The leading U.S. travel magazine, Travel+Leisure, published their top Central America picks this week, with Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica's Hacienda AltaGracia topping the list. The resort, which received a score of 97.33 by the magazine, is described as follows: "Set on 865 acres of land in southern Costa Rica, this remote spot caters to its travelers from the moment of arrival — via its private ...

One of the best things about Costa Rica is that there are still so many remote locations where national and foreign tourists can find peace and relaxation, Recreo Hotel in La Cruz de Guanacaste is one of these places. This resort remains one of the country’s secrets, not many know about it and because of its remote location it is not a popular destination. Recreo is a villa community just a sho...

Isla Chiquita Glamping is the name of the new luxury glamping option in Costa Rica, located in Jesusita Island in the Nicoya Gulf, Puntarenas and that opened in April this year. For those of you not familiar with the term Glamping, it means “Glamorous Camping”, an option that combines the thrill of the outdoors experience but without sacrificing the comfort of a hotel. This new concept is ...

The Westin Golf Resort and Spa in Playa Conchal, Guanacaste, was recognized by renown British magazine Luxury Travel Guide, as the “Luxury Golf Resort of Costa Rica 2017”. Luxury Travel Guide recognizes every year the best tourism destinations around the world, in order to give out the awards they take into consideration several aspects such as guest reviews and recommendations, evaluations by ...

Banana Azul  located at Puerto Viejo's Playa Negra on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast is a top-ten pick of CNN's travel section. Ranked the top budget resort, the hotel was selected due to its generous amenities at a reasonable cost and luxurious tropical surroundings. Founded in January 2005 by a Canadian couple who quit the fast lane and jumped into this tropical adventure with no prior hotel...

Many foreigners visit Costa Rica every year in business trips, some just stay a few days and therefore look for good hotel options, while others come in for several months and require something a bit different from a hotel. Furnished apartments available for short term rent are usually the preferred option for those that come to Costa Rica for work and need to stay for two weeks or longer; hote...

Flamingo Beach Resort & Spa, located on the northern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, will joing Margaritaville Holdings expanding portfolio of hotels and resorts. Margaritaville is one of America’s leading lifestyle escapism brands. Inspired by the lyrics and lifestyle of singer, songwriter and author, Jimmy Buffett, whose songs evoke a passion for tropical escape and relaxation. Margaritav...

Miami based international real estate developer Gencom announced a more than USD 100 million investment toward a major transformation of Peninsula Papagayo, a 1,400-acre premier residential and resort destination in the Guanacaste province in northwestern Costa Rica. Beginning in December 2017 with the debut of the re-imagined Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica. Earlier this year Four Seasons resort h...

Nosara, in Guanacaste is one of the most beautiful areas in Guanacaste, located on the northern coast of Costa Rica’s Nicoya Península. Nosara has been developing quite fast, with a big expat community, all necessary services and several lodging alternatives; one of the most recent hotels to open doors is Nalu Nosara, which just inaugurated in December of 2016. Nalu Boutique Hotel offers three ...

TripAdvisor, the travel planning and booking site, announced the winners of its first ever Traveler’s Choice Awards for Rentals. The inaugural awards recognized 30 of the top rental homes in the world, in this exclusive list, one Costa Rica property is included, Casa Cielo. Travelers' Choice award winners are based on traveler reviews and opinions, as well as customer service provided during th...

The international hotel chain Selina which focuses on millennials and offers "hostel" style lodging is expanding its operations in Costa Rica. The first hostel of the brand opened doors in Manuel Antonio, Quepos back in November; a month later it inaugurated two more locations in San José and Santa Teresa; in January the chain opened a small hotel in Puerto Viejo, Limón and in June in Jacó. Th...

The “low season” for the hotels in Costa Rica begins in May and usually continues through November, reaching a low peak in the month of September. According to a survey carried out by Costa Rica’s Hotel Chamber between May 2 -31 and answered by 76 hotels distributed around the country, the expectation of occupation was of 51% in May which represents 16% less than the average occupation of 66.67...

Photo: Casa del Cielo - Four Seasons Costa Rica The Costa Rica Hotel Chamber affirms that the big diversity of tourists that Costa Rica receives justifies the existence of a wide variety of hotels. In the country, you can find one star hotels as well as hotels for the most demanding clients that want and expect the highest level of service. Even though many times the prices in Costa Rica are...

