Volcanic Sand Beaches

The beach near our hotel was a black volcanic sand beach. It is called, as I said, Panama Beach. It was an okay beach, but nothing spectacularly beautiful, unless you walked quite a while down the beach. It gave me the impression that it was kinda uncared for.

Thought I'd post this picture of my feet after a walk on the black sand beach. The sand is really black, no kidding! Although it's not the greatest beach in Costa Rica, it was okay for strolls along the beach during the early morning and the day time. It offered a change of scenery from the pool at our hotel. However, we were warned not to go out on the beach at night because it could be dangerous. So we never did.

We went to some other beaches including Coco Beach which was a $20 taxi ride away. Coco Beach is a little beach town, lots of restaurants, bars, clubs, tourist shops selling stuff. But more about that later.

Bonus: walking on sand is good for your feet – it's almost a free pedicure, once you get your feet cleaned off from the volcanic sand.

I included a pic of my feet with the volcanic sand on them and a picture of Panama Beach by our hotel.