Caribbean Coast - Costa Rica - page 307

Park Hotel HOTEL
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 2798-0555; www.parkhotellimon.com ; Av 3 btwn Calles 1 & 2; s/d standard
US$55/74, superior US$64/90, deluxe US$77/103; )
Downtown Limón's most attractive hotel has 32 rooms in a faded yellow building that
faces the ocean. Tiled rooms are tidy and sport clean bathrooms with hot water; superior
and deluxe units come with ocean views and balconies. The hotel also houses the swanki-
est restaurant in the town center.

Hotel Acon HOTEL
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 2758-1010; cnr Av 3 & Calle 3; s/d US$44/64; )
The '60s-style modernist building is in a ramshackle state, but the place is generally clean.
The 39 rooms are basic: bare linoleum floors and aged wood furnishings, all with creaky
air-con units and hot-water bathrooms.

Eating & Drinking

Find cheap eats at the sodas in the central market ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Av 2 btwn Calles 3
& 4; 6am-8pm Mon-Sat) . You can get groceries at the large Más X Menos ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; cnr Av 3 & Calle 3; 8am-9pm) , or at the Palí ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; cnr Calle 7
& Av 1; 8am-7pm Mon-Thu, 8am-7:30pm Fri & Sat, 8:30am-6pm Sun) next to the Terminal
Caribeño.
Bars by Parque Vargas and a few blocks west are popular hangouts for coastal charac-
ters: banana workers, sailors, ladies of the night, entrepreneurs, boozers, losers and every-
one else. The standard warnings for solo women travelers go double here. (If you feel like
having a beer, hit a restaurant.) This is a lousy town for getting drunk - keep your wits
about you.

Caribbean Kalisi Coffee Shop CARIBBEAN
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 2758-3249; Calle 6 btwn Avs 3 & 4; mains from US$5; 7am-8pm Mon-

Fri, 8am-7:30pm Sat, 8am-5pm Sun)
Belly up to the cafeteria-style counter at this friendly family spot and cobble together a
plate of coconut rice, red beans and whatever Caribbean meat and veggie dishes are cook-