Live your best "pura vida” in these scenic, real estate agent–recommended locations. Karla Walsh is a writer based in Des Moines, Iowa. She has written about travel, health, food, wine, psychology, ...

Here, in the lush mountains above the tiny village of Uvita, with its unique whale’s tail-shaped beach, a contemporary, glass-walled retreat within an exclusive guard-gated enclave offers total ...

Is buying a bank-owned home in Costa Rica a good way to find a bargain? Sure, it can be, but it’s hard work. Often, you will see a TV ad with a famous soccer player asking you to purchase a bank-owned ...

Every day is a vacation at this hotel-branded residential community in Costa Rica. The 2,300-acre Reserva Conchal in Guanacaste is known for its white sand beaches and sustainable practices, and now, ...

According to InternationalLiving.com's 2018 Global Retirement Index, Costa Rica takes the top spot for the first time in the index's history. It topped the categories of healthy lifestyle and ...

This 19-acre luxury estate at the convergence of two rivers in the central southern corridor of Costa Rica is completely self-sufficient and off the grid, with its own organic food and water supply, a ...