Eso Santa Teresa

The rooms are clean, Nicole and the other two girls at the front, (sorry im bad with names) were always very welcoming and accommodating. The guy at the surf rental was a little rude and not a great listener. The food was a 6 out of 10. Overall a great place to stay!

I stayed here for six nights, and one of those nights, the air conditioning wasn't working. I asked the front desk, Claudia I believe her name was, if there was someone who could fix the issue. She responded mockingly, saying "oooh nooo," and assured me she would send someone to address it. However, nobody came to fix it, so I spent the entire night sweating and ended up getting sick the next day because the bed was soaked with my sweat. This sickness persisted for most of my trip in Costa Rica due to this problem. I wouldn't recommend staying at this Salinas, and even the other Salina front desk staff were not very friendly towards foreigners who speak little Spanish. However, the rest of the staff at Salinas were very nice and helpful.

We took two surf lessons with Andres, and he is hands down the best surf instructor we've ever had - out of many over the years!! We both stood up more times than we ever have before, and Andres took us to surf green waves on our second trip, which was a real treat. Andres has an amazing mix of tough love of a great coach, with tons of personalized correction on what to do when, foot placement, how fast to get up, where to hold our arms, how to stand, where to look, how to turn, how to paddle, how to stay safe in big waves, and more. He always knew exactly where the wave would be great, he knew most everyone out on the waves and helped make sure we had clear space to catch waves when people came close to us and made us feel so safe in new situations. His friends who were out in the water gave us high fives when we caught great waves. Andres' whistles, cheers, "Paddle with power!" "Lower lower!" and his total enthusiasm were all amazing and made our experience spectacular.