Night life in Guanacaste for bachelor and bachelorette party?

[yumii28]

Can anyone tell me if theres much to do if we stay at the Riu?  In terms of night life and parties. Where is there to go and how do we arrange transportation getting around?  We're planning on doing the bachelor and bachelorette party in Costa Rica but not sure where to go.  Any suggestions?

[livelovelife]

The closest place to go from the RIU to go out would be Coco (or Playas del Coco*).  It is no more than 10-15 minutes from the RIU.  I'm sure you could get a taxi or a shuttle there.  The nice thing about Coco is that they have a main strip of restaurants / shops / bars so it is quite easy to navigate through the city on foot once you get dropped off by a cab.  I'd probably say thats your best bet to go out and not go too far away.  Another option that usually has quite a bit going on is Tamarindo.  Its a nice busy beach town with tons of people and bars / clubs.  Tamarindo is probably more like to 45 minutes - 1 hour away from the RIU so distance-wise, Coco would probably be your best bet. 

[yumii28]

Thanks a lot for the info!