Costa Rica Vacation

Costa Rica beaches are as varied as they are plentiful, from the volcanic black sands of Playa Hermosa, Jaco to the sparkling white of Punta Leona and Playa Conchal. There are bay side beaches like Tambor on the Gulf of Nicoya and Puerto Jimenez on Golfo Dulce that attract mating whales and offer great marine [...]

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Find information on a number of major foreign embassies in Costa Rica.

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The excessive bio-diversity that Costa Rica is known for would better be described as a large diversity of fauna, as we only have a total of 200 mammal species. From those 200, bats represent 50%. The rest are divided between marine mammals, monkeys, and some wild animals found throughout the varied eco-systems and tropical [...]

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The most important holidays in Costa Rica mainly focus around religious celebrations and carnivals that are hosted in the bigger towns of the country. Fiestas patronales honor patron saints of different towns, where as fiestas civicas are civic parties organized by a town council, though each include the main facets of Costa Rican parties: bull [...]

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Costa Rica is known for having two seasons. Some call them Winter and Summer, others rainy and dry, while in the tourism industry they are known as high and low season. The rainy season is also called the Green Season, and tends to coincide with the drop of prices at hotels and tour operators.

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Costa Rica’s first newspaper was created back in the 1820s by the country’s first head of state, Juan Mora Fernandez. Since then, the country has enjoyed relative freedom of the press, with many competing daily newspapers. A recent law threatened this freedom by making it easier for public figures to file libel cases against journalists, [...]

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In pre-Colombian history, Costa Rica was a land of roaming indigenous groups, descendant from both the Mesoamerican and South American native cultures. Many believe that these people had escaped from Mayan or Aztec rule and constructed their settlements in haste, leaving little evidence for today’s archeologists. Western settlement began in 1502 with the arrival of [...]

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Costa Rica is a Democratic Republic with a national Constitution that was passed in 1949. The stable government has been one of its greatest strengths over the past half-century, in a region better known for civil war and corruption. Indeed, the country is ranked as one of the most democratic nations in all of Latin [...]

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- Currency: the ‘colon’ is the main form of currency, though dollars are widely accepted. One U.S. dollar equals about 550 colones (December 2008)

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Making phone calls to and from Costa Rica is a very easy process when you are familiar with the country codes and what numbers look like. To dial into Costa Rica, your number will be preceded by 011-506-. To dial internationally from Costa Rica, you will generally need to use a calling card, Skype, or [...]

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