About Us:


Bienvenidos and Welcome to Villa Alegre. We're Barry and Suzye and we invite you to be our guest in our luxurious beachfront Bed & Breakfast.

Join us in the celebration of our lifelong dream to live on the beach in a beautiful tropical paradise.

Our Spanish style villa offers a peaceful and tranquil environment with the Pacific Ocean as our front yard.

We have provided our guests with the same comfort and amenities found in a small luxury hotel.



Enjoy freshly brewed Costa Rican coffee and a gourmet breakfast served daily on our veranda overlooking our beautiful swimming pool, wooded parkland and ocean.

Creative interiors from around the world offer a unique experience for the guests of Villa Alegre. Enjoy swimming, sunbathing, shuffleboard and horseshoes.

Afterwards relax in our shaded rancho or in our spacious living room. A large library of books, games and videos are available.

Villa Alegre Offers:

 Beachfront Location
 Swimming Pool
 Kitchen Facilities Available
 Private Parking Lot
 Phone, Fax
 Safety Deposit Box
 Modem Connection in Villas

  Each Room has Private Patio
 Air Conditioning
 Wheelchair Accessable
 Restaurants Nearby
 Available for Small Groups
 E-Mail Services

 Non-Smoking Rooms

Guest Rooms
Guest accommodations range from single rooms to two-bedroom suites.

Each of our four guest rooms in the main villa have a private patio, ceiling fan and air-conditioning. Villa Alegre guest rooms showcase our collectibles from around the world.

Villas

Private Entrance, 1 Bedroom, Living Room, Fully Equipped Kitchenette, Private bath, Patio with Parkland and Ocean view.

Japan:

This villa features:
  • King Bed
  • Standard Futon
  • Twin Futon
  • Sleeps 5
Russia:

This villa features:
  • King Bed or Twin Beds
  • Queen Futon
  • Twin Futon
  • Sleeps 5

Tamarindo Information:


Tamarindo's rise to become a serious contender for the title of Costa Rica's most popular beach town is not hard to explain. All the things people come to Costa Rica for—beach life, surfing, fishing, diving and nature tourism—are either right here or nearby.

Tamarindo is the epicenter of one of the world's great year-round warm water surfing coasts. If there's nothing doing off Tamarindo, which is rare, then it's a simple matter to head south to Playa Langosta, a bit further south to Playa Avellana, north to the big beach breaks at Playa Grande and Playa Negra or hop a water taxi to the renowned tubes of Witches Rock at Playa Naranjo in Santa Rosa National Park.

For the nature lover, the best reason to be in the Tamarindo area is to witness the nesting of the baulas, the giant leatherback turtles, at nearby Playa Grande. Now part of Las Baulas National Park, this long beach is one of the world's most important nesting sites for this huge reptile. With adults growing to an astonishing 1,000 pounds and more, the leatherback is the world's largest marine turtle and its annual nesting ritual is one of the most impressive sights in the natural world.

During nesting season, October through March, hundreds of visitors descend on Playa Grande to watch the female leatherbacks emerge from the surf and laboriously make their way up to the dry dunes, deposit 100 or so golf ball-sized eggs into a shallow pit, cover the whole thing up again and then drag themselves back to the sea.

NIGHTLIFE
Although Tamarindo has a lot to offer during the daylight hours, the nightlife should not be missed. There are over 40 restaurants which offer cusine from around the world, many beach bars with specials you can't miss, a disco and two casinos.

Welcome to Guanacaste:


Guanacaste   - The most complete destination in Costa Rica...

Come explore its beautiful beaches and meet its friendly people...you will always come back!


 Area:  6,933 square miles
 Population:  400,000
 Topography:  Ranges from highlands, active volcanoes to pastoral and fertile lowlands.
 National Parks:  Santa Rosa, Rincon de la Vieja, Bara Honda, Palo Verde. Lomas De Barbudal, Tamarindo Wildlife and Guanacaste National Parks.
 Sun:  Shines 295 days per year ~ Average Temperature: 86* F.

Guanacaste is known as a paradise for bird watchers and nature lovers, but it is also a charming experience for relaxation and fun. Guanacaste offers an incredible combination of volcanoes, national parks, beaches and water sports.


 The Highlands ~ You must save one night to watch the eruptions of the active Arenal Volcano. Neighboring attractions include the hot springs at Tabacon with full service health spa and Arenal Lake for year-round world-class windsurfing. Near Canas you can take a river raft or float down the Corobici River for sightings of monkeys, exotic birds and other animals of the tropical dry rain forest. North is Rincon de la Vieja National Park with an active volcano, hot sulfur springs and boiling mud pots.

