Buena Esperanza (Martina's)
Food & Coffee · Osa Peninsula · Food & coffee
Long-running local bar and restaurant on the Matapalo road known as Martina's; on Friday nights an artisan market sets up outside with music and dancing that draws surfers, locals and visitors.
- Hours
- Daily 09:00-21:00; Friday until midnight (Google hours via Wanderlog)
- Ratings
- 4.2 on Google (80) · 4.1 on Tripadvisor (78)
Contact & directions
- Location: 8.407864, -83.282962 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Playa Pan DulceBeach · FreeThe first beach on the Matapalo road, with gentle beginner waves on a rocky point and jungle running right down to the sand.
- Playa Sombrero (Cabo Matapalo)Beach · Free · hidden gemA wild gray-sand beach on the Golfo Dulce side of Cabo Matapalo, where a river mouth shapes gentle right- and left-hand waves that beginner and intermediate surfers ride for a long time.
- King Louis WaterfallWaterfall · FreeA tall jungle waterfall hidden behind Playa Matapalo at the tip of the Osa, reached by a short, steep trail from the end of the beach road.
- Playa MatapalitoBeachA beach in the Osa Peninsula.
- Cabo Matapalo (Tip of the Osa)Landmark · FreeThe southern tip of the Osa Peninsula, marked by a small navigation light: secluded and wild, with three surf breaks, pristine beaches, monkeys and waterfalls close to Corcovado and Isla del Caño.
- Playa Matapalo (Backwash Bay)Beach · FreeThe wild southern tip of the Osa, where long right-hand point breaks peel along black rocks and old almond trees.