In historic Esparza, a four-acre estate of European scale and sensibility carries an ownership pedigree to match.

Costa Rica just ranked 4th on the 2026 World Happiness Report, its highest score ever and the best result for any Latin American country. I have lived there since 2016, and the real story is more ...

San José, Costa Rica — Thousands participated in last month’s March for Life in the Costa Rican capital, urging that the president not sign a technical regulation for abortion. The Aug. 31 event was ...

When Kema Ward-Hopper and her then-fiance Nicholas Hopper, both from the US, decided to get married in Costa Rica, they had no idea that they’d end up relocating there a few years later. But a series ...

For years, Costa Rica held an almost unshakable reputation as the go-to retirement haven in Central America. Lately, though, ...

Costa Rica keeps showing up on lists of best places to live abroad, but where you actually live changes it all. From the ...

Kema Ward-Hopper never imagined she'd raise her children in the middle of a jungle. But in 2018, after Hurricane Harvey destroyed her Houston home, a trip to Costa Rica with her husband Nicholas ...

A one-time Costa Rican vacation. That was the initial idea of Andrea X, better known as Satya X – but her reaction to the country was love at first sight, a love that then transformed into the idea of ...

Most travel slogans land somewhere between crass marketing and hokey catchphrases. But in Costa Rica, pura vida is so much more than a slogan. It captures an entire worldview, and you hear it ...

Germany defeated Costa Rica in the final match of Group E play. “Ever since I was very small, I had all my objectives very clear,” Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas tells The Athletic. “At eight ...

More thoughts on life in Costa Rica, to visit or to live. Recently, somebody asked me on this blog: “I'm a citizen of USA, my mom lives in Costa Rica, she is a resident now. I would like to re locate ...