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Overview

• Full-color guide • Make your trip to Costa Rica unforgettable with 54 maps, illustrated features, and over 250 color photos.
Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Convenient overview of each region and its highlights • Practical advice for getting around • Easy-to-read color regional maps
 
• Explore Manuel Antonio National Park, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Tortuguero National Park, and beyond • Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers • Illustrated ...

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Overview

• Full-color guide • Make your trip to Costa Rica unforgettable with 54 maps, illustrated features, and over 250 color photos.
Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Convenient overview of each region and its highlights • Practical advice for getting around • Easy-to-read color regional maps
 
• Explore Manuel Antonio National Park, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Tortuguero National Park, and beyond • Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers • Illustrated features on snorkeling and diving, canopy tours, and best beaches • Best surfing, birdwatching, and game fishing 
 
• Opinions from destination experts • Fodor’s Costa Rica–based writers reveal their favorite local haunts • Revised annually to provide the latest information

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781400004768
  • Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
  • Publication date: 9/28/2010
  • Pages: 640
  • Sales rank: 483,533
  • Series: Fodor's Gold Guides Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.90 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Table of Contents

1 Experience Costa Rica 9

What's Where 10

Costa Rica Planner 12

Costa Rica Top Attractions 14

FAQs 16

Costa Rica Today 18

Ecotourism, Costa Rica Style 20

Weddings and Honeymoons 22

Kids and Families 23

Great Itineraries 24

The People of Costa Rica 28

2 Biodiversity 29

Rain Forest 34

Volcanoes 40

Cloud Forest 46

Tropical Dry Forest 52

Wetlands & Mangroves 58

Shoreline 64

3 San Jose 71

Welcome to San Jose 72

San Jose Planner 74

Eco-Lodges in San Jose 78

Exploring 81

Where to Eat 95

Where to Stay 102

Nightlife and the Arts 113

Shopping 118

4 The Central Valley 127

Welcome to the Central Valley 128

The Central Valley Planner 130

Volcan Irazu 132

Eco-Lodges in the Central Valley 134

The Central Valley 136

West of San Jose 137

North of San Jose 146

Cartogo and Irazu Volcano 166

The Orosi Valley 169

The Turrialba Region 173

5 The Northern Plains 181

Welcome to Northern Plains 182

Northern Plains Planner 184

Cano Negro 186

Volcan Arenal 188

Poas Volcano 190

Eco-Lodges in the Northern Plains 192

The Northern Plains 194

Northwest of San Jose 195

The Arenal Volcano Area 201

Monteverde Cloud Forest Area 217

Cano Negro Refuge Area 238

The Sarapiqui Loop 240

6 North Pacific 255

Welcome to North Pacific 256

North Pacific Planner 258

Palo Verde National Park 260

Rincon de la Vieja National Park 262

Santa Rosa National Park 264

Eco-Lodges in the North Pacific 266

North Pacific 268

Far Northern Guanacaste 269

The Nicoya Coast 286

The Tempisque River Basin 351

7 Central Pacific 357

Welcome to Central Pacific 358

Central Pacific Planner 360

Carara National Park 362

Manuel Antonio National Park 364

Eco-Lodges in the Central Pacific 366

The Southern Nicoya Tip 369

Inland 387

The Coast 390

8 South Pacific 433

Welcome to South Pacific 434

South Pacific Planner 436

Chirripo National Park 438

Corcovado National Park 440

Whale Marine National Park 442

Eco-Lodges in the South Pacific 444

The Central Highlands 447

Valle de El General Region 453

The Coast 463

The Golfo Dulce 478

The Osa Peninsula 489

9 Caribbean 517

Welcome to Caribbean 518

Caribbean Planner 520

Tortuguero National Park 522

Cahuita National Park 524

Eco-Lodges in the Caribbean 526

The Northern Lowlands 529

The Northern Caribbean Coast 533

The Southern Caribbean Coast 543

Understanding Costa Rica 575

Costa Rica at a Glance 576

Wildlife and Plant Glossary 577

Menu Guide 583

Vocabulary 587

Travel Smart Costa Rica 593

Index 630

About Our Writers 640

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