San José Features

San José Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Historic Barrios Amón and Otoya: These northern neighborhoods abutting and sometimes overlapping downtown have quiet tree-lined streets... read more

• Eco-Lodges in San José
  

  Clean? Green? Pristine? San José is none of these, but even in Costa Rica's congested capital, you can count on a handful of pioneers... read more

• Missing History
  

  Blame it on the earthquakes. Costa Ricans are quick to attribute the scarcity of historic architecture in San José and around the country... read more

• Are You Ready for Some Fútbol?
  

  Sports mean one thing in San José: soccer. Very young boys (and a slowly increasing number of girls) kick around a ball—or some... read more

• Eco- or Sustainable Tourism
  

  Ecotourism, a relatively recent addition to the English language, has been defined as travel to natural areas to observe and learn about wildlife... read more