We spent over a month exploring the lodging options in this area and growing fat on all the good food. Here are The Tico Times’ top picks for five good hotels and five good restaurants in a range of prices in the Santa Ana area.
At the Refugio Herpetológico animal sanctuary in Santa Ana, the wards often have heart-breaking histories, but occasionally they are successfully released.
Feet get dirty and hands get wet on a tour of a Costa Rican pottery factory in Salitral, where some of the country's most beautiful handicrafts are made.
Costa Rica's cost of living is climbing again. Consumer prices rose 0.39% in October, and the year-on-year rate reached 0.55%, the second straight month...
A study of 1,684 nursing home residents found bird watching supports memory, mobility and social wellbeing. Here is how to set it up at home in Costa Rica.
