While you’re luxuriating on the beaches of this wonderful Central American country, eco/adventuring in its rainforests, or sampling the culture and nightlife of capital San José, you’ll have plenty...
Here's why 'Chepe', as San José is affectionately dubbed by locals, is also very much worth staying a night or two before (or after) the beaches, the rain forest, or wherever, and here’s a quartet of musts to see whilst you’re in Costa Rica.
Bill Green
As does much of Central America, Costa Rica has lots to offer visitors - in fact, it's long been the region's tourism powerhouse - yet its capital...
Surfers on Santa Teresa Beach
The last decade in particular has cemented the position of this remarkable little Central American country as one of the world's top ecotourism powerhouses. But...
PeopleImages
Sure, going out for an intimate dinner à deux is pretty much everyone's default on this day for lovers. But to make Valentine's Day extra special, seek out an...
Matthias Ripp
Yoga lovers and scientists alike know that this ancient discipline - originated in India hundreds, maybe even thousands of years before our Common Era - is fantastic...
all photos: Elen Turner
San José, the capital of the perennially pretty Costa Rica, doesn’t have the greatest reputation among travellers. My own first impression was that it was overwhelmingly...
Thelma Datter
by Ed Salvato/Man About World
All of that makes the diversity and sheer excitement of this part of the world even more appealing to gay people across the board,...
Last year I surf-waxed poetic about the glorious beaches of Costa Rica’s Pacific Ocean coast, one of its top tourism draws. A bit less well known and fewer in...
The small Central American country of Costa Rica is of course internationally famous as a beaches, adventure travel, and ecotourism powerhouse, drawing millions of visitors per year to its...