https://youtu.be/Bcc4ohNmDzw HGTV Ultimate House Hunt 2017 “features amazing homes in dreamy spots around the world”, one of them is a luxury estate in Costa Rica. The contest highlights exceptional homes from across the globe in eight categories, including two new categories this year, Kitchen & Dining and Modern Masterpieces. Other categories are Curb Appeal, Outdoor Retreats, Living ...

Foreigners that live in Costa Rica have learned that knowing Spanish is sometimes not enough to understand or communicate properly in the country. Costa Ricans seem to always have a nickname for things and places, there are also a lot of phrases used by “ticos” that can be both funny and confusing. For those foreigners that have spent enough time in Costa Rica and are already familiar with the ...

Aside from the numerous activities of the International Festival of the Arts, there are other activities taking place this weekend that you might enjoy: Beer Fest: Lots of beer lovers in Costa Rica, if you are one of them and you are always looking to try new flavors and learn more about this drink, visit the Beer Fest this Saturday, July 1st at Cronos Plaza in Pinares, Curridabat starti...

The Costa Rica Ministry of Culture confirmed the dates for this year’s book fair that will take place August 25 through September 3. This is the 20th edition of the event as an international fair and to commemorate this the Ministry of Culture and the Costa Rica College (organism in charge of this year’s edition) will open a calling for editorials, authors, and any interested party so they can ...

When asked about Costa Rica’s gastronomy the first thing that comes to mind is the most popular dish, the “Casado” the typical dish that includes white rice, black beans, meat (chicken, fish, pork or red meat) and a small salad and perhaps the famous “gallo pinto” (rice and beans mixed together and flavored with different natural spices) also come to mind, but not every dish in Costa Rica is about...

If you need an excuse to get off your couch this weekend and out of the house, we leave you with some activities that are taking place this weekend in Costa Rica Music: 4 Voices of Rock 90’s Edition Hard Rock Café: This Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25 the Hard Rock Café is offering a rock concert with four of Costa Rica’s best voices, Gustavo Salazar, Kurt Dyer, Manuel Barrantes and Andr...

La Traviata the opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi will be on stage in Costa Rica at the Melico Salazar Theater in San José from July 23 through August 1st and with the musical direction of Arthur Fagen (main music director of the Atlanta Opera) and scenic direction of Argentinian José Darío Innella. The National Lyric Company (CLN) announced the nine lyric singers selected for the main and...

August 22 and 23 in the Melico Salazar Theater in San José The Virtuous Children of Caucasus will be presenting their show for the first time in Costa Rica. Dance, acrobatics in the air and incredible spins are part of the abilities this group of thirty talented children - whose ages range from 6 to 14 years - and originating from Georgia (Eurasia), will showcase in Costa Rica. Inheritors of...

Leonora Jimenez, director of Traffic magazine and organizer of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week San José (MBFW) has confirmed the names of five of the ten international designers that will participate in the fifth edition of the event that is scheduled for August 2-5 at the Real Intercontinental Hotel in Escazú. Shantall Lacayo from Nicaragua, Kris Goyri and Alfredo Martínez from Mexico, Karen Da...

This documentary by writer and traveler Gaia Vince takes viewers to explore this wonderful country. Vince and her family settled in the Pacific of Costa Rica for three months to find out why it is considered one of the happiest and most sustainable countries. The show consists of three episodes each close to 46 minutes; the show is available in Channel 4 in the UK and available online. ...

To celebrate the recent passage of legislation in Costa Rica regulating humane treatment of animals, the national government together with the municipality of San José held a block party with live music and plenty of fun yesterday on the main Paseo Colón in the capital's downtown. Pets had swimming pools to splash in, their own playground, hydration stations, food bags and snacks, as well as de...

Just like in 2016, this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week San José was declared by the Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis and the Minister of Culture a “cultural interest” event. The event announced this week the list of 43 models selected to take part of the 2017 Fashion Week that will take place August 2-5 at the Real Intercontinental Hotel. According to Leonora Jimenez, director o...

The LGBTI diversity march will take place June 25 in Costa Rica; this event has been taking place for 8 years and it’s a space to celebrate and promote the rights of the LGBTI community. Bands, floats, dancing, shows and other attractions are part of the march that starts at Paseo Colón and finishes in the Plaza de las Garantías Sociales in San José. The organization of the event has already...

Spanish tenor José Carreras will be performing live in Costa Rica at the Coca Cola amphitheater of Parque Viva alongside the Costa Rica Symphony Orchestra. The information was confirmed by Free Productions, the company in charge of bringing the artist to Costa Rican soil, during a press conference. “For us it is a great satisfaction that The Legendary Tenor José Carreras Final World Tour ha...

After the explosion that occurred at the Manchester Arena following the Ariana Grande concert this past Monday, and that left 22 people dead and 59 injured, the artist cancelled six of her concerts in Europe which were part of her Dangerous Woman Tour. The American singer, however, will resume her tour starting June 7 with the concert scheduled in Paris, France at the Accorhotels Arena. One ...

The University of Costa Rica's School of Pharmacy has invited an internationally renowned export on market regulation of cannabis, Julio Calzada, to lead a free conference on the topic. Calzada is a Uruguayan sociologist and politician with over 30 years experience in health promotion projects notably those designed to reduce harm in the use of illicit drugs. Such programs, known as "harm reduc...

https://youtu.be/Q22dw9dGQxI The Irish rock bank U2 headed by Bono and formed in 1976 became globally renowned in the mid 80’s and with their greatest album “The Joshua Tree” from which singles such as "With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for” topped the music charts around the world. Costa Rica was no exception, the band gained many followers here in the 80’s an...

