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| CENTRAL
PACIFIC REGION |
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| MONTEZUMA
BEACH AND TOWN |
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Montezuma, a former fishing village, is located 25 km south
of Paquera at the southwestern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula. For a place that
did not even have electricity until 12 years ago, it really has grown extremely
quickly, shifting from a haunt for younger, budget tourists to include groups
as diverse as honeymooners and "ecotourists".
What brings everyone here is the astounding beauty of the setting.
Montezuma and the coast south to Cabo Blanco features some of the loveliest
coastline in the country: white sand, dotted with jutting rocks and vertiginous,
leaning palms, and backed by lush greenery, including rare Pacific lowland tropical
forest. The village itself is surrounded by thickly forested hills sliced through
by the needle-thin cascades of waterfalls. Views out into the Pacific are uninterrupted,
and are especially wonderful at night, when the occasional lightning storm illuminates
the horizon and silky waters.
