Love, Nosara

Love Nosara is located steps from the beach, right on the main street in Playa Guiones. With its all-wood storefront and prominent signage, it's pretty hard to miss.

It's also pretty hard not to love.

Owners Susana Brown and Manolo Jaramillo moved to Nosara a couple years ago from San José, with a vision to create a shop that promoted the love they feel for their adopted beachside surf town. Their focus on sustainability and location is reflected in everything they do: Not only does the couple design everything sold in their shop, but they also have everything produced in Costa Rica. Even the shop's gorgeous, open-air structure was built from wood salvaged at the lumber yard in town.

Inside, you'll find pieces that reflect that same attention to detail and place: sturdy canvas bags trimmed with beautiful local leather, slinky cotton jersey dresses, supersoft t-shirts silk screened with surf-inspired graphics. And everything is much more affordable than you'd think.