Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica is located on the northwestern Pacific coast. This is the perfect community to combine a Spanish language program with a vacation. This is why we have our Youth Art and Spanish Program and the Children’s Spanish, Art and Sports Camp in this wonderful beach town.

For the Teen Art and Spanish Program the combination of beach, coast, mountain and forest, along with more days of sunshine make it a colorful backdrop on which to paint and create your canvases. Students are able to get out of the studio setting and be surrounded by nature. Our instructors combine local artistic traditions with those from around the world to make this the most unique art program in the world.

For the Children's Spanish, Art and Sports Camp Playa Tamarindo's beautiful location, numerous resorts and housing options, copious adventure activities, incredible swimming beach, first class restaurants and developed infrastructure, such as banks, markets, internet cafes and medical facilities make it a tremendous destination for the whole family. Parents can choose to relax each day that their children are in the camp, or they can choose to take the adult classes and improve their Spanish. Either way the children will be with us doing fun and educations activities all day from 9am to 3pm.

More information about Playa Tamarindo!

Playa Tamarindo is a small but bustling beach community in the northwest Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Located in the tropical dry forest, Tamarindo has some of the countries best year round weather. It offers first class deep sea fishing, sailing, surfing, golf, tours, turtle watching, diving, horseback riding, canopy tours, boat rides and much more.

It is a multi-cultural community that attracts visitors from around the world. There are markets, bakeries, an outdoors vegetable market and more than 40 restaurants as well as a number of banks and ATM machines and numerous internet cafes. The cuisine is as diverse as the many different restaurants, from vegetarian and typical Costa Rican to Italian and sea food. There is a wide range of accommodation for every budget, from low cost hostels all the way to luxurious beach-front resorts.

In Tamarindo the sun shines most days, and the temperature is in the high 80’s to mid 90’s so is warm year round. During the rainy season, from May through October, it is normal for it to rain in the afternoon, which helps cool down the temperature. At the end of the day the sunsets are breathtaking kaleidoscopes of stunning colors.

The beach is a three and a half kilometer stretch of white sand and warm blue water. Tamarindo is surrounded by national parks to its north and south, and mountains to its east. Nature is abundant in and around the town. Leatherback Turtles lay their eggs in the northern part of the bay while Howler Monkeys are heard and seen swinging on branches throughout Tamarindo. In some restaurants giant Iguanas will come up to your table expecting table scraps. In the late afternoons you can hear the parakeets screeching in the trees, preparing to settle down for the night.

All of this makes Tamarindo a very fun and enjoyable place to visit. It has also made it the most popular beach destination in northern Costa Rica.