Costa Rica has cannily and famously leveraged its ecotourism riches into bank-account riches over the past several decades, but it wouldn’t have become Central America’s most successful destination without its plentiful playas – most of which line its 1,016 kilometres (630 miles) of Pacific coastline in the provinces of Guanacaste and Puntarenas. Following are the main top choices, from castaway stretches to strands buzzing with families or surfers, from north to south. 

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