Category: Central America & Caribbean

Cafeteria El Colibri

Next to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve   About the place: This small café is very close to the entrance to the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, and is well-equipped with feeders which are visited by a good range of hummingbirds

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Bula Bula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

On the edge of the Playa Grande estuary     About the place: The hotel and restaurant is a short walk from Playa Grande’s sandy beach, part of Las Baulas National Marine Park . The Hotel’s grounds border on the

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Cantarana Restaurant, Playa Grande, Costa Rica

Fifty metres from Playa Grande   About the place: This restaurant is part of a hotel set between a long quiet beach and the Guanacaste dry forest.   The sunsets are spectacular in this area.   The beach is well-known as a

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Central America & Caribbean

Current Sites… Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad BlueWater Inn Hotel, Tobago, West Indies Bula Bula, Hotel & Waltini’s Restaurant, Costa Rica Cafe & Macadamia, Costa Rica Cafe El Colibri, Costa Rica Cantarana Restaurant, Costa Rica Cuna del Angel, Bahia Ballena,

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Hotel Cuna del Angel, Bahia Ballena

Views of forest and Pacific Ocean with wildlife all around.     About the place: The La Palapa restaurant commands a view over the treetops of the garden to the forest and the sea.  It is the first 100% gluten-free restaurant in Costa Rica.

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Café & Macadamia, Costa Rica

This rustic restaurant overlooks the Laguna de Arenal, with majestic lake and forest views on the edge of the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica   About the place: Nestled in the hills surrounding Lake Arenal, this is a simple, charming café

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Sol e Luna Restaurant, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

In the tropical rain forest and close to the beach     About the place: The Sol e Luna restaurant is in a 10-metre-high building (the Carib Blue Hotel) set in the middle of the tropical garden which is next

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Selva Verde Lodge, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica

An eco lodge in a rainforest riverside location with 500 acres of private nature reserve     About the place: Located just 2 hours from San Jose, Selva Verde Lodge provides easy access to the rainforest.  Selva Verde’s 500 acres of

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Melia Cayo Coco Hotel, Cuba

Turquoise waters and fine sandy beaches     About the place: This hotel is located in Cayo Coco, in the Jardines del Rey archipelago, in Ciego de Ávila, between a natural coastal lagoon and a long stretch of sand. It

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Mocking Bird Hill, Jamaica

Between the majestic Blue Mountains and the Caribbean Sea     About the place: The Mille Fleurs restaurant at Mocking Bird Hill is set in tropical gardens with stunning vistas of Port Antonio and the Caribbean. Most of the food is home-made

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