Country Info
- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in Costa Rica
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Heliconias Lodge Bijagua de Upala
22 reviews -
Hotel Wilson Tulipan Los Chiles
2 reviews -
Hotel Casa Antigua Alajuela
29 reviews
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Albergue La Catarata La Fortuna
26 reviews -
Hotel Fuego Arenal La Fortuna
6 reviews -
Hotel Vista del Cerro La Fortuna
141 reviews
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Los Inocentes Lodge La Cruz
1 review
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Hotel El Villaggio Nicoya
1 review
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Iguana Inn Playa Hermosa
10 reviews
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Tambor Tropical Beach Resort Playa Tambor
46 reviews
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Hotel & Boutique Hojarascas Heredia
94 reviews
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Albergue Isla Verde Puerto Limon
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Hotel Playa Westfalia Puerto Limon
53 reviews
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Hotel Ilan-Ilan Tortuguero
13 reviews
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La Purruja Lodge Golfito
3 reviews
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Hotel Paraiso del Sol Jaco
11 reviews
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Condotel Las Cascadas Manuel Antonio National Park
135 reviews
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Hotel Playa Espadilla Manuel Antonio National Park
67 reviews
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Falls Resort at Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio National Park
355 reviews
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Hotel Luz de Mono Montezuma
61 reviews
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Cabinas Oro Verde Puerto Jimenez
3 reviews
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Hotel Las Brisas Puntarenas
17 reviews
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Aranjuez Hotel San Jose
251 reviews
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Costa Paraiso Dominical
115 reviews
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Hotel Del Sur Country Club And Casino San Isidro de El General
8 reviews
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Lucero Surf Retreats Santa Teresa
18 reviews
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Quetzal Inn Santa Elena
21 reviews
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Mirador del Mar Esterillos Este
2 reviews
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Hotel Villa Verde Monteverde
19 reviews
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Hotel el Prado Alajuela
1 review
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La Cangreja Lodge La Fortuna
11 reviews
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Lomas Del Volcan La Fortuna
189 reviews
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Hotel Wagelia Turrialba
13 reviews
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Las Tinajas Nicoya
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Villa Acacia Playa Hermosa
23 reviews
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Cabinas Rio Tempisque de Lujo Santa Cruz
1 review
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Hotel America Heredia
14 reviews
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Villas La Condesa Hotel San Jose San Rafael
5 reviews
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Hotel Cocori Puerto Limon
14 reviews
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Albergue Las Palmas Jaco
2 reviews
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Travel Blogs from Costa Rica
Live Volcanoes, Hot Springs, Partying + La Caribe
This is a top pick! We spent 8 days in Costa Rica, which felt like a bit of a rush but we still managed to do and see quite a lot. The first 2 days we spent in La Fortuna a town which is near Volcan Arenal in the north of Costa Rica. We took a tour ($20) that involved going ...
Climbing Chirripo:36 hours of hell!
This is a top pick! ...We start off very happy, determined and excited! Our hostel told us it was only a short walk to the entrance of the park...turned out to be 1.5 K at a 45 degree incline, but I´m sure that´s a short walk in someones book...nonetheless, we officially ...
The longest bus ride
This is a top pick! ... some kind of traffic jam-road work that made us sit in the road for about 3 hours. The border was also horrendous because Costa Rica makes everyone do their own passport stamping, which is probably a good idea, but makes for a two hour customs ...
Christmas in the Bad Lands....Smells Like Fish
This is a top pick! So our time in Bocas del Torro was pretty cool before Christmas - we had a pretty good routine of heading to the beach, cooking dinner with some other travellers in the hostel and repeating. Then we ran into our Australian friends who we met in ...
Ants and the Mimosa
This is a top pick! While Ellen toils this week in Toronto I'm in Latin America, a guest of the Costa Rica Tourist Board. Three American journalists and I were invited to do a familiarization trip focusing on extreme sports. I could have written about what it's like to ...
June 27-29: Sunsets, Cops and Swiss Boys
This is a top pick! Something to Ponder.... "Own only what you can carry with you! Know language, know countries, know poeple, let your memory be your travel bag"! Alexander Solzhenitsyn June 20: Caught the 3:30 bus to Tamarindo from Alfaro...the ride ended up ...
5 day adventure, 1+2
This is a top pick! ... Gumps principal makes when getting it on with his mum.. I slept most of the way there but managed to see that Costa Rica who is supposedly well renowned for being environmental aware had chopped all the pristine jungle similar to that which Nicaragua ...
manatee spotting.
This is a top pick! Day 3 Pueblo Tambor Our third day was a lot easier and enjoyable with an upclose connection with the unspoiled landscape around us (Nicaraguan side only) .. So we woke in time to hear the racket from the howler monkeys, paddled through Crocodile alley ...
11 Hot Spring Pools with a Bitchin´ Water Slide
This is a top pick! ... Sniff) for the lovely lush gardens of Costa Rica. We took a chicken bus to the next biggest town where we then bought a ticket for Costa Rica. We arrived about 12ish and bought a ticked for the 2pm bus (Tica Bus). So we sit and wait around ...
