Spectacular Places In Costa Rica

Touch down in Costa Rica for most travelers is San Jose the capital of business and pleasure. San Jose offers travelers first class hotels and first-rate guesthouses, sophisticated and informal restaurants, appealing artisan boutiques and colorful markets and interesting musuems, from the Jade Museum-with the largest collection of pre-Columbian jade in the world-to the museum of Pre-Columbian Gold with its glittering 1,800 piece of collection. To really enjoy Costa Rica...there are a few valuable tips on safety you definitely will need.

• If you are travelling to an area far from your hotel. You must take your passport. If you only traveling in range of your hotel, keep your documentation in a safe box and carry a copy of your passport with all relevant information. Use the safe box at the hotel you are staying for your valuables.
• Do not leave your things unattended in public areas. (hotels lobby, airports, restaurants)
• Ask for information at the desk of your hotel about the safest routes and transportation especially at night.
• Exchange money currency "only" at banks and approved change offices. Bank transactions require original passport.
• Use ATM located in public areas. "Do not allowed unsolicited help." Count your money and put it away before leaving the ATM.
• If you need to check a map do so in public and secure areas or ask a police officer for help.
• Important: Keep car windows closed and doors locked when traveling and parking. Do NOT LEAVE item in your car. For more information on Safety tips. Click here!

There are still a few things you need to know before all the fun begins. You need a valid passport to enter Costa Rica. USA, Canada and most European countries do not need a Visa. You are allow to drive with your license for 3 months. Major car rentals are: Avis, Alamo, A-1 Rent a Car, Budget, Dollar Rent a Car and others. Costa Rica currency is called Colon. US dollars and major credit cards are widely accepted. Departure tax is $26 paid in US, Colones or with a credit card. Sales tax is 13%...in case of emergency you can dial 911. The US Embassy in Costa Rica is located in Pavas at Boulevard Pavas & Calle 120, San Jose. Want more information...click here!

Arenal Volcano

One of the spectacular go to destinations is Arenal Volcano National Park. Often because of cloud cover, the spectacle of flowing lava is not always seen, but one can hear the sounds for miles around. On this corner of the country there are guided biking, birdwatching, kayaking, canopy tours, horseback riding, mountain biking, ATV excursion, canyoning and caving, windsurfing, kiteboarding and fishing on Lake Arenal.

Caribbean Costa Rica embraces some very special places. Tortuguero National Park offers some of the country's best wildlife viewing-monkeys, sloths, crocodiles and caiman-as well as more than 450 species of birds and a nesting population of green turtles that scramble up on the beaches to lay their eggs between July and November-prime time is late-August/early September.

Manuel Antonio National Park

Squirrel Monkey

Heading South, coastal Manuel Antonio National Park is one of the last remaining habitats of the squirrel monkeys, who share the coastal forest with their capuchin and howler monkey cousins. Many beautiful hotels occupy the hills above the park, but the newest entry, Arenas del Mar, is the sole deluxe and eco-friendly lodge with a forested hillside perch and direct beach access. Among park beaches, Playa Manuel Antonio is the prettiest.

Getting to Costa Rica is a nonstop from Houston, New York/Newark both to San Jose and Liberia. For more information on Costa Rica visit here! Please share this information with friends and family. Thanks for stopping by.

Nicole, Family Travel Specialist

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