![]() Over the decades, visitors have purchased much of the land and only a portion has been built on. This attracted more wealth to the area than it was use to. The initial surge of popularity in the 80's was mainly due to the first version of the marina being built. From Flamingo, can get to Playa Grande in 30 minutes, Tamarindo in 35 minutes, and the international airport in Liberia in about an hour. There are many other services such as banks and hardware stores and food shopping and farmer's market in the surrounding areas of Surfside/ Potrero and Brasilito, no more than a 10 minute drive away. With the influx of traffic, "The Plaza" began to take form, a commercial center on the North Ridge, which hosts several great restaurants, many small businesses as well as basic services like a pharmacy, grocery store, car rental, tours and vacation rentals. The beach and the estuary is fiercely protected, like all Costa Rican natural wonders and though the surrounding area has grown up in recent years, this pristine strip of sand remains relatively unchanged.Īs Flamingo gained popularity, the visitors kept coming and eventually roads and infrastructure was built to access the beaches from either the north ridge and the south ridge. The beach road runs parallel to the beach and hosts only a few structures near the south ridge, and on the other side of the road is a protected estuary that fills and empties with the tides into the bay of Potrero on the other side of the north ridge. As a resident, this writer can tell you, there is just something about this place. Nestled between the north and south ridges where the majority of structures are, the beach itself is a 1 km long strip of white, clean, gorgeous sand that descends into deep Azul waters with panoramic views of the Catalina Islands about 7 km off shore and the setting for what many believe to be the best sunsets in the world. With land so cheap at the time, and the incredibly low property taxes in Costa Rica, many purchased land on the north and south ridges that sandwich this otherwise untouched beach, and slowly, the hills were populated with beautiful homes. The first early version of the Marina popped up in the 80's attracting lots of boating enthusiast and many of them falling for this beautiful place instantly. Always known for it's pristine beach and stunning world class sunsets, this place 'caught on' sometime in the 70's and it's been slowly but steadily growing since. For decades, Playa Flamingo was the best kept secret in Costa Rica if not all of Central America. ![]()
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