Most expats seem to think only locals go to Playa Biesanz, in Manual Antonio, Costa Rica but they are wrong. And, if you follow the right path, it is easy to find this peaceful, unspoiled, beautiful beach.
In July, when I checked in at the Hotel Shana in Costa Rica, I was told of a beach “50 meters down the road,” which I later discovered was Playa Biesanz. What the heck is 50 meters in miles or feet? No one there knew, including me.
Loving the beach as I do, I decided to find it. I walked and walked. First down the road and then hiking up a long, steep hill to a dead-end where another hotel sat.
In perfect English, the guard there told me I should go 20 meters back down the road. I felt a little better when he also told me I am not the only one who missed the opening to the beach road. There have been many lost people arriving at his doorstep.