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Ready for Paradise?

As you sit at your computer reading this, I'm sure you realize that you need to come up for some air and tour Costa Rica, travel its beaches, mountains, and volcanoes. Fill your heart with its beauty and laid-back spirit. Fall in love. Dare to come. Because here you'll have the most beautiful adventures of your life! Everybody knows that here is the best destination for nature and other lovers. Just read what they say.

Traveling here for the first time?

Make a decision that will change your well-being and the way you see your life. Look at our first time traveler page. Once you come, you will see why. And now, plan your trip, and use this most informative site.

In which activities will you participate? Here you'll find all the information and pictures of Costa Rica and all national parks with their flora and fauna. Get informed about beaches for sunbathing or surfing, packages for vacationing and fishing, and of course, hotels and tours as well.

Are you one out of 3 million people who will ever see an active volcano? We'll guide you to the place of your dreams. It is very unlikely that you find more information and pictures, and better rates anywhere else. Undoubtedly, you will find what you are looking for once you are in Costa Rica - I did. Enjoy the best climate in the world year-round from the clear, hot Pacific winters to the sunny Caribbean summers. Soon after your arrival, you'll start dreaming about your return visit.

First things to do!

As you think about what you really should do first, you realize that we could do all the planning for you. Please see the Entry Requirements Page which includes Consulates, Embassies and Travel Information. If you would like to orient yourself with locations and distances, consult the Distance Calculator and the Costa Rica Maps. At this point you should decide what transportation you want: Rent a car, domestic flights, public or private transportation. The more you read, the more you'll want to know. Use our contact page and we'll be glad to answer your questions. Before you get ready to make a hotel reservation, please study the pictures and rates first and use the contact page there. Use our hotel-index below. The same applies for transportation, tours, adventure packages, and rent a cars.

Looking for a Hotel, Resort, or Cabin?

You'll be glad to use the below hotel-menu instead of wasting your time searching the web. There are many special hotel indexes for instance a page that lists the eco-logdes like this unique four-star SarapiquiS Centro Neotrópico. We are proud to feature very detailed information for over 500 hotels. Send a request now the hotels will make sure that you get want you're looking for. The hotel listings on our web-site all come in three languages (English, Spanish and German) and all have an extensive picture gallery with large photos, rates, a map, and forms to contact or make a fast reservation.

We regularly visit all the listed Accommodations and Condominiums. Reservation requests for many of the hotels go directly to the individual hotel without intermediary or travel agency, as for instance the beautiful Hotel Balmoral in San José City, or the Hotel Jardín del Edén in Playa Tamarindo, and the romantic Shawandha Lodge on the Caribbean Side of Costa Rica.

Bed and Breakfasts and Backpacker Hostels are primarily found in San José. They carry a (B&B) or (Budget) on the listings. Beach cabins that are ideal for surfers carry a (Surfing). May be you are looking for a Deluxe Vacation or Beach Rental or If you are a naturalist, looking for an Eco-Lodge or Hacienda, you'll probably find it here.

If you're looking for a specific hotel but cannot find it on our regular indexes, chances are that we are not working (yet) with this place. If you want to contact such a hotel, you'll find here two indexes: Ordered by Province or A-Z with several hundred unlisted cabins, lodges, and hotels with their phone numbers. This might help you to get in touch with them or make a reservation.

Lots of beaches and lots of fun

Which of your favorite drinks are you going to sip in a comfortable beach-chair watching an incredible sunset? What will you do afterwards? Costa Rica is not only Nature and Eco-tourism. There are 1800km of unique, un-crowded and naturally preserved beaches to enjoy. The Ticos and immigrants that live here love to celebrate and eat out. Behind our Entertainment-Link, you can find dozens of fine Restaurants, Singles Bars, Nightclubs, Museums, Casinos, and Discos. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Once you click on the links of this page, you'll be blown away by the amount of good information and pictures. I just wonder when you're ready for paradise and when you're going to contact me? Here you will not find cold weather, unfriendly people, crowded beaches, armies, nuclear power-plants, illiteracy, and crime-rates like in most other countries.

Thank you for being with us!

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