The tourist brochures tout the country’s Caribbean coast as “the other Costa Rica.” Everything about this part of Costa Rica seems different: different culture, different history, different climate, and different…
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Central Valley
San José sits in a mile-high mountain valley ringed by volcanoes whose ash has fertilized the soil and turned the region into Costa Rica’s historic breadbasket. This will always be…
Central Pacific Coast
The Central Pacific region of Costa Rica is a long swath of gorgeous land, encompassing sublime coastline dotted with national parks and palm-lined beaches, and inland stretches of ranches, coffee…
Nicoya Peninsula
Reliably sunny, dry weather brings planeloads of sun-starved Northerners to the North Pacific area of Costa Rica every winter, and a windswept coastline makes Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula popular…
Northern Zone
The vast expanse that locals call the Zona Norte (Northern Zone) packs in a larger variety of activities than any other part of the country. You’ll find almost everything in…
South Pacific
Visitors go south to heed the call of the wild. The jewels in the South Pacific crown are the idyllic Golfo Dulce and the wild Osa Peninsula, brimming with wildlife…