Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Santa Teresa is a resort town in the west of the Central American country Costa Rica.

The place is right on the Pacific Ocean at the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula in Puntarenas province about 150 kilometers west of San Jose. Since the 1990s he has developed from a small fishing village to a constantly growing tourist destination. The beach Playa Carmen Santa Teresa and Mal Pais the neighboring village are particularly popular with surfers and surfers due to the high waves and wind resistant.

For a tropical beach region, the climate is very mild. It is cleaner and less rain than in the Caribbean; the jungle in this area is a transition zone between dry forest in the north and rain forest in the south.

9.6486111111111 - 85.175Koordinaten: 9 ° 39 ' N, 85 ° 11' W

• Place in Costa Rica
• Province of Puntarenas