playas del coco

A French chef who was vacationing on a beach in northwestern Costa Rica was stabbed to death in an apparent fight over a cell phone, judicial police said Thursday.

If you love the ocean, Guanacaste's beaches are hard to beat. 

One of the more well-known beach communities in Guanacaste is Playas del Coco.

In late September of 2016, the D’Angelo family moved from Naples, Italy to Playas del Coco, Costa Rica. Now they’re pumping out some of the best pizza in Costa Rica.

The kids at Niños del Sol designed an innovative student-built graywater filtration system.

The Puerto Rican reggae band Cultura Profética is in Costa Rica to close the year with two concerts at Playa Dominical and Playas del Coco. The Tico Times talked to founding member Willy Rodríguez about the band and their visit to the country.

Blues musician John Carey steps into the Weekend Arts Spotlight to discuss his influences, his music and his upcoming concerts in Costa Rica.

Every year from June through November, Costa Rica converts from a sunny tropical paradise to a grey and gloomy wetland, and though the 2014 rainy season has been uncharacteristically dry, this sunny weather is unlikely to last. But while much of the country may be slowly descending into a drizzly hellhole, there are still plenty of things to do in Costa Rica during the rainy season.

Judicial Investigation Police also announced another 1.9 metric ton seizure of cocaine in the Pacific beach town of Playas del Coco.

By mid-afternoon, 492 people had come to the polling station to cast their vote in the runoff election. “Usually it’s more animated,” said Ruth Garcia Jaen, a volunteer for the PAC campaign. “It’s too relaxed today.”