Costa Rica News News Costa Rica » Life: Costa Rica ranked 4th happiest country in the world. As someone who lives there, here's what they don't tell you
Costa Rica just ranked 4th on the 2026 World Happiness Report, its highest score ever and the best result for any Latin American country. I have lived there since 2016, and the real story is more ...
News Costa Rica » Life: Why Retirees Are Quietly Choosing This Country Over Costa Rica
For years, Costa Rica held an almost unshakable reputation as the go-to retirement haven in Central America. Lately, though, a growing number of retirees have been packing their bags for a neighbor ...
News Costa Rica » Life: Thousands March for Life in Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica — Thousands participated in last month’s March for Life in the Costa Rican capital, urging that the president not sign a technical regulation for abortion. The Aug. 31 event was ...
News Costa Rica » Life: How moving from the US to Costa Rica’s ‘blue zone’ transformed this family’s life forever
When Kema Ward-Hopper and her then-fiance Nicholas Hopper, both from the US, decided to get married in Costa Rica, they had no idea that they’d end up relocating there a few years later. But a series ...
News Costa Rica » Life: Thinking about moving to Costa Rica? Here's where to live...
Costa Rica keeps showing up on lists of best places to live abroad, but where you actually live changes it all. From the developed beaches of Guanacaste to the mountains of the Central Valley to the ...
News Costa Rica » Life: Why Life Is Just Better In Costa Rica
Most travel slogans land somewhere between crass marketing and hokey catchphrases. But in Costa Rica, pura vida is so much more than a slogan. It captures an entire worldview, and you hear it ...
News Costa Rica » Life: From New York to Costa Rica: ‘Costa Rica changed my entire life’
A one-time Costa Rican vacation. That was the initial idea of Andrea X, better known as Satya X – but her reaction to the country was love at first sight, a love that then transformed into the idea of ...
News Costa Rica » Life: This US woman got stranded in Costa Rica, so she opened a luxury hotel
She flew into Costa Rica with her partner and baby for an extended break in February 2020. But after getting stuck in the coastal town of Nosara during the Covid-19 pandemic, Stefanie Tannenbaum, from ...
News Costa Rica » Life: Making a New Life in Costa Rica
More thoughts on life in Costa Rica, to visit or to live. Recently, somebody asked me on this blog: “I'm a citizen of USA, my mom lives in Costa Rica, she is a resident now. I would like to re locate ...
News Costa Rica » Life: UnCruise Adventures Celebrates Return to Costa Rica with 2026 “Pure Life Adventure Cruise”
JUNEAU, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UnCruise Adventures, the award-winning small ship adventure travel company, proudly announces its long-awaited return to Costa Rica with a fresh 2026 itinerary: Costa ...