Spice up your Costa Rica vacation

Spice up your Costa Rica vacation

What is it that draws so many visitors to Costa Rica? Typically, a culinary experience hasn’t been on most people’s list, until now. Two Eco-lodges have tapped into an unexplored yet highly successful venture, Culinary tours. Although Costa Rican food is not classified as fine dinning, most who have tasted it have fallen in love with it. Now you can take those delicious typical dishes home with you and have them as often as you want.

Inn at Coyote Mountain is a four room eco-lodge located in San Ramon. The grounds of the lodge are beautifully adorned by the many fruit trees and organic fruit and vegetable plantations. You may decide to enjoy the orchid garden or a tour Read more

Why travel after the Holidays?

Why travel after the Holidays?

Holy Week is one of Costa Rica’s most important holidays. On Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter or Resurrection Sunday there are processions and special masses all over the country. During this week, however, there is an almost biblical exodus from the cities to the beaches. Primarily the Guanacaste area. The streets are packed full of travelers, the beaches are crowded and hotel rates are at their highest. To top it off, Most businesses are closed from Thursday afternoon through the weekend and even those that are open cannot sell alcohol because of the Holy Week dry law.

Check out this quick tip for getting discount on a Costa Rica hotel.

Traveling during Holy Week requires a Read more

Cahuita, Costa Rica: Gem of the Caribbean

Cahuita, Costa Rica: Gem of the Caribbean

In the province of Limón, 43 km south of the capital city Puerto Limón lies one of Costa Rica’s most popular tourist and relocation destinations. Cahuita is a small laid-back each town. The black sand at Playa Negra, the howling of monkeys and the sound of huge crashing waves makes for a relaxed, care-free atmosphere.

In this tranquil atmosphere the Afro-Carib cuisine shines through full of spice and decadence. Local classics like rice and beans, jerk chicken in coconut milk, rondon and local seafood raise the dinning experience to whole new level. Also on Saturdays Caribbean favorites like spicy beef or chicken patty and pan bon are sold by the locals.

There are many options for lodging in Read more

Hotel Barcelo Playa Tambor Costa Rica

Hotel Barcelo Playa Tambor Costa Rica

Some people come to Costa Rica to experience the culture, the people, the different landscapes, the rainforest, and so on. Others come to Costa Rica to relax. Plain and simple, no running around, no driving from one end of the country to the other. Just plain laying-on-the-beach relaxation. If that’s what you’re seeking, you’ve found it. Hotel Barcelo Playa Tambor Costa Rica is a five-star all-inclusive resort specialized in relaxation.

Book a vacation with Tambor and they’ll take care of everything from airport pick-up to drop-off. A driver will take you to Puntarenas where you’ll take a luxurious yacht across the Gulf of Nicoya to the resort located on the tip of the Nicoya Peninsula. Once at Read more

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