Travel Guide

Guanacaste is where most people’s idea of Costa Rica actually lives. The northwest Pacific province stretches from the Nicaraguan border south along one of the most spectacular coastlines in Central America — a succession of protected beaches, surf breaks, wildlife refuges, and small towns connected by roads that wind through dry tropical forest and volcanic

Tamarindo is the kind of place that gets under your skin. It starts as a beach town — sun, surf, a main street with good food and cold beer. But the longer you stay, the more layers you find. Mangrove estuaries full of crocodiles and howler monkeys. World-class fishing 20 minutes offshore. Sunsets that stop