Bike Tours are increasing in popularity and Costa Rica is responding
The Costa Rican Ministry of Transportation is seeking to modify the country’s road culture by adding 5 designated bike paths in popular locations.  A bike path has already been added along the road to Puntarenas on the central Pacific coast. Guanacaste is supposed to inaugurate its bike path this month.
Puntarenas and Jaco is Costa Rica’s most rapidly developing region due to its booming tourism industry as well as real estate development. Bulding bike paths is a natural progression of offering …

Parrita is celebrating their XV annual Mule Festival. Come watch the mules race down a 1,200-meter strip…where the winner is not necessarily the fastest, but the most skillful rider!
Parrita is known for its agricultural background and the origins of this festival came from the farmers who used mules to haul and carry their produce. In honor of this “stubborn” creature, which is bred by a mare and a donkey, the festival was created.
The warmth of this central pacific town will host to this fabulous event and other activities and exhibitions …

Iron Maiden’s tour has added once again Costa Rica to their list of tour locations. The concert is planned for March 3rd and is their second time visiting Costa Rica. Last years reception for the legendary hard rock band was spectacular. The fans sold out the show and the groups was overwhelmed with their Central American reception. Many rock bands pass up countries in Central America because of logistics and lack of historical data of fan support. Last year Iron Maiden took the chance to play in Costa Rica last …

Costa Rican Bulls Get Quite the Work Out Every January and February.
After the Fiestas Palmares are expected to go out with a bang this weekend, party goers won’t have to wait long, or at all, to find the next party destination in Costa Rica. As annual tradition goes, the first two months of the year are filled with fiestas patronales and civicas. The former are festivals in celebration of the patron saint of a town, while the latter are more of a bragging rights type town festival in which each …

If you are a lover of surfing or visit Costa Rica to learn how to surf, you will not want to miss out on the next leg of the National Surf Circuit which will take place in Nosara which is located on the Nicoya penisula in Guanacaste. 
But do not worry if you are in Jaco, a high speed boat shuttle operates out of the Los Suenos Marina which will get you there in one hour and back for dinner in Jaco.  The cost is around $30 each way and is …