Our chocolate factory is in San Juan del Sur. Come for the chocolate, stay for the Pacific.
Walk through town to the bay. Spend a day at the beach. Choose a Casa Oro stay that suits your pace, from a hostel in the centre to a B&B above the water.
Before our chocolate reaches Wicker Park, it is made here. Cacao fermented and dried in Tipitapa comes to our own factory in San Juan del Sur for roasting, winnowing, grinding and conching. Karina and the team make the chocolate that we temper and mould in Chicago.
The kitchen is at El Pacifico Hotel, part of Casa Oro. Its coastal home connects the chocolate to a wider community of places to stay, eat and spend time in Nicaragua.
For factory visits and plans on the coast, start with Casa Oro. For a look inside the kitchen right now, watch Karina's film on our chocolate process page.
A hostel in the centre, a hillside B&B, a guesthouse near the beach and the hotel where we make chocolate. Choose your stay, then book directly with Casa Oro.
In town. Close to the beach.
San Juan del Sur's oldest hostel is our original Casa Oro home. Stay in the centre of town, one block from the beach, with dorms and private rooms.
The surf shop, café and common spaces make it a base for meeting other travellers and getting out to the coast. Casa Oro can help you plan time at Playa Maderas.
Above the bay.
Casa Andalucia sits on a hillside overlooking San Juan del Sur and its crescent-shaped bay. It is our B&B and retreat-centre stay, with a different view of the town below.
Choose it for time above the bustle, with San Juan del Sur still close by. See the property for rooms, photographs and current booking options.
A guesthouse two blocks from the beach.
A boutique guesthouse in town, with a pool, shared kitchen and places to sit together. Head up to the terrace for a view of San Juan del Sur's bay.
For a stay with the feel of a house, look at Nuestra Casa's rooms and booking options.
The home of our chocolate kitchen.
A boutique hotel in La Talanguera, across the bay from the centre of town. Fruit trees, tropical flowers and coconut palms surround the property.
This is where Karina and the team make our chocolate. Explore the hotel for a stay here and ask Casa Oro about visiting the kitchen.
San Juan del Sur opens onto a Pacific bay. Playa Maderas is one of the nearby surf beaches, and Casa Oro's team can help with your plans beyond town.
Chocolate, coffee, a day on the water and a place to come back to. Explore the properties and arrange the stay directly with Casa Oro.
Peñas Blancas is home to Reserva Los Nogales: forest, cabins and a regenerative coffee farm.