Thinking about relocating to Costa Rica without a huge nest egg? We moved here on one salary in 2016 and stayed. Here is our ...

Sarah McArthur, who has lived in Costa Rica since 2016, sets the record straight on 8 common misconceptions: rainy season, tap water, wildlife, cost, driving, and Pura Vida.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Peddicord covers moving, living, and investing overseas. Costa Rica is perhaps the world’s best-known foreign retirement ...

Case shares why he bought a peninsula there 20 years ago and the details of a Waldorf Astoria-branded luxury development he’s now building there ...

Costa Rica is once again benefiting from a growing shift among older Americans who are looking outside the United States for their next chapter. In polling released by Monmouth University, 17% of ...

Costa Rica checks every retiree box until you open a spreadsheet and discover that Medicare stops at the border, the exchange ...

Presidential candidate Laura Fernández addresses supporters after polls closed in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Carlos Borbon) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — ...

The honest answer is that no one really knows. Costa Rica has no official record for people who have visited every national park in the country. There is no public registry, no national stamp book, no ...

Rachel Steinberg goes to the Central American country in the ‘green season’ in search of sloths, howler monkeys and cheaper ...

If you bet your Costa Rica vacation on seeing this iconic animal, you'll likely come home disappointed. Still, here are some ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Conservative populist Laura Fernández won Costa Rica ‘s presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation’s politics started by ...