Beaches and Cities
Flamingo Beach
Although I fell in love with the beach at Flamingo, I found myself a little lost when it came to finding things to do. Flamingo Beach is basically a resort town, one of which is located directly on the beach and the others located on the hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. My favorite [...]
Guanacaste
The province that is home to the mega resorts of Costa Rica. Guanacaste is both the hottest and most visited province in the country. Located here are some of the most visited beaches such as Tamarindo, Flamingo, Conchal, Hermosa and Samara. You can also expect to see higher than normal prices here as [...]
San Jose
Although San Jose is currently undergoing revitalization it is still considered by many a site well worth skipping altogether. And yet, San Jose does still offer many nice sites for the traveller who does decide to stay. These include: the national theatre, the gold museum and the unique central market.
Jaco
Jaco is one of the fastest expanding beach towns of Costa Rica. This rapid expansion is due to it´s close proximity to San Jose, the capitol of Costa Rica. Jaco can be reached in under two hours by car, which makes it an attractive destination for both locals and tourists. Jaco has [...]
Heredia
Heredia is the capitol of Heredia province in Costa Rica. Heredia is one of the most important education centers in the country due to its large number of colleges and language schools. Many people travel to Heredia from Europe and North America to learn Spanish at these specialized language schools.
Most of [...]
Quepos
Quepos is located just outside the famous Manual Antonio national park. The main industry in Quepos is tourism and has many hotels and restaurants. Hotels and restaurants tend to be significantly cheaper than it´s neighbor Manual Antonio. The Pacific ocean is visible from Quepos, however there is no beach and it is [...]
Flamingo Beach
Although I fell in love with the beach at Flamingo, I found myself a little lost when it came to finding things to do. Flamingo Beach is basically a resort town, one of which is located directly on the beach and the others located on the hill overlooking the Pacific ocean.
My favorite resort in [...]
Cartago
Founded in 1563 by the Spanish, this settlement served as the capitol until 1823 when it handed over those duties to San Jose, the current capitol. With a population just over 140 000, it makes it one of the largest city centers in all of Costa Rica. Cartago enjoys all of the large [...]
Samara Beach
Samara is located two and a half hours from Liberia airport in the province of Guanacaste. Samara is a small beach town that welcomes fairly large number of tourists during the tourism high season (Dec – Apr). Its year round population is that of 1500 people.
The waves in Samara are [...]
Ocotal Beach
Ocotal Beach is a small, 700 meter beach located on the Papagayo Gulf in northern Guanacaste in Costa Rica. The beach is a docking station for many boats in the region that specialize in fishing and scuba diving. Being one of the more popular scuba diving spots has had an influence on the [...]
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