Category: Shopping
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Skip the Supermarket: How to Shop Like a Local in Ojochal
There’s a version of a Costa Rica trip where you buy everything at the supermarket, and there’s a far better one where you don’t. The chain supermercados are fine for the basics — but the real flavor of this coast lives in the weekly feria, the French baker who makes you reserve your baguette two…
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How to Cook Like a Local at Vista Bendita: Four Recipes from the Costa Rican Pacific
The best meal of any trip to Costa Rica’s Southern Pacific coast isn’t always at a restaurant. It’s the one you make yourself — with fish pulled from the Pacific that morning, limes from the market in Uvita, and cold beers from the fridge while the sun goes down over the pool. Vista Bendita’s fully…
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Shopping Near Vista Bendita: Local Stores, San Isidro & the Panama Border Run
Vista Bendita is fully equipped for self-catering — kitchen, BBQ, everything you need. For guests who want to stock up, find specialty items, or do a full shopping run, here’s the complete guide to everything from the local produce market five minutes away to the Panama border duty-free shops two hours south. Local Shopping —…