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Frommer's Costa Rica 2011

✍ Scribed by Eliot Greenspan


Publisher
Frommers
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Leaves
532
Series
Frommer's Colour Complete Guides
Edition
Pap/Map
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Completely updated every year, Frommer's Costa Rica features gorgeous color photos of the lush rainforest, the amazing array of wildlife, and the spectacular beaches that await you.

Personally researched by a longtime resident, it's the only truly up-to-date guide that gives you such in-depth coverage of this fast-changing country, with recommended accommodations in every price category.

You'll visit rugged wilderness preserves and sleepy beach towns, spectacular orchid gardens and mineral hot springs at the foot of a steaming volcano. There are adventures here to suit all ages and abilities: swooping from treetop platform to treetop platform on a canopy tour, taking a dip in a jungle swimming hole, spotting playful spider monkeys as you hike through lush foliage, windsurfing on Lake Arenal, or watching endangered sea turtles nest on the beach.

With Frommer's in hand, you'll experience the wonder of Costa Rica's amazing biodiversity, as we point out the best places to see hundreds of unique, colorful species of animals and plants. You'll even get a color fold-out map!

✦ Table of Contents


FROMMER'S COSTA RICA, 2011......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
LIST OF MAPS......Page 9
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: THE BEST OF COSTA RICA......Page 13
THE BEST OF NATURAL COSTA RICA......Page 14
THE BEST BEACHES......Page 19
THE BEST ADVENTURES......Page 20
THE BEST DAY HIKES & NATURE WALKS......Page 23
THE BEST BIRD-WATCHING......Page 25
THE BEST DESTINATIONS FOR FAMILIES......Page 27
THE BEST LUXURY HOTELS & RESORTS......Page 29
THE BEST MODERATELY PRICED HOTELS......Page 30
THE BEST ECOLODGES & WILDERNESS RESORTS......Page 31
THE BEST BED & BREAKFASTS & SMALL INNS......Page 33
THE BEST RESTAURANTS......Page 34
THE BEST VIEWS......Page 36
THE BEST AFTER-DARK FUN......Page 37
THE BEST WEBSITES ABOUT COSTA RICA......Page 39
CHAPTER 2: COSTA RICA IN DEPTH......Page 40
COSTA RICA TODAY......Page 41
LOOKING BACK AT COSTA RICA......Page 43
ART & ARCHITECTURE......Page 46
THE LAY OF THE LAND......Page 48
COSTA RICA IN POPULAR CULTURE: BOOKS, FILM & MUSIC......Page 51
EATING & DRINKING IN COSTA RICA......Page 54
CHAPTER 3: PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO COSTA RICA......Page 60
WHEN TO GO......Page 61
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS......Page 64
GETTING THERE & AROUND......Page 66
MONEY & COSTS......Page 72
STAYING HEALTHY......Page 74
SPECIALIZED TRAVEL RESOURCES......Page 77
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM......Page 79
STAYING CONNECTED......Page 83
TIPS ON ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 84
CHAPTER 4: SUGGESTED COSTA RICA ITINERARIES......Page 87
COSTA RICA REGIONS IN BRIEF......Page 88
COSTA RICA IN 1 WEEK......Page 92
COSTA RICA IN 2 WEEKS......Page 95
COSTA RICA FOR FAMILIES......Page 97
A WEEK OF ADVENTURES IN COSTA RICA......Page 100
SAN JOSE & ENVIRONS IN 3 DAYS......Page 102
CHAPTER 5: THE ACTIVE VACATION PLANNER......Page 105
ORGANIZED ADVENTURE TRIPS......Page 106
ACTIVITIES A TO Z......Page 108
COSTA RICA’S TOP NATIONAL PARKS & BIORESERVES......Page 120
TIPS ON HEALTH, SAFETY & ETIQUETTE IN THE WILDERNESS......Page 124
VOLUNTEER & STUDY PROGRAMS......Page 125
CHAPTER 6: SAN JOSE......Page 129
ORIENTATION......Page 130
GETTING AROUND......Page 136
WHERE TO STAY......Page 142
WHERE TO DINE......Page 157
WHAT TO SEE & DO......Page 165
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES & SPECTATOR SPORTS......Page 173
SHOPPING......Page 176
SAN JOSE AFTER DARK......Page 181
SIDE TRIPS FROM SAN JOSE......Page 186
CHAPTER 7: GUANACASTE: THE GOLD COAST......Page 201
LIBERIA......Page 203
LA CRUZ & BAHIA SALINAS......Page 214
PLAYA HERMOSA, PLAYA PANAMA & PAPAGAYO......Page 218
PLAYA DEL COCO & PLAYA OCOTAL......Page 224
PLAYAS FLAMINGO, POTRERO, BRASILITO & CONCHAL......Page 231
PLAYA TAMARINDO & PLAYA GRANDE......Page 240
PLAYA JUNQUILLAL......Page 254
CHAPTER 8: PUNTARENAS & THE NICOYA PENINSULA......Page 257
PUNTARENAS......Page 258
PLAYA TAMBOR......Page 264
PLAYA MONTEZUMA......Page 268
MALPAIS & SANTA TERESA......Page 276
PLAYA SAMARA......Page 282
PLAYA NOSARA......Page 289
CHAPTER 9: THE NORTHERN ZONE: MOUNTAINS LAKES, CLOUDS FORESTS & A VOLCANO......Page 296
PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQUI......Page 297
ARENAL VOLCANO & LA FORTUNA......Page 305
ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE ARENAL......Page 323
MONTEVERDE......Page 329
CHAPTER 10: THE CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST: WHERE THE MOUNTAINS MEET THE SEA......Page 347
PLAYA DE JACO, PLAYA HERMOSA & PLAYA HERRADURA......Page 348
MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK......Page 367
DOMINICAL......Page 387
SAN ISIDRO DE EL GENERAL: A BASE FOR EXPLORING CHIRRIPO NATIONAL PARK......Page 397
CHAPTER 11: THE SOUTHERN ZONE......Page 405
DRAKE BAY......Page 406
PUERTO JIMENEZ: GATEWAY TO CORCOVADO NATIONAL PARK......Page 417
GOLFITO: GATEWAY TO THE GOLFO DULCE......Page 428
PLAYA ZANCUDO......Page 435
PLAYA PAVONES: A SURFER’S MECCA......Page 439
CHAPTER 12: THE CARIBBEAN COAST......Page 442
BARRA DEL COLORADO......Page 444
TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK......Page 447
LIMON: GATEWAY TO TORTUGUERO NATIONAL PARK & SOUTHERN COASTAL BEACHES......Page 457
CAHUITA......Page 460
PUERTO VIEJO......Page 470
CHAPTER 13: FAST FACTS: COSTA RICA......Page 489
AIRLINE WEBSITES......Page 493
CAR-RENTAL AGENCIES......Page 494
BASIC WORDS & PHRASES......Page 495
SOME TYPICAL TICO WORDS & PHRASES......Page 498
MENU TERMS......Page 499
OTHER USEFUL TERMS......Page 501
CHAPTER 15: COSTA RICAN WILDLIFE......Page 503
FAUNA......Page 504
FLORA......Page 513
INDEX......Page 516
ACCOMODATIONS INDEX......Page 523


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