANTS AND SNACK STANDS SO THIS TOWN MAKES FOR A GOOD REST STOP. ONCE YOU LEAVE OROTINA YOU HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF UNTIL YOU REACH QUEPOS. FROM OROTINA THE HIGHWAY IS NICELY PAVED AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF OF HIGHWAY SIGNS TO EASILY GUIDE YOU TO QUEPOS. ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER JACO YOU WILL BE GETTING CLOSE TO A TOWN CALLED PARITTA WHERE YOU WILL PASS OVER SEVERAL ONE LANE BRIDGES. ONCE YOU HAVE ENTERED THE TOWN OF QUEPOS AND HAVE GONE OVER THE SMALL ONE LANE BRIDGE, TAKE THE ROAD THAT VEERS LEFT INTO TOWN NOT ALONG THE SEA AND AFTER 200 YARDS YOU WILL SEE A SMALL STREET SIGN POINTING YOU IN THE DIRECTION OF MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK. FOLLOW THIS ROAD APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES, AND YOU WILL SEE A YELLOW BUILDING ON YOUR LEFT NAMED YARA PLAZA WHICH IS ABOUT 50 METERS BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO GAIA HOTEL AND RESERVE, LOCATED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF YOU PASS CLUB SIRENA, YOU HAVE PASSED GAIA, PLEASE COME BACK.
