Costa Rica: Guanacaste, Flamingo Resort & Spa - A Secret Family Vacation Spot.
Nestled on the Pacific Coast between the lush mountains and the sea, Flamingo Resort & Spa offers families a slower pace. It's a place to share time and create family memories. Awake to the sounds of the tropics; enjoy the rhythm of gentle waves on a pristine, uncrowded beach; count tiny geckos . No official schedule is needed to have fun.
Costa Rica offers just the right balance of natural beauty and cultural inspiration. And Guanacaste is an ideal vacation spot to share with your children and each other. Whether your youngsters are tiny tots, adventure-loving teens or somewhere in between, Flamingo Beach Resort & Spa’s attentive staff will provide personalized service with special touches that cater to your entire family, while allowing for individual indulgences.
Resort: Flamingo Beach Resort & Spa is a full-service, family-friendly beach resort in the center of Costa Rica’s famed Gold Coast. Located along the edge of the beautiful golden sands of Flamingo Beach, it makes an ideal place for a family vacation. The resort features an oversized outdoor infinity-edge swimming pool with swim-up cocktail bar, indoor/outdoor dining, spa, beauty & fitness services & all of the exciting, adventure nature tours and water sports that Costa Rica has to offer.
Accommodations: The resort offers a range of accommodations from well-appointed studios to luxurious suites, with views of the mountains that surround the property or the beautiful waters of the Pacific Ocean.
All of the resort’s 120 spacious guestrooms have been remodeled and appointed with beautiful new furnishings and 29” flat screen TVs. Sleep on the edge and listen to the sound of ocean waves lapping the sands of Flamingo Beach. Dine at Arenas Restaurant offering delicious casual food and refreshing tropical drinks around the pool, or at the Magallane’s Bar, on the outdoor terrace.
Activities: A covered kiddie pool with adjacent outdoor playground may be found adjacent to the gorgeous oversized adult pool with lounging areas and swim-up bar. A separate smaller pool is ideal for pool volleyball or quiet relaxation. Fitness center featuring modern equipment and a spectacular ocean view. Take Spanish classes; play family bingo games; attend salsa lessons; try aerobics in the pool; checkout the new state-of-the-art fitness center; practice tennis day or night, or join a beach volleyball game. Wander for miles along remote, expansive stretches of pristine sands; snorkel in a private cove bordered by rocky headlands; observe endangered leatherback turtles crawling ashore at Playa Grande.
The resort is on the edge of Flamingo Beach, certified a “Blue Flag” ecological beach ideal for swimming, surfing, snorkeling and sunset cruises. Nearby water sport activities, include scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking and rentals for wave running. Deep-sea fishing excursions from the resort chase marlin, tuna, and Dorado, among many others. Game area includes complimentary billiards, table games, lending library, and Internet access.
After hours, you can find diversion in the oceanfront Sunset Lounge, or the recently renovated Casino featuring blackjack, roulette and more than 30 slot machines. Family fun abounds in the billiards area, or with a table game or a good book from our lending library. Bonus points: Family board games are also available at the front desk at no charge. Need to know: The resort also offers babysitting and child care services by request.
Daytrips include canopy excursions, rainforest and cloud forest explorations, volcano expeditions, and river rafting. In addition, boat cruises and horseback riding may be arranged through the resort’s tour desk.
Discovery: Costa Rica maintains some of the most beautiful national park sites in the world. One remarkable spot, not far from the resort, is Las Baulas National Park located next to Tamarindo Beach. Covering 4.2 square kilometers of beach, dry forest, and swamp, the park also serves as the nesting ground for the endangered leatherback turtle, the world's largest turtle. Nesting season runs from October to March from Playa Grande to Playa Langosta and Junquillal.
Bonus points: Costa Rica’s natural wonders are within reach from this safe and beautiful beachfront location. The resort features an onsite tour and travel service, offering spectacular volcano, rainforest canopy, and other nature tours, diving and snorkeling safaris, fishing expeditions and more.
Value added: Serenity Spa a full-service facility at Flamingo Beach Resort offers facials, massage and other indulgent treatments all guaranteed to relax, refresh and rejuvenate. If you are planning a wedding or thinking of a family reunion, the resort also has a 3,264 sq. ft. event space comprised of two adjoining meeting rooms and four outdoor spaces.
Here’s the deal. A multitude of specialty packages are also available for families. Breakfast plans, all-inclusive, adventure packages, and family celebration packages are just a few of the many special packages the resort offers. For example: The Family Studio Deal provides much needed space for families. Enjoy studio accommodations for the same price as a standard room. Family studios feature an open room with an equipped kitchenette with eat-in bar, two double beds, and a sofa bed and the studio space can accommodate a maximum of four people. Room amenities include everything to make a perfect family vacation.
Location on the planet: Flamingo Beach Resort & Spa Situated in Costa Rica’s north Pacific province of Guanacaste. It is the only resort directly on famed Playa Flamingo.
Make it happen. Flamingo Beach Resort Playa Flamingo Santa Cruz, Guanacaste Costa Rica. Toll-free 1-877-450-3507, 011-506-2-654-4444 or
www.resortflamingobeach.com
About Costa Rica: Costa Rica is located in Central America, nestled between Nicaragua and Panama, and bordered on the east by the Caribbean Sea and the west by the Pacific Ocean. The country has long been a popular tourism, retirement and Spanish education destination for North Americans. Roughly the size of West Virginia, the country shelters approximately four percent of the world’s existing biodiversity, with protected areas comprising 25 percent of its land mass.
Content researched by FTF and images provided by Flamingo Beach Resort. Copyright 2009.