As the city has taken shape and built up around it, the Gran Hotel, facing onto the National Theater and Plaza de la Culture in downtown San José, has held on to its style The hotel closed in June of 2016 to begin the major overhaul that is being directed by OBP architectural firm, and under guidelines for historical buildings so that the main characteristics of the building will be preserved, ...

Family Vacation Critic, TripAdvisor's family travel site, has released its annual list of the best hotels for families in 15 regions across the globe. Every hotel on the list has met a strict list of family-specific criteria, having been highly-rated by family travelers and personally vetted by Family Vacation Critic's team of family travel experts. "When planning a family vacation, it's import...

Boutique Hotel El Mangroove is located in Playa Panama on the Northern Pacific coastline of Guanacaste, just 20 minutes from the Liberia International Airport and is part of the Autograph Collection Hotels group (boutique hotels by Marriott). The hotel has managed to maintain an average of occupation of close to 70%; part of its recipe to success resides in the importance they give to their cli...

The Four Seasons Hotel in the Papagayo Península, Guanacaste will close down for four months, August through November, in order to undergo a complete remodeling. This hotel was inaugurated in January of 2004 it has 139 rooms and 25 suites, spa, restaurants, bars, pools and other entertainment areas. The company will invest close to $20 million in the make over which will include all areas, f...

La Santa Maria is an innovative and exclusive residential and tourist concept being built on the expansive 20,000-square-meter site of the former, posh Barlovento Hotel. This is the first major luxury tourism real estate development project to be undertaken in San Juan del Sur since the 1970s, said the Nicaraguan developers. Perched on a plateau overlooking the coast, La Santa María's design is...

Costa Rica has no shortage of hotels and lodging options, from luxury eco-lodges to beautiful boutique hotels and low-budget comfortable options; there are also several very “different” and unique hotels and hostels in the country and we have listed below a few of them: The Pipe House: The Pipe House is a small beach house with a unique concept located in Playa Grande, Guanacaste. This vacation...

The Westin Golf Resort & Spa in playa Conchal, Guanacaste, was recognized as Hotel of the Year 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean by the prestigious Marriott International Excellence Awards. Among the 30 hotel brands that are part of the chain worldwide, the hotel was elected for the first time, after becoming part of the Marriott chain of resorts last year. The growth of the report si...

The Westin Conchal Golf Resort & Spa, on Costa Rica’s north central Pacific coast, is the first all-inclusive beach hotel in Latin America and the first Starwood chain member to qualify as carbon positive. Florida Inmobiliaria, a subsidiary of Florida Ice & Farm Co. (FIFCO), owner of the Conchal resort, set aside 40 hectares of dry forest and mangrove of the resort's some 930 hectares a...

Based on thousands of endorsements from previous travelers for the best places in the world for wildlife, Booking.com featured the top six destinations in the world to enjoy nature and relax, among them we find Copa de Arbol Beach and Rainforest Resort in Drake Bay, Osa Península, Puntarenas. With its tropical climate and outstanding flora and fauna, Drake Bay in Costa Rica is an explorer's dre...

The Balmoral Hotel is offering a new flexible, furnished lodging option in downtown San José for short or long stays. Preferential rates are available in a number of different room sizes and types for stays ranging from 3 days up to a year. The remodeled “micro apartments" range in size from 32m2 to 86m2, and are newly fitted with Italian porcelain floors, fine locally crafted wood furniture...

Hotels.com published the list of winners of their yearly Loved by Guests Awards, which recognize hotels all around the world that receive the best scores by their clients in nine different categories: beach, boutique, business, family, LGBT, luxury, newcomer, spa and gold. To receive a gold award, properties must have received an average customer review score of 4.7 or higher, based on a minimum o...

Canadian singer Justin Bieber who will be giving a concert in Costa Rica next Monday, April 24 at the National Stadium, will be staying in the same beach mansion in where the Kardashian-Jenner clan stayed when they visited the country back in January, perhaps Bieber was following a recommendation from Kourtney Kardashian, since several entertainment sites have implied the two have a very close rel...

What better place to celebrate the holiday season than on the sandy beaches of a Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica? Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo has a Book Once, Stay Twice promotion on, which offers guests who booking a stay at any one of the participating Four Seasons Resorts in Costa Rica, Mexico or the Caribbean during the festive holidays a bonus three-night vacatio...

