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Costa Rica Heads Into Peak Hurricane Season Without a Single Hurricane

The Tico Times - September 5, 2026

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Costa Rica Expects Major Cruise Tourism Jump in Puntarenas

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Costa Rica Route 1 Closing Overnight at Río Barranca

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Costa Rica’s Whale and Dolphin Festival Returns This Weekend

Costa Rica Heads Into Peak Hurricane Season Without a Single Hurricane

The Tico Times - September 5, 2026

The Atlantic has reached the second week of September without a single hurricane. That has not happened in a very long time, and forecasters...

Costa Rica Expects Major Cruise Tourism Jump in Puntarenas

The Tico Times - September 5, 2026

Costa Rica expects around 150,000 cruise passengers to arrive in Puntarenas during the 2026–2027 season, a sharp increase that could bring more business to...

Costa Rica Route 1 Closing Overnight at Río Barranca

The Tico Times - September 5, 2026

Route 1 will be shut at the Río Barranca bridge from 8 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday while crews pull three RECOPE fuel...

Costa Rica’s Whale and Dolphin Festival Returns This Weekend

The Tico Times - September 3, 2026

If you have been waiting for the right weekend to see humpback whales in Costa Rica, this is it. The 16th Whale and Dolphin...

Guanacaste Bakes While the Caribbean Floods in Costa Rica’s Split August

The Tico Times - September 3, 2026

August gave us two very different versions of Costa Rica’s rainy season, with unusually little rain falling around Liberia while parts of the Caribbean...

Costa Rica Issues Green Alert as Rincón de la Vieja Activity Increases

The Tico Times - September 2, 2026

Costa Rica has placed five areas near Rincón de la Vieja Volcano under a preventive green alert after more than 100 eruptions were recorded...

Dollar Drops Again as Costa Rica Gets More Expensive for Expats and Tourists

The Tico Times - September 2, 2026

The U.S. dollar has slipped below ₡450 again in Costa Rica, continuing a trend that has steadily reduced the spending power of foreign residents...

Costa Rica Fines Contractor Over Long-Delayed Cartago Road

The Tico Times - September 2, 2026

Costa Rica has started fining the company building the long-delayed Taras-La Lima highway project $20,000 for every additional day the work remains unfinished. The...

Route 32 Closures Will Keep Coming and Here Is What Drivers Should Do

The Tico Times - August 31, 2026

Costa Rica said today it will spend $100 million to take the roundabouts out of Route 32, the highway that connects San José to...

National Geographic Names Costa Rica a Forest Bathing Paradise

The Tico Times - August 31, 2026

National Geographic has named Costa Rica one of five places in the world to experience forest bathing, the practice of walking slowly through a...

Costa Rica Expansion and Rebuild of the Limón Airport

The Tico Times - August 31, 2026

Costa Rica plans to invest about $40 million to rebuild and expand Limón Airport, with the long-term goal of bringing international flights directly to...