Beyond the deserted beaches of the Nicoya Peninsula & the visceral heights of the Monteverde cloud forests lies the real Costa Rica
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Costa Rica is one of the most popular destinations for travelers in search of natural beauty, outdoor adventure, & sun. In full-color & with helpful magazine-style illustrated features, Fodor's Costa Rica shows off the splendor of country's stunning natural landscapes & its varied flora & fauna like no other guide.
Expanded Coverage: New hotel & restaurant reviews in top beach towns, in & around the national parks, in San Jose, & beyond. Fodor's Costa Rica 2013 has 54 newly updated maps & over 250 color photos.
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Features: Look for richly illustrated guides of surfing the Salsa Brava, sport-fishing off the Pacific coast, canopy tours in the cloud forests, turtle-nesting tours in Tortuguero, & bird-watching in the rare tropical dry forests of Guanacaste.
Indispensable Trip Planning Tools An illustrated Biodiversity chapter guides readers through the country's varied landscapes & helps plan a vacation based on particular activities or topography.
Discerning Recommendations: Fodor's Costa Rica offers savvy advice & recommendations from local writers to help travelers make the most of their visit. Fodor's Choice designates our best picks, from eco lodges to sports outfitters. Word of Mouth"es from fellow travelers provide valuable insights.





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Full-color throughout, with a free full-color foldout map & a new Natural World chapter with photos. With Frommer's in h&, you'll experience the wonder of Costa Rica's amazing biodiversity, as we point out the best places to see hundreds of unique, colorful species of animals & plants. Completely updated every year, Frommer's Costa Rica features gorgeous color photos of the lush rainforest & the spectacular beaches that await you. Personally researched by a longtime resident, it's the only truly up-to-date guide that gives you such in-depth coverage of this fast-changing country, with recommended accommodations in every price category. This edition also features a new itinerary highlighting the best of undiscovered Costa Rica. Insightful commentary & opinionated reviews. You'll visit rugged wilderness preserves & sleepy beach towns, spectacular orchid gardens & mineral hot springs at the foot of a steaming volcano. There are adventures here to suit all ages & 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. ...

Costa Rica on a double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant map with a street plan of central San José, produced by the National Geographic Society in cooperation with the Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Costa Rica’s national survey organization. The country is divided east/west, with a generous overlap between the two sides. Topography is shown by contours at 100m intervals, enhanced by relief shading & spot heights. Along the coast reefs, rocks & shallow water areas are marked. The map indicates various types of vegetation: forests, palm forest, mangrove, & fresh or salt water swamps. Road network

Includes:: gravel tracks & indicates roads passable only in summer. Railways & local airstrips are marked, as well as the country’s internal administrative boundaries together with names of the provinces. The map highlights seven different types of protected areas: national wildlife refuges, protection zones, wetlands, national parks, forest reserves, biological reserves, & absolute nature reserves, plus national monuments, all listed in a special index. A UTM grid is printed on the map, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks at 10` intervals. The map

Includes:: a street plan of central San José, naming principal streets & districts, & highlighting various places of interest to visitors. Also included are enlargements for Isla del Coco, Isla del Caño, an overview map of Central America, & an index of selected towns.



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Laminated, waterproof tourist map of Costa Rica from Borch, with a street plan of San José & an enlargement for the central region around the capital, all with indexes listing places of interest. The main map shows the whole of the country at a scale 1:650, 000 on one side, highlighting national parks & other protected areas, various places of interest, selected campsites, etc. Along the coast, particularly on the Pacific side, the map highlights numerous beaches, surfing, windsurfing, & scuba diving sites. A separate enlargement shows more scuba diving sites on the Isla del Coco. Relief shading with peak heights plus symbols for swamps & mangrove show the country’s terrain. Internal administrative boundaries are marked & the road network indicates locations of main petrol stations. An extensive index of place names

Includes:: separate lists of protected areas & beaches. On the reverse, a large street plan San José at 1:20, 000 shows numerous hotels, services, & various places of interest, all included in separate lists in the index of streets. An enlargement at 1:300, 000 shows in more detail the Meseta Central region around the capital, also with an index listing both towns & places of interest. There is also information on the monthly average temperature, sunshine, precipitation, & humidity. The multilingual map legend

Includes:: English.



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Costa Rica in Marshall Cavendish`s Culture Shock! Series; comprising a range of guides that inform visitors of the finer points & details relating to social etiquette, traditions & customs; bringing visitors to a sensitive yet substantial understanding of the country or city in question. The series targets those who are planning long stays in the destination or extended periods of residence. The guides are written by authors who have experienced the joys & pitfalls of cultural adaptation, & so are ideally placed to provide informative & relevant advice. Each title contains insights into local culture & traditions, guidance on adapting to the local environment, linguistic help & lots of general advice about local culture & idiosyncrasies to help prepare readers for their visit. Each title is structured similarly, beginning with the first impressions a visitor might expect to have. The guides aim to help readers understand the local culture through first appreciating the motivations, beliefs & attitudes of the local people. Practical advice on settling in is provided, with focused sections on accommodation, utilities, health, education & telecommunications. There is also extensive information on the destination’s culture, food & leisure, in addition to a specific section addressing the concerns of those travelling on business. ...

Costa Rica in the Frommer's Day By Day series is a pocket-sized guide ideal for short trips, covering a variety of budgets. The best sights of each destination are listed in convenient full-day tours for one, two or three days such as: thematic tours for interests including art, architecture & history are described, allowing you to get the most out of your time; walking tours take you around each destination ...

Costa Rica in the Discover series from Lonely Planet; covering a range of countries worldwide & practically designed to allow travellers to find the most iconic sites & attractions at a glance. Uniquely designed, each title in the series

Includes:: a series of lists of the best things to do & see, with highlights, thematic

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Costa Rica in the Discover series from Lonely Planet; covering a range of countries worldwide & practically designed to allow travellers to find the most iconic sites & attractions at a glance. Uniquely designed, each title in the series

Includes:: a series of lists of the best things to do & see, with highlights, thematic

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