 The Lowlands ~ Most agriculture and cattle breeding takes place in the lowlands. Don't miss Palo Verde Park for swamps and forests to view migrating birds in huge numbers. Liberia, capital of Guanacaste province, is a quaint town with colonial style homes, oak church of Agonia and the Cowboy Museum. Driving north you can visit Santa Rosa Park, one of the largest protected tropical dry forests in the world.

 The Beaches ~ The variety is astounding, from small remote coves to large stretches of soft sand. Few people know exactly how many beaches are in Guanacaste, but they number in the hundreds. The "hot spot" beaches are full of restaurants, hotels and discos. You will also enjoy fantastic sunsets virtually every day. Watching a sunset is one of the experiences everybody takes home from Guanacaste. Don't forget golf, bicycling, kayaking, horseback riding, and Leatherback turtles.

 The Ocean ~ Surfing is excellent due to the variety and consistency of the waves. Scuba Diving Magazine rated Costa Rica as the 2nd best designation in the world to see big marine animals and the 4th overall best diving destination. Marlin Magazine rated Guanacaste the best place in the world to catch sailfish and the 3rd best for black marlin.

 Guiatil Pottery Village ~

Guiatil - a small pottery village community maintainig the Chorotega Indian pottery tradition in the Northwest area of Guanacaste near Santa Cruz. The Guanacaste-Nicoya region was the center of a vibrant pre-Columbian culture ~ the Chorotegas. Chorotegas are descended from the Olmecs of Mexico and arrived in Costa Rica in the 8th century. Trade pottery from the Nicoya Peninsula brought this area into the Mesoamerican cultural sphere and developed the Chorotegan culture. Chorotegas means 'fleeing people'.

After the Spanish Conquest, pottery making died out, possibly because the images adorning pots were considered pagan by the Catholic church.

The pottery craft has been re-awakened in recent years and Guiatil pottery can be seen throughout Costa Rica.

Liberia ~

Liberia - This is the capital city of Guanacaste Province. It has a unique atmoshere, filled with remarkable old houses covered in white-painted adobe topped with orange tile roofs. Because Guanacaste has traditionally been the center for cattle ranching in Costa Rica, you will find the Casa de Cultura museum dedicated to the Costa Rican cowboy, the sabanero. It also serves a great little tourist information center, providing visitors with maps and such. The only other interesting feature about Liberia is the Galeria Fulvia, showing the works of local artisans (and carrying various U.S. magazines and newspapers for those who can't entirely pull themselves away from the world at large).

There are a few good sodas and restaurants in town, most serving comida tipica and traditional Guanacastecan favorites. Since Liberia is the hub of commerce in this area (and since it does have some English language amenities) you mightjust be able to find some American fare like pizza or hamburgers.

Santa Cruz ~

Santa Cruz - Called the National Folklore City of Costa Rica, Santa Cruz is the keeper of some of the regions most colorful customs, including songs, dances, textiles, celebrations and food like the corn-based rosquillas and yoltamal. For a taste of what Guanacaste has to offer, go to the Coope-tortillas, a women's cooperative that serves some of the dishes characteristic of this area.

Directions to:  


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Directions to Playa Tamarindo and
Villa Alegre B & B


From San Jose to Liberia:

Departing San Jose head west, passing the International Airport on the left hand side; follow the signs to San Ramon. Continue on this road, which turns north, along the Pan-American Highway; following the signs to Liberia. The trip is 135 miles and should take 3 - 4 hours, depending on the traffic. Arriving in Liberia you will come to a traffic light on the highway with 2 gas stations and Burger King/Papa John's on the corners.

From Liberia to Playa Tamarindo:

Take a left from the main stop light and head west along the main road to the beaches. 12 miles down the road you will come to an intersection in the town of Comunidad, follow the signs for Playa Flamingo and Playa Tamarindo and stay to the left. This route will take you through the town of Filadelfia and on to a smaller town of Belen about 12 miles. Keep an eye out for the big green and blue/white signs that say Tamarindo and Hotel Capitan Suizo. Turn right after the signs. Continue for 18 miles to Huacas . Turn left at Huacas. From Huacas you will continue to Villarreal. Turn right at the signs for Hotel Capitan Suizo & Playa Tamarindo. Continue 2 miles of dirt road to Tamarindo. The trip takes about 1 ˝ hours and is 48 miles from Liberia.

From Tamarindo to  Villa Alegre B & B:

Continue on the main road thru town to 30 meters past Century 21 Real Estate on the right hand side. Turn left 50 meters and you will see a white sign for Hotel Capitan Suizo. Turn right and travel 1 mile, past Hotel Capitan Suizo to a fork in the road. Take a right and follow this road 200 meters to Villa Alegre B&B. We are on the corner of the block in a two story Spanish style villa directly west from Hotel and Villas Cala Luna.
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