Costa Rica

The Four Seasons jet is set to fly in a group of well-heeled travelers to Costa Rica in a deluxe Boeing 757 in September 2016, sipping on Champagne and caviar, for only $137,000. Where do I sign up?

They sometimes have to borrow jet skis and paddle out on boards to make rescues because the government won't fund them, yet Tamarindo lifeguards are still saving lives and making a difference.

The Barceló San José Palacio Hotel is celebrating its 25th anniversary wtih 25 percent discounts at all its restaurants Oct. 19-22.

The owners of Outback Jack's Beach Bar N Grill in Puerto Viejo are retiring, and the restaurant could be yours if you can win a write a good essay.

A U.S. couple relates how they bought, renovated and reopened a bar in Orosi, Costa Rica, survived a natural disaster and ended up quite happy.

Nature Air has chosen seven winners of its contest to design the tails of its new planes.

The ExpoVino wine convention opens to the public Thursday and Friday in Belén, just west of San José, with diverse samplings of Costa Rica's finest imported wines, from Chile, Argentina, the United States, Spain, Italy and even Germany.

The ExpoVino wine convention in Belén, which opened Wednesday and continues Thursday and Friday, invites the public to taste wines from all over the world.

Costa Rican stars Keylor Navas and Bryan Oviedo return to the national team after long layoffs, as the 23-man selection looks for its second straight win on Thursday when it takes on South Africa.

The Shortfilmfestival started 13 years ago in Bern, Switzerland, and has since spread to other cities. The festival will be held simultaneously in this year's chosen cities, or "playgrounds," which are: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Moscow (Russia), Cape Town (South Africa), Bangkok (Thailand), Cairo (Egypt), Kyoto (Japan), and San José, which became a shnit playground in 2011.