A large group of tourists had to be evacuated today from the Poás Volcano as a precaution due to the increase in the gases emanating from the same. According to the park rangers the evacuation took place at 1 p.m. as a preventive security measure due to strong emanation of gases. Some of the tourists complained about eye and throat irritation caused by the smell. The volcano has been present...

Manuel Antonio National Park receives many visitors during the high season, attracted by the amazing flora and fauna found here and of course by the white sand beaches beaches which offer a piece of paradise on earth. There are five beaches in the Manuel Antonio area: Playa Espadilla: This is the public beach in Manuel Antonio, most tourists stay here since you don’t need to access the park ...

Hiking is one of the preferred outdoor activities in Costa Rica, there are many places to hike in the country and it is a low-cost activity which is why it has gained so much popularity, whether you are an amateur or a professional, you are sure to find a mountain that fits your requirements. Clearly the main goal if you are taking your hiking seriously will be the Cerro Chirripó Grande, this i...

This year’s first date of the Perro Cross championship will take place May 7th, this time the selected location is Adventure Park in Heredia, beginning at 7 a.m. The Perro Cross is a cross country race with dogs, this event is designed for dog owners to have an opportunity to participate in an open air activity with their best friend while also exercising, the event has had eight successful edi...

A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving towards the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea's advancing weapons program. Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquid-fueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its range. The strike group, called Carl Vinson, includes an aircra...

It takes just a quick online search to find information and reports about the destruction of this important Costa Rican ecosystem, some dating back to 2011, and we are confident there was plenty of data available and alerting of the situation prior to this, yet in 2017 instead of seeing progress there are still reports of illegal human activity that keeps destroying this important wetland. Let’...

Danny Formal and Charlie Fonseca are competing this weekend in the fourth date of the Florida Karting Championship Series in the Rok Cup 2017. Both pilots have been taking part in the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship which had its second date just last weekend; they have been balancing out their participation in both competitions. “For me this is a very intense weekend, in which we will t...

The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and the Costa Rica Ministry of Environment will deploy a Holy Week operation to protect the natural resources throughout the touristic activities. The operation of control and surveillance will be in effect starting April 8 and through Sunday, April 16, with the finality of preventing the extraction of gold, illegal hunting, illegal transportat...

The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 carried out by the World Economic Forum revealed the list of best ranked countries in the world. The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index measures “the set of factors and policies that enable the sustainable development of the travel and tourism sector, which in turn, contributes to the development and competitiveness of a country”, states...

The Costa Rica Public Health and Social Security Administration (C.C.S.S) is requesting parents to confirm that their children have the measles vaccinations up to date as established in the immunization schedule of the institution; this because of an outbreak of the virus in Europe which was caused due to the low coverage of the vaccination program. The measles vaccine should be applied at 15 m...

Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Shaft, Avengers, Kong: Skull Island etc.) , Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes in Marvel’s Capitan America and Avengers movies), Grant Gustin (Glee and The Flash) are just some of the movie stars that have already been confirmed as part of the cast of the political drama “The Last Full Measure” , and according to Deadline entertainment site, the filming of this movie wil...

Holy Week is here and every day more and more people choose to enjoy the holidays at the beach, the Guanacaste beaches always attract a large audience this time of the year, so we have a recommendation of two small secret and secluded beaches in Guanacaste that maybe you haven’t heard off (one ideal for the whole family and another one for the adventurous travelers) which might be a good option to...

As part of the tour Dangerous Woman, American singer Ariana Grande will be making a stop in Costa Rica on Sunday, July 9. The concert will be held at the Coca Cola Amphitheater of Parque Viva in La Guácima, Alajuela. The information was confirmed by One Entertainment, company in charge of bringing the event to the country, although the date is still not appearing in the artist’s webpage. ...

Meet Edna, the smart assistant for Facebook messenger created by a Costa Rican company, Edna is a smart virtual assistant based on artificial intelligence, “like a hybrid between a robot and human being”, and created by Costa Rican company Throne Tech. The system will be available starting May for use in Facebook Messenger, but its creators are already considering making it available for Whatsa...