Most people who buy a vacation home do so, of course, with the idea of spending as much time as possible there, they choose the perfect spot to spend their free time, and a house they absolutely love. Many others think of it as an investment, the opportunity to make money with your vacation home in Costa rica along the way, but how do you turn your vacation home into a cash cow ? We’ve all hear...

Investment fund Caribbean Property Group (CPG) Real Estate headquartered in New York and Enjoy Group from Costa Rica confirmed the acquisition of the Marriott Los Sueños Hotel in Herradura, Puntarenas and Marriott Belén in San Antonio de Belén, Heredia. Grupo Cuesta de Moras was the main stakeholder of both hotels, they will be releasing additional information to the press later today. Grupo Cu...

Costa Rica’s northwestern county of La Cruz in the province of Guanacaste inaugurated a new road connecting various coastal communities which is the result of a novel cooperation between local businesses and government institutions. The project is expected to open further economic development in the remote, underdeveloped region. The National Roadways Council (Conavi) teamed up with Hotel Dream...

The Four Seasons Costa Rica Resort, located on the Papagayo Peninsula in the province of Guanacaste, was awarded Best Hotel in Central and South America in the 2016 Gallivanter’s Guide. Four Seasons Costa Rica is co-owned by Saudi businessman, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, through his company Kingdom Holding Company (47.5 percent); Cascade Investments (47.5 percent) which is controlled by Bill Ga...

In a country riddled with waterfalls and rainforests, and bounded by sparkling oceans, the dry northern region of Guanacaste, Costa Rica which borders Nicaragua, often suffers from water shortages. The rapid growth of tourism and construction have stressed the low-lying water tables, and caused some aquifers to become salinized and the water unfit for human consumption, such as in Playa Panama....

In an interview granted to national newspaper La Nación, Shawn Sullivan, director or public policies of AirBnB for Central America confirmed that the company is more than willing to pay taxes in Costa Rica, in fact they presented the proposal to the Tax Authorities back in August 2016 but they have not yet received a response. ¨The Government is losing money every day that goes by, and does not...

The best Costa Rica has to offer is probably not in San José, instead it’s the coasts and the different natural attractions what most want to see; yet, some tourists choose to stay in San José for a few days to get familiar with the capital city and the urban lifestyle, others come in for business and they need a good lodging option. There are many hotels in San José, it is important to conside...

Many are not familiar with the term glamping; glamping refers to “glamorous camping”, and is a new trend that has been extending throughout the world, and Costa Rica is no exception. Glamping provides the possibility of enjoying an outdoors experience without sacrificing on comfort; which is the reason many do not like regular camping. Glamping includes tents, huts, villas, cabins, treehouses o...

This year Holy Week begins Sunday, April 9th, normally for this celebration Costa Rica has two mandatory holidays, Maundry Thursday and Good Friday; this year however an additional holiday celebrated in Costa Rica falls precisely in that same week, Tuesday, April 11th, with the celebration of Juan Santamaría Day (national hero). With three mandatory holidays hoteliers expect to have very busy wee...

The finalists had been announced back in December 2016, and coinciding with the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Tourism Development, the five winners of the 2017 National Geographic World Legacy Awards were announced today (March 8) during an awards ceremony held at the Palais am Funkturm. The World Legacy Awards, a partnership between National Geographic and ITB Berlin, showcase ...

Many tourists prefer to stay at an all-inclusive hotel when they are vacationing, specially of they are traveling as a family since this just makes things easier, there’s no worrying about where you are going to eat, or if kids get thirsty every hour, also, there are no surprises with expenses. There are many all-inclusive resorts in Costa Rica, here we list just a few: DoubleTree Resort by Hil...

Lush unspoiled nature, a wide variety of birds and fresh air, the Savegre Valley in San Gerardo de Dota is a place to find peace of mind, to get in touch with nature and immerse in the healing powers mother nature has to offer. I this green oasis, two hours away from San José, at an altitude of 7,000 feet above sea level is where you can find the Trogon Lodge, a comfortable and cozy mountain h...

The community of Nosara in the district of Nicoya, province of Guanacaste, is known for its beauty, exclusivity, great surfing conditions, and because of the Ostional Wildlife Refuge, a nesting site visited by thousands of sea turtles every year. This is the location of the boutique hotel Lagarta eco-lodge which opened to the public this past January 9th. Sitting in the mountain hills of Nos...

The word “Motel” is defined in the dictionary as: “a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building”, and although technically motels in Costa Rica fit into this definition, the concept behind them is quite different to what foreigners are used to ...