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Bookmark & shareFarewell kaftans and wacky baccy, all hail Dolce & Gabbana and vanilla lattes.
Ask any ageing hippies who traveled through Costa Rica back in the day and you'll no doubt be regaled with dreamy tales of watching sea turtles nest on an abandoned beach. In the span of only a few years, Playa Tamarindo changed from a tiny beach town into a well-to-do suburb of North American and European ex-pats.
Fast Facts
Population
2,000
Currency
Name: Costa Rican Colon
Code: CRC
Symbol: ¢
Electrical Plugs
120V 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Spanish
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -6
Country Dialing Code
+506
Weights & Measures
Metric
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