Ocean Apartments
Simple apartments five minutes from Santa Teresa Beach
About this stay
Ocean Apartments strips things back to the essentials: a five-minute walk to Santa Teresa Beach and a two-minute walk to Ani's bowls and salads, with the apartment format suiting families wanting more room than a standard hotel unit without the amenity list of a full resort attached to the price. The 28-minute taxi to Cobano airport sits in the middle range for this part of the coast, neither the shortest nor the longest transfer available. There is no pool or restaurant on site, so daily plans lean on the walkable beach and the nearby food spot instead of anything happening on the property itself. Nothing about the property is flashy, which fits a coast that has largely stayed outside Costa Rica's bigger resort corridors.
- Walkable beach access
- Apartment layout
- Nearby healthy food
Our take
Ocean Apartments suits families who want a self-contained apartment a five-minute walk from Santa Teresa Beach rather than a full-service hotel. Ani's bowls and salads is close by for casual food, and the property is kid-friendly throughout. A 9.4 rating from 23 reviews is encouraging on a small sample; anyone who wants a pool or on-site dining should book a hotel instead.
- ✓Walk to Santa Teresa Beach in the late afternoon, five minutes puts you there for sunset without any rushing
- ✓Grab a bowl at Ani's bowls and salads for a fast, healthy lunch two minutes away from the apartment
- ✓Book groceries in Santa Teresa on arrival since there is no restaurant on site at this particular property
Why we love it
- Five-minute walk to Santa Teresa Beach
- Two minutes to Ani's bowls and salads
- Apartment-style space for families
- No amenity overhead to pay for
Why guests love itSanta Teresa Beach is a five-minute walk from Ocean Apartments, which I see as a simple, apartment-style family base rather than a hotel, so a morning swim and an evening stroll need no car, and Ani's bowls and salads nearby makes for easy family lunches. The whole property is listed as kid-friendly. A 9.4 rating from 23 reviews is encouraging, though the sample remains small, so I would read recent reviews before booking.