Playa Manuel Antonio
NEED TO KNOW
CAPITAL San José
POPULATION 4,253,877
AREA 51,100 sq km
LANGUAGE Spanish
CURRENCY Costa Rican colón (CRC)
WHEN TO TRAVEL
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CLIMATE
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
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AVERAGE ACCOMMODATION COST ($US)
- 3 star hotel: $90
- 4 star hotel: $150
- 5 star hotel: NA
Average in the good period to travel. Rates change throughout the year depending on high or low tourist seasons.
AVERAGE MEAL COST ($US)
- Inexpensive restaurant: $7
- Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant, 3 courses: $36.09
REASONS TO VISIT
- Beach
- Outdoor and Adventure
- Romance and Honeymoon
- Animal encounter
- Family
OFTEN PAIRED WITH
- Nicaragua
- Panama
QUICK FACTS
- Costa Rica tops world rankings of happiest nations.
- About 90% of Central America’s butterfly species live in Costa Rica.
- The Costa Rican zebra tarantula has black and white stripes, and it can grow to more than 4in.
- The giant anteater eats up to 30,000 insects every day.
- Costa Ricans love to eat “spotted rooster”, which is actually a dish of fried rice and red beans.
- Costa Rica is very peaceful: it got rid of its army in 1949.
- Scientists think about 500,000 different species of animals live in Costa Rica, including 300,000 different types of insects and about 2,000 different kinds of spiders.
