Soda El Guácimo
Sodas & Local Food · Jacó & Herradura · Soda · local food
Open-air roadside soda on the Costanera north of Tárcoles with big portions, quick service and clean tables. Casado with chorizo, pork chops, ceviche, tortillas and natural juices are the regulars' picks.
- Hours
- Mon-Sun 06:00-18:00 (Google listing)
- Ratings
- 4.4 on Google (1,426) · 4.4 on Tripadvisor (75)
Dishes to try
casado con chorizo · chuletas de cerdo · ceviche · tortillas · jugos naturales
Contact & directions
- Phone: +506 2428 2042
- Location: 9.824961, -84.595172 — Google Maps · Waze
Secret spots nearby
- Tárcoles Crocodile BridgeNature spot · FreeThe Route 34 bridge over the Río Tárcoles is a free front-row seat to one of the biggest American crocodile hangouts in the country: dozens of crocs, some 4 m long, sunning on the sandbanks below.
- Laguna Meándrica Trail (Carara)Trail · about $11 · hidden gemCarara's quiet northern sector, right by the Tárcoles bridge: a flat forest trail to an old oxbow lagoon of the river, with herons, kingfishers and often macaws.
- Carara National ParkTrail · about $11A transition forest where Costa Rica's dry north meets the humid south, famous for wild scarlet macaws plus trogons, monkeys and agoutis.
- Playa Carrizal de BajamarBeachA beach in the Jacó coast.
- Playa Azul & Tárcoles River MouthNature spot · Free · hidden gemWhere the Tárcoles River pours into the Gulf of Nicoya: a wide estuary beach with flocks of gulls, pelicans and frigatebirds, fishing boats, and at dusk, pairs of scarlet macaws flying out to roost in the mangroves.
- Playa TárcolesBeach · Free · hidden gemThe beach of Tárcoles village, a short drive from the crocodile bridge and the river mouth.