Travel & Tourism

Get to Know 10 Details of the Future Electric Train

Presidential House and the Costa Rican Railway Institute (Incofer) set August 2019 as the deadline to have the feasibility study of the electric train that is being installed in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). The project, which at the time...

10 Thousand Appointments for Driving Tests Will Be Enabled Today

A total of 10,340 appointments for driving tests will be enabled this Thursday, November 1st, to apply in January 2019. The seats will be installed in the Driver Accreditation System, starting at 8:00 am for the 13 driver accreditation...

Juan Santamaría Airport Will Open Boarding Rooms, VIP Rooms, and Pet Area in December 2018

The start of the Christmas season will be marked by improvements at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela. Aeris -administrator of the airport- informed that for that month 4 new boarding rooms will be enabled, parking ramp in...

I First Overheard The Phrase Pura Vida About An Hour After Arriving to Costa Rica

During the month-long trip, I planned on spending half the week teaching English in the capital through the local organization Maximo Nivel, and the rest of the time ambling with a backpack through the country's vacation getaways. But in my...

Destination: Costa Rica

An online definition states that "Tourism is the business of providing services such as transport, places to stay, or entertainment for people who are on holiday. Nowadays tourism is a lot more. It is an umbrella name that designates many...

Sustainability, Ecology, Evolution and Business Transformation were “Present” in Costa Rica

This 26th, 27th, and 28th of September, the First Latin American Congress of Sustainability, Ecology, Evolution, Business Transformation was held in the facilities of Parque Viva. The Costa Rica News had the pleasure of attending and appreciating each of the...

Get to Know Costa Rica by Train

The train is one of the most popular means of transportation in many countries of the world. Costa Rica is not the exception to the rule, because currently along the Costa Rican territory there are several routes covered by...

Important Safety Tips When Swimming at the Beach

Costa Rica is one of the most sought after destinations by families and sun worshipers who love the beach, and it is that, across the whole length of the Costa del Sol you can find a series of paradisiacal...

Intersection Taras-La Lima Will Have the First 4-Leveled Structure in Costa Rica

The President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, and the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Rodolfo Méndez Mata, made known to the inhabitants of the province of Cartago the designs of the integral solution of the intersection known...

Playa Tamarindo is Recognized as the Best Coastal Destination to Retire in the World

The international magazine Travel and Living recognized “Playa Tamarindo”, located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, as one of the five best coastal destinations in the world for retirement. Among the aspects taken into consideration in the final standings of this worldwide...
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National Geographic Spotlights Bribri Cacao Farming in Costa Rica

Deep within the Talamanca mountains near Costa Rica’s border with Panama, the indigenous Bribri community of Yorkín maintains an...