Insight Guides Explore Costa Rica

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Apa Publications
• ISBN:
  9781789192735
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations.

Experience the best of Costa Rica with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like the Arenal Volcano, to discovering hidden gems, including the remote Osa Peninsula, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will help you plan your trip, save you time, and enhance your exploration of this fascinating country.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this will make the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Costa Rica
Enjoy 12 irresistible Best Routes to walk, from the capital San Jos to the cloud forest of Monteverde
Features concise insider information about landscape, history, food and drink, and entertainment options
Invaluable maps: each Best Route is accompanied by a detailed full-colour map, while the large pull-out map provides an essential overview of the area
Discover your destination's must-see sights and hand-picked hidden gems
Directory section provides invaluable insight into top accommodation, restaurant and nightlife options by area, along with an overview of language, books and films

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrasebooks, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With ­top-­quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.

Best Routes

The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.

We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.

Introduction

The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background...

Table of contents

• Recommended Routes For...
• Explore Costa Rica
• Food and Drink
• Shopping
• Entertainment
• Activities
• History: Key Dates
• San José
• Heredia
• Orosi Valley
• Cerro de la Muerte Highlands
• Along the spine of Costa Rica
• Valle de El General
• South Pacific Coast
• Osa Peninsula
• Arenal
• Monteverde
• Southern Nicoya Peninsula
• Caribbean Coast
• Accommodations
• Restaurants
• Nightlife
• A-Z
• Language
• Books and Film