Community Día de la Independencia, the Independence Day for Costa Rica September 15th is el Día de la Independencia in Costa Rica, the 202nd anniversary of the nation’s separation from Spain, on September 15th, 1821....
Community Las Fiestas Patronales (A Costa Rica Rodeo), a Guanacaste Summer Tradition About a month after the arrival of the summer in Costa Rica, the first of Las Fiestas begin in Guanacaste. These traveling festivals move from town...
Community Back to School in Costa Rica: A Look at Education in Guanacaste In Costa Rica, many students are returning to school after summer. For some students, this is the start of another school year, while for others...
Community The Pre-Costa Rican History of Guanacaste The area now known as Guanacaste has been a part of Costa Rica in some form since the AnexióndelPartidodeNicoya in 1824, just three years after ...
Community The Evolution of Tourism in Costa Rica Beach Town Travel presents three-fold options for travelers to the destination of Las Catalinas: the cultural and ecological tourism the country’s...
Community One Morning in Costa Rica: A Family Vacation Story from Las Catalinas You sit, and you sip your coffee.
Community Predicting the Year's Weather with Las Pintas The first 19 days of January have some significance in Costa Rica, due to something called Las Pintas. Las Pintas is a Costa Rican folk belief which...
Community Pura Vida: The Costa Rican Lifestyle One of the most fun parts of coming to Costa Rica is getting the chance to learn some Spanish. Many ticos (Costa Ricans) are willing to help share...