The very first JW Marriott-branded, all-inclusive resort is now taking reservations. Scheduled to open this fall, the JW ...

IF you want a taste of Central America without the long-haul flight, then there is somewhere a bit closer to home that is compared to it. La Palma is a great alternative for anyone who wants the ...

Cocos Island sits alone in the Pacific Ocean, roughly 550 kilometers southwest of Costa Rica’s mainland, a place so remote and so shrouded in legend that it has drawn obsessed treasure hunters, ...

Cocos island, off the coast of Costa Rica, is a real life treasure island. Centuries of records from the golden age of piracy indicate that the remote island was a hotspot for pirates to stash their ...

Other hospitality brands have followed suit, turning the larger Peninsula Papagayo area and Playa Penca, just across the bay, into a bona fide luxury enclave. The Waldorf Astoria arrived on Playa ...

It's hard to believe that Costa Rica is roughly half the size of Pennsylvania when you see the variety it packs. With cloud forests, volcano trails, healing springs, record-breaking biodiversity, and ...

Buried somewhere on the plump green slopes of Cocos Island are pieces of eight and gold moidores; somewhere off the ancient stone paths is a cache of jewel-studded, solid gold chalices, golden altars, ...

RIU Hotels & Resorts offers two exceptional properties in Costa Rica's stunning Guanacaste region, both positioned on the spectacular Matapalo Beach along the Pacific coast. These all-inclusive ...

“My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica. By Christine Hauser Dr. Mauricio Hoyos, an experienced marine scientist ...