Country Archive
What Will a New Airport Mean for This Quiet Stretch of Costa Rican Coast?
Date: 12/26/2007
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007
Osa Province, Costa Rica
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It is expected that Costa Rica’s newest international airport, scheduled to open in 2010, will be the key to unlocking the tourism and development potential of this country’s southern coast. Right now, the area where the new airport is planned is accessible to mass tourism only via a four-to-five-hour drive from San Jose.
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Spotlight on...Costa Rica
Date: 11/30/2007
Costa Rica is not a “new” destination for International Living. Back in the early 1980s, we regularly encouraged readers to put Costa Rica at the top of their list of overseas retirement havens. Readers who took our advice reaped big rewards. Costa Rica caught on…and became the No. 1 destination among foreign retirees and investors looking for land buys with big upsides. The upsides were realized. Through the 1990s, the market boomed. Prices for beachfront property along the Pacific coast increased 6-, 8-, 10-fold, and more… But as property prices rose in Costa Rica, we (and our readers) began looking elsewhere.
Read OnGetting Married on a Whim in Costa Rica
Date: 11/04/2007All during our “ Latin America” week, you can explore Latin America for $1. For this week only, you can try a subscription to Latin America Insider for just $1…a single buck…one measly greenback! Full details here.
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Monday, Nov. 5, 2007
Costa Rica
Costa Rica has a very special place in my heart. In 1997, my now husband and I went there, on somewhat of a whim, to be married. It was just the two of us, we’d never been there before, and Dan had taken care of all the details. (I know…what kind of woman lets the man plan the wedding? Well…this one did.)
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Date: 10/18/2007
Friday, Oct. 19, 2007
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
I love Costa Rica. Maybe because I was married there 10 years ago and I have fond memories of spending time there with my new husband. There is, though, one problem I have with Costa Rica…
Read OnHow Much Is a House in Costa Rica Worth?
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Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007
Want to know if you’re getting a fair shake when you buy property in Costa Rica? It may soon be easier to compare property prices.
Read OnThe Secret Side of Costa Rica
Date: 09/20/2007If you love Costa Rica but hate the crowds--escape to the Caribbean coast. This coastline has fewer than 10% of the population living on this 125-mile stretch of wild and rugged terrain.
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Buying a second home in Costa Rica's Central Valley-why now is the time to revisit this expat-friendly land
Date: 02/28/2007
A couple of decades ago Costa Rica was near the top of the list for almost anyone interested in a second home in the sun. Then things started to change. Prices rose, the bureaucracy became stifling, and the country abandoned its famed pensionado program that provided financial incentives to foreigners on a fixed income.
Read OnBest of Costa Rica
Date: 06/25/2006Costa Rica boasts some of the best-preserved countryside in Latin America.
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