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Southern Pacific Coast (Nicaragua), Nicaragua
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Playa Maderas is a beach on the Pacific coast of south western Nicaragua with great sand and good surfing. It is just north of San Juan del Sur.
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Serene beachside restaurant serving fresh seafood, pinto gallo, and cold Tona or Victoria beers. Hammocks, shady palapas.
Cheery place, communal, with pool, billiards table, hammocks, workout classes (surcharge). Breakfast a little disappointing with fruit and toast. Conveniently close to beach.
Right on the beach (Marsella Beach), so you can feel right at home among parrots, monkeys, and crocodiles. Has wifi too.
Backpacker type of place but with good taste, lots of interactive activities (pool, billiards, yoga, etc). Breakfast included. Great deck from which to look out at the ocean dreamily.
Breakfast buffet and restaurant. Guided surfing lessons. Establishment is perched high above beach and business provides shuttle to get there from base of hill. Variety of accommodation options on site, from tents to bungalows. Has wifi.
Boutique-style hotel with art on walls and gourmet restaurant and lavish pool. Has a/c, wifi, bar/dining.
A family-run place with shared dorms, two-person rooms, little "dog house" huts and some fancier rooms as well.
You can get to Playa Maderas from San Juan del Sur by water taxi, taxi, or bicycle. The water taxi can leaves from Hotel Estrella at 10:00 and returns at 16:00, and costs about US$8.
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