Are you up for a shocking dichotomy at the museum? In one room, rounded sculptures of voluptuous women — each one carved from a single piece — pose in relaxed positions around the salon, while a few ...

Editor’s note: With this story, Tico Times Travel launches a monthly column called “Fun and free in Costa Rica,” by Ilana Long — short dispatches on interesting things to do that cost nada. Originally ...

Costa Rica is one of those bucket-list destinations that truly lives up to the hype. It’s not just a beautiful beach sp ...

GUIONES, Costa Rica (AP) – A vacation to escape the cold led us to Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, where we went surfing, horseback riding, deep-sea fishing and even visited a dry tropical forest. Our ...

DRAKE BAY, Costa Rica — The initial reactions from friends and family were not encouraging. “You are dragging a New Jersey lawyer to a tent in the jungle of Costa Rica,” was more the lament than the ...

According to their Costa Rican tour guide, Andres, who keeps an online travel journal that parents can follow and whose English is both charming and comical, they had "a blast of fun." Ziplining ...

Some nights on Peninsula Papagayo, on the northern Pacific side of Costa Rica, the moon shone so bright, with so little evidence of human life, that I felt like an interloper just for bearing witness, ...

37 Interesting Facts About Costa Rica Before you set off on your dream Costa Rican vacation, you might want to learn a little more about this special country. Luckily this article will cover anything ...