Used cooking grease from 30 restaurants at Santa Teresa de Cóbano, one of the most popular beach destinations in Guanacaste, is providing a local police station with biogas for its kitchen.
Four French tourists were robbed and sexually assaulted by armed men wearing masks north of Santa Teresa last week when they stopped at a river to see if it was safe to drive across, police and area residents said.
We went on the hunt for what makes Santa Teresa, Costa Rica's remote stretch of beach on Nicoya Peninsula's southwest, one of the world's most sought-after beaches.
What's so special about Santa Teresa, the surf mecca on the Nicoya Peninsula that's been called one of the world's most beautiful beaches? I set out on a long and tiring journey to find out.
A nephew of current Environment Minister René Castro disappeared after being caught in a wave at a beach in Santa Teresa, on the Nicoya Peninsula, according to La Nación.