These Saturday Parque de Diversiones will be the site of the Life in Color Festival, “an electronic music event that takes place in different countries around the world, this is the fourth time it makes a stop in Costa Rica. As in previous years the event will have musical performances by Costa Rican DJ’s and foreign artists featuring the likes of Nicky Romero from Holland recognized among the ...

The Kardashian-Jenner family cannot make a move without being the center of controversy and criticism. Millions of followers are on the lookout for any little thing they do, and if you are not a follower you are likely to still find out, because they make headlines every week. The Keeping up with the Kardashians episode that was filmed in Costa Rica last January, just aired this week on E! Ente...

Romanian-American actor Sebastian Stan, best known for his role as Bucky Barnes “The Winter Solider” in the Marvel Universe, spent some time in Costa Rica, filming some of his scenes for the movie “The Last Full Measure”. Stan portraits Pentagon investigator Scott Huffman who is assigned the case of William Pitsenbarger, (role assigned to Grant Gustin,) an Air Force doctor who saved the lives of ...

One Entertaiment Group, the company in charge of the Ariana Grande concert in Costa Rica, has confirmed the ticket prices for the presentation of the famous young singer that will take place July 9th at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Parque Viva. This event is part of the singer’s Dangerous Woman Tour that has stops in several states of the US; countries in Europe, South America, Mexico and Asia...

The fifth edition of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week San José is already scheduled for August 2 through August 5 and like in previous years it will take place at the Real Intercontinental Hotel in Escazú. Artistic show Chapter One (Video below) will open up the event on August 2 with the participation of national and international fashion designers. Jennifer Lang , Fabrizzio Berrocal, Daniel...

“Two Mundos” is the name of the exhibit that will be inaugurated in New York’s exclusive gallery reGeneration Furniture and that will be inaugurated Monday, May 22 and will be open to the public through June 15. This exhibit will showcase the talent of Costa Rican Gabriela Valenzuela-Hirsh and works by a group of Costa Rican designers and some foreigners with many years of living in the country...

Mauricio Herrera is his real name but in Costa Rica he is best known as “Elvis Tico” (Costa Rican Elvis) because he used to do a show where he would imitate the king of rock Elvis Presley. https://youtu.be/vXpoyTttbJM He was born in the United States but was raised in Costa Rica; he is the first and only Latin American “showman” to have made it to the quarterfinals of NBC’s America’s Got Tal...

Andrey Ramírez is just 9 –years-old but he knows what he is passionate about and he is not afraid of showing his talent to the world. Andrey, who is in fourth grade, loves music, he plays the guitar and sings, his mother Andrea López is a music teacher and his stepfather Nelson Alvarez is a musical producer and plays the piano. This young Costa Rican was part of NBC’s show Little Big Shots, ...

Feel Something is the first single released by Costa Rican Fátima Pinto, produced by Vibras The Music Company, this song is already being played in local radios and it has been reproduced almost 149 thousand times in Spotify. Fátima is only 17 years-old, she will graduate high school this year, and aside from her career in music, she also works as a model for Independent Model Management having...

San Francisco de Heredia will soon be home to Oxígeno, a unique recreational and commercial space that combines nature and human relaxation in a development that “will be unique in the world," said Cuestamoras board president Manuel Zuñiga. Cuestamoras, owners of the Fischel pharmacy chain in Costa Rica, “is committed to becoming a multibusiness leader in the Americas across a range of industri...

If you live in Costa Rica and even if you are in the country for just a few days, we would like to give you information on some of the cultural and artistic events taking place this month of May so you can plan ahead. Slayer Concert: The thrash metal band kicks off the month with a concert May 1st at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater of Parque Viva at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at boleter...

May 14 is the established date for this year’s edition of La Luz Gastronomy Festival in Barrio Escalante which will extend from 10 a.m. through 8 p.m. This is the fifth time this even is organized and it is already one of the most expected gastronomic events in Costa Rica. Forty stands will offer different food options, design, art and culture just like in previous years, but this time there...

A teen idol, that’s what Justin Bieber is according to many… but in reality, the audience at the National Stadium in Costa Rica included not just teens but women (mainly) of different age groups. The show was not sold out, Move Concerts, producer of the show, was still encouraging the followers through social media to buy the tickets at the stadium booth just hours prior to the concert, high pr...

Santa Ana's new public recreational park will be ready in December of this year, according to local news reports. It will be located in the downtown plaza in front of the Santa Ana Catholic Church. Once completed, the facility a will include several exercise options as well as areas to gather and socialize. Work got underway on March 20, and organizers said the park project will be completed...

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...

German – American supermodel and businesswoman Heidi Klum and her boyfriend, independent art curator and art dealer Vito Schnabel spent some time in the Guanacaste beaches this holy week. The couple arrived to Liberia on April 9 and left the country on the 15th, 43-year-old Klum shared photos in social media while they went on a fishing trip and also while she relaxed by the beach. In the photo...

If you practice yoga on a regular basis and are looking for the opportunity to learn more about this discipline or even become an instructor, here is the chance. Antonio Corrales and Dahiana Chaves, certified yoga instructors, will be offering a course that will begin on May 6 and will extend for three months. Classes will be scheduled during the weekends from 8 a.m. through 2 p.m. and the work...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...