All eyes have been set on the activity of the Turrialba Volcano for months; however, this week the National University’s Volcanology and Seismology Research Institute (OVSICORI) alerted of increased activity at the Poás Volcano. According to experts at OVSICORI, the monitoring of the volcano indicates that it has increased its seismic and fumarolic activity; in other words it is emanating more ...

The Costa Rica tourism sector has a new set of tools to gather, process and provide data, statistics and information regarding the behavior of the market. The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) informed that as of this Thursday, April 6, they are making available through their webpage (www.ICT.go.cr), valuable information such as statistical analysis, financial analysis, surveys, figures of the t...

Owning a vacation home has many advantages, it is a place you can escape to from your work routine and have a place to go any time you need to, it gives you all the privacy you like and want; you can travel with friends and family and have guests over, even bring your pets; you have everything you want and everything you need handy and the way you like it, so it is all about convenience and contro...

From movie stars and musicians to regarded athletes and beautiful supermodels, this small Central American country has become a hot spot for celebrities, whether they just stop by for a few days in vacation mode like the Kardashian-Jenner clan or as a more permanent home away from home as is the case for NFL quarterback Tom Brady and wife Gisele Bundchen. What is it about Costa Rica that attrac...

Through a press release, the travel service company Cheapflights, pulled together their picks for 10 destinations to make a difference: top ecotourism impact spots with a line-up of hands-on, inspiring opportunities to play a role in protecting the planet. "In honor of Earth Day, make your next vacation more meaningful by giving the gift of your time to the planet. To inspire travelers to roll ...

https://youtu.be/uEAKQmPYzWg One thing that can be said about the cities in Costa Rica is that they have grown in a very disorganized fashion, especially in the capital, San José, where the lack of planning has taken its toll and makes for traffic problems, flooding, and visual contamination among many other issues. Many developers coincide that one of the solutions is opting for vertical bu...

This past March 31st, El Spot (The Spot) was inaugurated, this place is described as a “Center of Verticality and Outdoors”, the only one of its kind in Central America. The Spot is located in Guachipelin de Escazú, diagonal to the Distrito 4 shopping center, here, there are gyms and stores that focus in everything needed for the practice of adventure sports and outdoor physical activities such a...

The Association Costa Rica por Siempre (Costa Rica forever) , the Ministry of Environment and The National System of Conservation Areas are promoting the visitation to five Costa Rican National Parks through the contest: CRx5 Challenge (Desafío CRx5). The five parks picked for this contest are: Palo Verde, Tortuguero, Tapantí-Cerro de la Muerte, Carara and Arenal Volcano. CRx5 Challenge enco...

Some years ago it was Travel and Leisure magazine that recognized this destination in Costa Rica as one of the most romantic in the world back in 2009, now it is National Geographic that includes Osa in its last ranking of 9 Most Romantic Places to Visit in Spring. The ranking includes the following places in this order: 1) Paris (France) 2) The Moselle (Western Europe) 3) Marrakech (Moroc...

The fifth edition of the Chefs & Sommeliers event will take place in Avenida Escazú this Wednesday, April 5, beginning at 7p.m. The event will have the participation of seven restaurants, among them, La Divina Comida, Apuntto, Santos, Costa Rica Beer Factory, L’lle de France. The restaurants will have the challenge of presenting innovative dishes, which will be served with an adequate wine ...

NFL super star Tom Brady and his wife, super model Gisele Bundchen are spending time in their vacation home in Costa Rica. The Brazilian model was spotted outside a supermarket in the area of Santa Teresa de Cóbano in Puntarenas, wearing a white kimono and looking relaxed. The couple and their children, Benjamin 7 and Vivian 4 and Brady’s older son from a previous relationship Jack, 9 years-...

Rakul Preet is a famous Indian actress and model known for her participation in the Indian films Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014) and Bruce Lee (2015), among others; she has over 7 million fans in Facebook an another million in Instagram; but in Costa Rica we know her because she chose to wear a gown by Costa Rican designer Rob Chamaeleo in the red carpet of the Indian Film Academy...

Yesterday, during the classification rounds, the temperature in the race-car cabins marked 50⁰C (122⁰F), these were the conditions that the pilots from the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship had to deal with, still they battled through the heavy heat and pilot Danny Formal, part of the Hyundai team, won the pole position for today's race. This Sunday, however, the heavy rains that affected th...

