Beautiful Local Beach With Fun Waves

If you want to visit a more local beach in Guanacaste, check out Playa Prieta. This small beautiful beach is very close to more popular beaches of Conchal, Flamingo and Las Catalinas so if you want to get away from the tourists, head over to Prieta. It’s an excellent beach to mingle with locals so we highly recommend it for a chill beach day. Here is our guide so you can find out how to visit.

Map

Playa Prieta map

Playa Prieta is 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Liberia International Airport (50 minute drive), a 40 minute drive from Tamarindo and a 15 minute drive from Flamingo.

How to get there

Playa Prieta is off the main road going to Las Catalinas from Huacas. You won’t see any signs for it, but it is a steep turn to the left right when you see the sign for some villas. You can find Playa Prieta on Google Maps and Waze.

Parking

There is a large parking area under the trees by the beach.

4×4 required?

Although the main road to this beach is  paved, I would…