Caribbean Coast

by Yazmin Ross and Luciano Capelli

Published 15 October 2019

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country so unique.

This volume introduces the Caribbean coast, which offers an embarrassment of riches. Pristine rainforests, waterways, and turtle nesting sites attract tourists to Tortuguero in the north, while tropical waters, charming hotels, and Afro-Caribbean culture draw visitors to the south.

Includes a colorful fold-out map of key tourist destinations.


Guanacaste

by Maria Montero and Luciano Capelli

Published 15 October 2019

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country so unique. In this volume we introduce Guanacaste, a place of world-renowned surf spots and great natural beauty. It is a country within a country, with its own distinct climate, culture, and identity. The cradle of the nation's folkloric traditions, it is also the place that witnessed the rebirth of the last tract of tropical dry forest in the Americas. Includes a colorful fold-out map of key tourist destinations.


Central Valley

by Diego Arguedas Ortiz and Luciano Capelli

Published 15 October 2020

This guidebook wends its way through the cities and towns, coffee plantations, and majestic volcanoes of the Central Valley. From the gilt elegance of the National Theater to the remarkable birding to be found on highland slopes, readers will discover the heart of Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country unique.

Includes a foldout map of key tourist destinations.


This guidebook showcases the prized jewel in Costa Rica's ecological crown—the South Pacific region, including the Osa Peninsula. Readers plunge into the jungles of Corcovado National Park, waters that conceal extraordinary marine life, and the remarkable history of a region at the forefront of conservation efforts.

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country unique.

Includes a foldout map of key tourist destinations.


This guidebook takes a fresh look at three distinct regions along the Pacific Coast—from Carara, a birdwatcher's paradise, to Manuel Antonio with its extraordinary ecological gems, to Bahía Ballena and whale watching. With this book, readers will gain a deeper understanding of some of Costa Rica's most popular tourist destinations.

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country unique.

Includes a foldout map of key tourist destinations.


Monteverde & Arenal

by Maria Montero and Luciano Capelli

Published 15 October 2019

Costa Rica is much more than a verdant paradise. It's a land of diverse landscapes and cultures. This collection of regional guides reveals unknown facets of Costa Rica and helps travelers understand what makes this country so unique.

From the magic of the cloud forest—with its quetzals and volcanoes—to a birdwatcher's paradise in the northern plains of the country, the twin destinations of Monteverde and Arenal offer more to see and do than any other pair of tourist destinations in Costa Rica.

Includes a colorful fold-out map of key tourist destinations.