You’ve probably heard it time and time again, Costa Rica is one of the preferred retirement destinations for expats, the fact that it is so close to the United States and Canada, it is also considered one of the most secure countries in Latin America, its weather, its people, the least goes on and on, of course it is not perfect, like every country it has its problems, but when you balance out the...

The community of Escazú in Costa Rica continues to be one of the most exclusive areas in Costa Rica and also one of the epicenters of nightlife activities, following is a list of some of the best bars in Escazú. La Cantina: La Cantina has been around since 1993, it opens Monday through Saturday, it has karaoke on Fridays and Saturdays and live music during the week. Diverse food and drink menu,...

The town of Cabuya is not a very popular touristic place in Costa Rica, but the few that venture to visit this corner of Costa Rica are usually pleasantly surprised. Cabuya is a small fishing community located on the Nicoya Península, very close (7km) to the touristic hot sports of Montezuma and Santa Teresa and is also the entrance point to Cablo Blanco Reserve. What ticos know as “Cabuya” is ...

For all those spending the hot days at the Guanacaste beaches, perhaps you`d like to refresh yourself with a very cold beer; try something different, there´s a new craft beer called Guanaca by Guana Beer Company, made by local entrepreneurs, a Costa Rican couple who aside from wanting to create a unique flavor and successful business also want to ensure their company is environmentally responsible...

The Costa Rican “Beliebers” are counting the days for the Canadian singer’s concert in the country, which is scheduled for April 24. The Purpose World Tour has made stops in five continents and the level of production in each one of the events has been incredible. Move Concerts, the production company in the country confirms Costa Rica will not be the exception, and they have already started wo...

The University of Costa Rica (UCR) climbed 30 spots in the “QS World University Rankings” for the 2016-2017 period. The QS World University Rankings provides an index of the world’s leading higher education institutions, based on six performance indicators: Academic reputation, Employer reputation, Student-to-faculty ratio, Citations per faculty, International faculty ratio and international st...

The National Administration of the Education, Nutrition, and Child Comprehensive Care Centers (CEN-CINAI) invested almost $900 thousand dollars to provide nutrition and child development services to children under 13 years of age, pregnant women and women in nursing period that are in extreme poverty. The CEN-CINAI system was able to surpass the goal of providing attention to 4000 new families...

She is a strong, disciplined fighter, she is young and attractive, Costa Rican female IBF World Champion Yokasta Valle, has all the ingredients needed in a recipe for success, all she needs now are the right opportunities to continue making her country proud. Valle climbed into the ring this Friday, March 31st to face Panamanian Yaditza Pérez, in the Central Park of San José, in an event open ...

The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) reported that so far this 2017 there have been 25 forest fires in Protected Wildlife Areas. The most affected area has been the Central Pacific Region, where five fires affected 144 hectares. In general Guanacaste is the province that presents more forest fires during the summer time which extends through the middle of May. According t...

Panamanian franchise NaciónSushi will inaugurate its first restaurant in Costa Rica, located in Escazú Village, this Saturday, April 1st . With a strong investment of $600,000.00 USD this restaurant generated 25 direct jobs. The location is divided in five different spaces, Tail Lounge, Vietnam (bar and dining room), La Central and El Callejón Tokio, the open terrace completes the concept. O...

Bryan Solano Beckford a 19-year-old baseball player from Limón, Costa Rica is the new signup of the Houston Astros minor league. Solano has a strong right arm; he is capable of reaching 92 miles in his pitches, and that caught the attention of scouts. Solano left to Nicaragua, encourage by his coach, when he was 17 to develop his skills and prepare, since baseball is big in the neighbor countr...

If you are looking for things to do in Costa Rica this weekend, the UK Culture Fest: The Best of British will take place this Saturday, April 1 in Avenida Escazú shopping center from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. with a gastronomic and cultural offer that includes chocolate, banana and “dulce de leche” beer. This event is organized by Avenida Escazu in conjunction with the British Embassy in Costa Rica, an...

Many foreigners fall in love with Costa Rica  during their vacation in the country, and buying a vacation home soon becomes a family goal; however, unless you are the impulsive buyer type that makes a decision at the spur of the moment, there are many aspects that should be considered before buying a vacation home in Costa Rica. The majority of the people looking to buy a vacation home in Costa...