related links

Guide Books & Recommended Reading

• Costa Rica Tourism Board
  The official site of the Costa Rica Tourist Board.
• COCORI Complete Costa Rica
  Articles, photos, maps and general information about
  visiting, doing business, investing and living in Costa Rica.
• Costa Rica!
  A Costa Rican portal with general information on Costa Rica.
• Costa Rica Tourism and Travel Bureau
  A portal to Costa Rica.
• Costa Rica
  An immigrant point of view of Costa Rica. (in German)
• In Costa Rica
  General information, including Maps, Culture, History, Economy, Weather
  and the National Park System.
• Adventures in Nature : Costa Rica, 2nd Edition
  by Ree Strange Sheek, Ree Strange Sheck
• Costa Rica (Let's Discover Central America)
  Charles J. Shields, James D. Henderson
• Costa Rican Natural History
  Daniel H. Janzen
• Culture and Social Change in Costa Rica
• Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
  Culture and Customs of Costa Rica - Chalene Helmuth
• Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide - Costa Rica
• Explore Costa Rica. Travel tips, photos, and information
• Explore Costa Rica
  Harry S. Pariser
• Fodors
• Frommers
• Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica
  F. Gary Stiles, Alexander F. Skutch (Contributor), Dana Gardner (Illustrator)
• Insight Guide - Costa Rica
• Lonely Planet & shoestring
• Lonely Planet Costa Rica Spanish Phrasebook
  Thomas B. Kohnstamm
• Moon Book
• National Geographic
• Nations of the Modern World. Latin America
  Costa Rica : Quest for Democracy - John A. Booth
• New Key to Costa Rica - Anne Becher and Beatrice Blake
• Rough Guide
• Settling the Costa Rican Frontier - A Place in the Rain Forest Darryl Cole-Christensen
• Surfer's Guide to Costa Rica
  Mike Parise
• Travel, Investment, and Living Opportunities for Every Budget
  Choose Costa Rica for Retirement, 5th Edition - John Howells
• Traveler's Companion Costa Rica
  2nd Edition - Maribeth Mellin
• Visitor's Guide, Second Edition
  Costa Rica's National Parks and Preserves -  Joseph Franke
• What You Need to Know
  Potholes to Paradise: Living in Costa Rica - Tessa Borner
• World Country Study Guide Library
  Costa Rica Country Study Guide - USA International Business Publications

Additional Information

• LANIC Costa Rica
  Latin American Network Information Center on Costa Rica.
• Background Notes: Costa Rica
• Governments on the WWW: Costa Rica
• Open Directory Project: Costa Rica
• Wikipedia: Costa Rica
• The World Factbook -- Costa Rica
• Costa Rican Phrase book by Travelang - Languages for Travelers

Travel Links

• Travelers’ Health Information
  Potential health risks and recommended precautions for visitors
  to Central America and Mexico
• The Travel Advisors
• Costa Rica Expeditions
• Orbit Costa Rica
• Costa Rica Link
• Costa Rica Travel Store
• Marbella Travel & Tours
• Selva Mar

Newspapers and TV

• La Nación Digital
  Costa Rica's biggest National newspaper. The web edition in Spanish and English
• The Tico Times
  The web edition of Costa Rica's leading English language newspaper.
  A weekly round up of news, updated every Friday
• A.M. Costa Rica
  Costa Rica online newspaper aimed at foreign residents.
• Costa Rica Quarterly
  Newsletter on travel, living and retirement in Costa Rica.
• Inside Costa Rica
  Online magazine featuring news, business, travel, classifieds, and forum.
• La Prensa Libre
  Costa Rica News
• La Republica
  National and international news. (Spanish)
• Diario Extra
• Teletica Canal 7
• El Heraldo internet newspaper
• The Washington Post/Costa Rica
• Central America Weekly
  Seven countries, four languages, one voice.
  Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama

