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The best thing you can say about PLAYA JACO is that it's the closest beach to San Jose. Just three hours (102km) from the capital, it attracts a mix of surfers, weekenders and holidaying Ticos, from party-hearty students to working-class families. If you've been stuck in San Jose and are desperate to get to a beach, you might want to take advantage of the weekend specials at larger hotels like the Best Western Jaco Beach . But if you have dreams of swimming in the Pacific off pristine white sands, forget it - for one, the water is reported to be polluted near the estuaries; and elsewhere it can be dangerous. Despite the caveats, it's impossible to overstate Jaco's popularity with surfers (May-Nov), Canadian package tourists (Dec-March) and Josefinos (all year); be sure to make reservations during the high season (Dec-April), especially at weekends
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