Ebook: Frommer's Costa Rica 2017

The best of Costa Rica -- Suggested Costa Rica itineraries -- Costa Rica in context -- Costa Rica's natural world -- The best special- interest trips -- San José -- The Central Valley -- Guancaste: the Gold Coast -- Puntarenas & the Nicoya Peninsula -- The Northern zone: mountain lakes, cloud forests & a volcano -- The Central Pacific coast: where the mountains meet the sea -- The Southern zone -- The Caribbean coast -- Planning your trip to Costa Rica -- Spanish terms & phrases.;"For a relatively small country, Costa Rica has an unusually diverse range of eco-systems to explore and adventurous activities to try. You'll visit rugged wilderness preserves and sleepy beach towns, spectacular orchid gardens and mineral hot springs at the foot of a recently-active volcano. There are adventures here for all ages and abilities: swooping from treetop platform to treetop platform on a canopy tour, taking a dip in a jungle swimming hole, spotting playful spider monkeys as you hike through lush foliage, windsurfing on Lake Arenal, or watching endangered sea turtles nest on the beach. This highly opinionated book, by one of Costa Rica's top journalists (Karl Kahler, the Travel Editor of the country's English-language newspaper, The Tico Times), will help you sort through all the options, so you can tailor a vacation that's right for you, "--Amazon.com.