Related Activities

• Costa Rica Handbook
  91 photographs and more than 100 pages of detailed information on Costa Rica
• Nesting Sea Turtles and Costa Rica’s Tropical Rain Forest
  An illustrated account from Smithsonian Institution photographer Laurie Minor-Penland
• Weather Underground - Costa Rica
• Costa Rica's On-line Yellow Pages
• Costa Rica Travel and Tourism List
• Costa Rica Rural Tours
• Good map of Costa Rica
• Explore Costa Rica
• Bulletin board about Costa Rica
• Costa Rican map site
• Monteverde Cloud Forest Area, general info maps and links
• Cooprena - National Eco-Agricultural Cooperative Network of Costa Rica (Español)
• Arenal Observatory Lodge
• Info Costa Rica
• Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad - ICE (Español)
• Radiographica Costarricense RACSA (Español)

Telephone

• International Dialing Codes & Directories
• Costa Rica Yellow Pages

Maps & Facts

• More Maps of Costa Rica
  A number of maps from The Perry - Castañeda Library Map Collection
• Data & Statistics on Costa Rica - CIA
• Atlapedia Online
  Latimer Clarke Corporation
• Columbia Encyclopedia
  Columbia University Press
• Costa Rican Ethnologue
  The languages in Costa Rica
• Flag of Costa Rica
• History of Costa Rica
• Articles on Government
• CIA World Fact Book
  US government profiles of countries and non-self-governing territories around the world
• Gobierno de Costa Rica
• Government of Costa Rica
• Governments on the WWW
• IntNet
• Maps of Costa Rica
  A large number of differing Costa Rica maps, including city maps
• Political Database of the Americas
  Laws, constitution & political information
• Regional Countries - Costa Rica -  Yahoo

Hospitals

• Hospital CIMA, San José
• Hospital Clínica Bíblica, San José
• Hospital Clínica Católica
• Hospital Dr. Max Peralta, Cartago
• Hospital México

Education and Investigation

• Empresarial University of Costa Rica
  Private institution of higher learning.
• Universidad de Costa Rica
• Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
• Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
  Costa Rica National Univerity. (in Spanish)
• Academia Nacional de Ciencias
  The National Academy of Science (Spanish)
• Academia Tica
  Founded in 1986, it is one of the oldest Spanish schools in Costa Rica and it is
  known by the individualized instructional organization of its seminars
• Colegio Lincoln
• Consejo de la Tierra
  The Earth Council
• Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School
• Ecoteach
  "We provide the very best educational travel programs in Costa Rica"
• Empresarial University
• Enlaces Sociológicos
• Florida / Costa Rica Institute
  A Program of Exchange in Education, Culture & Commerce
  Between Florida and Costa Rica
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• Organización de Estudios Tropicales
• Panamerican School
• Universidad Americana
• Universidad de Cartago Florencio del Castillo
• Universidad de Costa Rica
• Universidad del Diseño
• Universidad de la Salle
• Universidad Estatal a Distancia
• Universidad Fidélita de San José
• Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica
• Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
• Universidad Nacional
• Universidad Veritas
• CATIE
  Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
• EARTH
  Escuela de Agricultura de la Región Tropical Húmeda
• INCAE
  Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas

Environment

• Bosque Lluvioso Rio Costa Rica
  An US based foundation for rainforest preserve, research and exploratory.
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
  National Biodiversity Institute, a private research and biodiversity management center.
• Kids Saving the Rainforest (KSTR)
  A non-profit organization in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica dedicated to
  educating people about the connection between nature and humankind.
• Parques nacionales
  The National Parks of Costa Rica. (in Spanish)

Art & Culture

• Museos de Costa Rica
  A guide to Costa Ricas' museums
• Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
  The National Museum of Costa Rica
• Arts & Culture
  Information about Crafts, Literature, Dance, Theater
• Contemporary Art and Desing Museum of Costa Rica
• Costa Rica Cuisine
• Exhibition of Precolombian Art
• Marjorie Avila
  View her work and curriculum: "Sombras y Sombrillas" & others
• Sin Fronteras
  Online-Gallery by Costa Rica Home Pages

Music

• Music Festival in Costa Rica

Sports

• Alajuela
  Football
• Costa Rica Golf Adventures
  Golf Courses, Packages, Articles and more