Sand, a calm ocean, palm trees, occasional crocodiles, and a vibrant community of Costa Ricans and expats: you’ll find all that in the Costa Rican beach town of Tamarindo, Guanacaste. Located in the ...

TAMARINDO, Guanacaste – Last month after a rousing surf session, I returned to my Tamarindo home well in need of a shower. I was covered with sand. While soaping up my hair, the water coming out of ...

One of Costa Rica's best beachfront boutique-hotels, this place boasts solid Swiss hotelkeeping. It gets its name from the locale, eyeing Capitan Island, and, of course its Swiss owners, who built it ...

Longing for surf, sun, and sand? Hop on a flight to Liberia, a western Costa Rican hub that’s an hour-and-a-half from the cute beach town of Tamarindo. Here, you can join bikinied surfers in catching ...

The Costa Rica dry season (which lines up with North America and Europe’s winter) runs from mid-December through April. It’s the most popular time to visit the country thanks to its sunny skies, warm ...

The closeness of Ocaso and The BPM Festival on both the calendar and in proximity pitted the festivals against each other as they vied for both attendees and talent. By Nicolas Stecher [Editor’s note: ...

"It feels so rare to get everyone to pause their lives, travel somewhere beautiful, and just be together," Randolph says of ...

Costa Rica has been on the expat map since the 1970s and today is home to a thriving community of North American retirees. Costa Rica’s pensionado visa is accessible with a minimum income requirement ...