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DESTINATIONS IN COSTA RICA
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DESTINATIONS IN COSTA RICA BY PROVINCES
Province of: San Jose
San Jose has been the capital of Costa Rica and the seat of its democracy since 1823. Nestled high in the Central Valley, between green volcanic mountain ranges, the metropolitan city...
Province of: Puntarenas
Montezuma (9.65° N, 85.07° W) is a town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica which began as a remote fishing village and has gained popularity since the 1980s among tourists on a...
The 10,526. hectareas Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve nestled in moisture-fillied hanging clouds, provides a home to a thousand of species of plants, animals and insects. It offers an...
Manuel Antonio National Park has three white sandy connecting beaches and a forest filled with a variety of monkeys. It sits at the base of a mountain on a pennisula that eargerly...
The soutwest corner of Costa Rica contains the largest tracts of unspoiled virgin rainforest. Although a fair amount of this area is accessible by hard four-wheel driving, it´s...
Mal Pais and Santa Teresa are two beaches on the west side of Cabo Blanco with their isolation - and perhaps attraction - enhanced by their remoteness. The road that cuts across the...
Beacuse of its proximity to San Jose, Jaco is one of the country´s most developed beach towns. The fun-loving, happy-go-lucky beach town is essentially both sides of a main...
Puntarenas began life as Costa Rica´s premier Pacific deep-sea port and popular seaside destination for Costa Ricans. A short ferry ride across the gulf now brings much better...
This little-visited area of the Pacific coast is only now opening up to tourism beacuse of the newly improved road. Eventually it will be over-developed when the road is made into a...
Despite a good break near Zancudo Beach, all the surfers boogie down to Pavones for its famous long break, especially in the green season when it is its zenith.
Hailed the world...
Province of: Limon
Dark brown waters in the 160 km of inland canals crisscross untamed, low-lying forests and mangrove swamps of the northeast region, allowing traditional means (motor boats) of...
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The southern beach town of Cahuita is laid back and friendly, a place to rest and rejuvenate during the day - and the hot spot for dancing at night. It contains...
Established when Columbus first anchored offeshore in1502, Limon has proved over the years to be the premium deep-sea harbor for Costa Rica exports. The government built the Atlantic...
Puerto Viejo is the hottest spot on Costa Rica´s Caribean coast. As you head still farther south, you will come to the most beautiful beaches on this coast with white sand and...
Province of: Heredia
Just 11kmls northwest of San Jose is the pretty city of Heredia, nicknamed the City of the Flowers. Founded in 1706, COsta Rica fourth-largest city was first known by its Huetar indian...
The Sarapiqui Region, named for the principal river that runs through this area, lies at the foot of the Cordillera Central mountain range. To the west is the rainforest of Braulio...
Province of: Guanacaste
Rincon de la Vieja National Park is an impressive park surrounding two volcanoes, 25 kms northeast of Liberia, Guanacaste. The park ´s 14,090 hectares have been split into two...
A stone´s throw noth of playa Flamingo, but far by dirt road, is Playa Grande, featuring the Baula National Marine Park, created in 1991. The marine park expanded in 1995 to...
Playa Hermosa, has developed in the last few years, thankfully with smaller properties. It has a gray sand, flat and lined with trees, and is a favorite with swimmers. This beautiful...
Playa Panama, just north of Playa Hermosa, is the location of some resorts that were part of the planned Cancun-like mega-resorts development known as Papagayo. This beach surrounds...
Playa del Coco, south of Playa Hermosa, has been a popular destination for Costa Ricans and tourists alike for many years. It has paved road going right up to the beach, which...
The Capital of Guanacaste Province is the growing city of Liberia, now complete with an international airport that accepts charters flights from different northamerica, Europe and...
Partly because of paved roads that lead almost all the way there - plus a local air strip, with service from San Jose and other local destinations - and partly beacuse of its word...
Playa Potrero is north of Flamingo Beach. Its sand is not as appealing, but it does offer solitude and much smoother surf and better for swimming. There are a lot of private homes and...
Samara Beach is a beachfront community that is growing in popularity - for very good reasons. Its wide beach is protected by rock promontories at either end and an offshore reef, which...
A favorite area of retireds North Americans and Europeans, Nosaras has bad roads that get worse in the rainy season. From Samara Beach, you have to cross three narrow rivers and...
Playa El Coco, south of Hermosa Beach, has been a popular beach destination for tourists for many years. The beach itself has dull volcanic gray sand (for white sand sneak down...
Province of: Cartago
The agricultural town of Turrialba used to be known as a crossroad and was the only route from San Jose to Limon until the Guapiles highway replaced it in importance in 1978. Before...
Cartago lies a half-hour by bus and 23 klms east from San Jose via the Inter-American highway. It was the original capital of Costa Rica for 300 years until it lost the power struggle...
The drive up from Cartago to Costa Rica´s highest volcano is magnificent. Volcanic eruptions over the millennium have blessed the slopes with fertile soil and farmers try to...
Chirripo National Park.
Contiguous with Costa Rica`s largest national park, Parque Internacional La Amistad, Chirripo National Park contains Mount Chirripo, Central America`s tallest...
Province of: Alajuela
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Arenal Volcano is the most active volcano in the western hemisphere and its presence dominates the northern town of La Fortuna. If Poas and...
As volcanoes go, Poas is quite a good one - and a definite must-see on your trip. This broad, tall, semi-conical mountain is a part of the Continental Divide - its eastern slope drains...
Four-wheel oxcarts and four-wheel-drive Land Rovers puncturate Costa Rica`s second-largest city. Just three klms from the International Airport on the slopes of the Poas Volcano,...
Why is Atenas Costa Rica a town everyone should know?
Even for the same costaricans, used to the beauty of our country and not always aware of the treasure we have, realize the luck we...
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Arenal Observtory Lodge, at the foot of Arenal Volcano
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