Costa Rica Information

We hope that you make Costa Rica your next choice of diving locations and SCUBA adventures.!

While you're in the country, you might want to visit other areas and enjoy other activities, like canopy tours, visiting the Arenal Volcano, or maybe white water rafting. Many tourists often return to see more of our national parks, and even investigate the possiblilty of moving here, and maybe buying property and retiring here. You might want to visit some of the websites below for more information about Costa Rica, where to travel, accommodations, hotels, to become familiar with real estate, and living and retiring info.

Adventure Activities
Costa Rica Canopy Tours  If you're in the Manuel Antonio area, be sure to try the Dream Forest Canopy Tour. The staff is not only highly trained in safety, but also know all the flora and fauna in the area - a real biological / ecological adventure!

Surfing! Costa Rica - Professional ROXY Surf School   Whether you are a beginner or an advanced surfer looking for some hints from the pros, Waves Costa Rica surf school has it all for you. All girls surf and yoga packages are available, too.

Costa Rica Personal Trainer   Get in shape before you go surfing or any other activity with workouts by Natalia Brenes, a certified sports traiiner and Pilates instructor, currently at Worlds Gym in Escazu, near San jose.


Hotels, Lodges, Bed and Breakfast Accommodations
For the best in luxurious accommodations in the Escazu / San Jose area, try the White House Hotel, Spa & Casino. The Boutique White House hotel is a 5 star accommodation, and even has it's own helicopter and helipad, so that you can get to the Cano Divers / Pirate Cove PADI resort quickly in the South Pacific.

If you're in the Nicoya Peninsula area near Montezuma, you'll find comfortable rooms and a great breakfast at Horizontes de Montezuma B&B and Hotel You'll not only be minutes away from the beach in this quiet location, but can brush up on your Spanish as they are a Spanish / German / English learning center and certified school. As equally remote, but up in the mountains in the Central Highlands is Bosque De Paz for birdwatching at this eco-lodge hotel a favorite of the National Audubon Society.

If you're looking for a lodge surrounded by primary rain forest reserves, near the National Park Volcan Tenorio in Northern Costa Rica, then The Celeste Mountain Lodge and Nature Hotel is the right place for an eco-vacation adventure.


Hotels & Resorts
Although many people come to Costa Rica to relax and lie in the sun, some people come for an eco-adventure vacation. If you like horseback riding, canopy rides, vegetarian food and eco activities, then Lands in Love Resort Hotel, on the way to La Fortuna and the Arenal Volcano, would be a good adventure holiday for you.


Real Estate
For articles and an overview of real estate in Costa Rica, as well as listing of homes, condos, and advice on real estate financing, then go to 1 Costa Rica Link, not only for real estate, but travel, tours, hotels, and good general information on Costa Rica.  

If you're in the Northern Pacific area, stop by Catalina Cove - Costa Rica Real Estate to see property listings in the Guanacaste and new and rapidly growing Papagayo Gulf area.   If the Central Valley, and the still nearly virgin Southern Pacific area properties are more to your taste, then see Costa Rica Retirement Vacation Properties for a complete inventory of real estate investment parcels, condos and exclusive homes. If you would like to buy real estate in a gated community, a villa, condo or lot on which to build, try www.costaricalandandhomes.org for an overview on projects throughout the country. And, last but not leaset, financing homes or condos in Costa Rica can be problem, but Costa Rica Premier Property Financing offers long term bank loans, as well as loans for developers, and short term, private money financing.


Vacation Rentals
Sometimes, it's not only more luxurious to rent a private home for your vacation, but actually less expensive on a per person basis. If in the Southern Pacific, Dominical area, try these two, side by side luxurious vacation rentals with a view in a tropical rain forest, overlookin the blue pacific - www.paradisecostarica.com!

If you're in the laid back area of the Caribbean, around Puerto Viejo try Cashew Hill Vacation Rentals / Cottages. Here, in the jungle, overlooking Puerto Viejo, you can not only watch the monkeys, but fire up your laptop and connect to their free wi-fi internet! Have the best of both worlds.


Rental Cars
You'll need a reliable, new or late model car to get to the South Coast, Caņo diving area. Try Sixt Costa Rica Car Rentals in San Jose for excellant quality cars for rent, in the Sixt International tradition. If you need more variety or a truck, look for all Costa Rican car rental agencies at www.1CostaRicaLink.com For great maps to get around Costa Rica try www.costaricamap-online.com.


International Information

Polar Vacation Cruises & Tours Take an Arctic or Antarctic cruise and see penguins, the northern lights, polar bears and more aboard luxurious, vacation cruise ships. Experience the stark beauty of these remote areas.

Express Homebuyers and Sell Your House Now Offers home buying services to help sell your house fast without a realtor.



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