Cloud Forest, Continental Divide and Humming Birds
This is a top pick! Peter and I decided to do a tour, and I would not recommend it. It seemed appealing, mainly due to transportation issues. We now know that: you can take the bus (50cents), rent a guide at the park, and hike the divide for a quarter of the price. Oh well! ...
Chilling to the Reggae vibe.....
This is a top pick! ... took the short bus ride south, where we stood in queues for what seemed like hours at the Penas Blancas border crossing. Stamped into Costa Rica our bus passed the most beautiful scenery on it's way to San Jose (that song was in my head the entire ...
San Ramon:Hammocks, hot springs and cattle auction
This is a top pick! ... Chale wants to buy 10 cows for his ranch. We meet up with his partner, Pedro, Saray and Alex. Here's where I get my first Costa motorcycle experience...very fun! On to the suesta where I kind of get to help pick out the cows, which was good, but we're ...
Sweet, Sweet Costa Rica
This is a top pick! ... swinging on the tree canopy above us. And then another. And then maybe a dozen more by Ades´count. Lowlights - No complaints about Costa Rica, just missing out on important events at home, both the good (Jason and Diana´s wedding) and the bad (my ...
Puerto Viejo
This is a top pick! Our first stop is Puerto Viejo, we ll be here for three days to relax, enjoy the beaches and ...
Look who came to visit.....
This is a top pick! Turns out it's Dustin(friend we met in Mal Pais) passing through town and back to CT. Recap of one crazy day in San Jose: went to Blue Marlin for a drink(bar inside of Hotel Del Rey) Little tip for any body bringing a family down here: do not stay in ...
Do you know the way..........
This is a top pick! Well I´ve been in San Jose all week learning salsa will my dance teacher Doris. Most days I´ve been having private dancing lessons so I´ve improved quickly and Doris even commented on how quickly I was picking up the steps. The biggest problem for me ...
Gators, Iguanas, Monkeys and More!
This is a top pick! Cano Negro is a 1025 sq.km wet land refuge that borders Nicaragua. The Rio Frio defines the landscape and is very similar to the Florida Everglades. The River is also considered the premier destination to bird watch. We started our 8 hr adventure at 7am. ...
Facials, Flamenco, and Pole dancing....
This is a top pick! Today, Judy and I spent an hour and a half looking for the Alfaro bus station(literally, everyone we asked told us a diff direction). Finally, we find it tucked away in the back of a little soda, and I get tics for the bus tomorrow(Tamarindo). Then, ...
Finally some monkeys
This is a top pick! Cahuita was smaller and less fun than Puerto Viejo, but the National Park was a highlight. Since the park was so accessible and crowded we kept expectations low on seeing wildlife, but as soon as we saw the monkey droppings...we knew ...
BOS Party: Foam Party and Naked Twister
This is a top pick! Of course BOS decides at the last minute that they are going to go on with the party in August giving us all but 3 weeks to plan, invite, and get this shin-dig together. To say the least it was a bit of a cluster fu!*....but it did make things a bit more ...
........to San Jose
This is a top pick! ... in Central America. Before I came away travelling I thought that It would be all about the Mayan sites, Caribeen beeches or Costa Rican rainforests. On reflex ion this means nothing without all the great people I have met during the last three months ...
El Pueblo and the tico thief
This is a top pick! ... care....WE LOVE YOU AND CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR HELP! (Kiley) Yes. I have officially had my first bad costa experience. I've heard the stories...and laughed from a safe distance...but no more...and now have officially joined the ranks with ...
Hola Cost-a-Lotta!!
This is a top pick! ... , catching a boat through banana plantations of Changuinola and crossing the border bridge on foot, we´ve now entered Costa Rica. Our first observations are the plethora of banana plantations, the better quality buses and the influence of the ...
Getting our head out of the clouds (w/ p.u.)
This is a top pick! After a 3 hour bus ride through clouds, clouds, and more clouds we ended in San Isidro. It was only a stop on the way to Ojochal but this town charmed us. From the strange leotard clad girl acting/dancing a religious play in the central park to the ...
Arenal volcano
This is a top pick! We are on our way to our last stop on this trip: the Arenal Volcano. It´s active and if we are lucky we ll see some nice lava ...
Another Earthquake
This is a top pick! It was about noon....I had just got home and crashed on the couch with a book, when all of the sudden, our building starts to shake....scared the shit out of me. They can call them "tremors" if they want, but as far as I'm concerned its a full-on ...
Chant meets the devil, Kiley meets the britts!
This is a top pick! ... (scott, matt,kev, isabel,allissa and alissa's sister,kiley and I and the two kids sophi and liam) is making an outing at Costa's finest theme park "Parque Diversiones"...or, maybe the only theme park...but fun, notheless. So, we decide to tag along...we ...