The essence of Costa Rica, one trip at a time

Costa Rica Esencial in English

Costa Rica Esencial is a Spanish-first travel guide. Here are English versions of our strongest guides, each with useful Spanish phrases for your trip.

Central Valley hillsides near Heredia · Photo: WildPhotography.com

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Cartago from above · Photo: WildPhotography.com

Guide

Your First Trip to Costa Rica

Days, regions and getting around.

Guide

Choosing a Coffee Experience

Farm tours, cuppings and regions.

Coffee and cacao farm visit (network archive image) · Photo: Network archive (stand-in)

Guide

Flavors of Costa Rica

What to eat and where.

Monteverde cloud forest (network archive image) · Photo: Network archive (stand-in)

Guide

Combining Nature and Culture

Routes that mix both.

The rest of the site is in Spanish. Leer en español.