Table of Contents

List of Maps. What's New in Costa Rica. 1 The Best of Costa Rica. 2 Planning Your Trip to Costa Rica. 3 Suggested Costa Rica Itineraries. 4 The Active Vacation Planner. 5 San Jose. 6 Guanacaste & the Nicoya Peninsula: The Gold Coast. 7 The Northern Zone: Mountain Lakes, Cloud Forests & a Volcano. 8 The Central Pacific Coast: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea. 9 The Southern Zone. 10 The Caribbean Coast. Appendix A: Costa Rica in Depth. Appendix B: Glossary of Spanish Terms & Phrases. 1 Fauna. 2 Flora. Appendix C: Costa Rican Wildlife. Index. List of Maps.

About the Author

Eliot Greenspan is a poet, journalist, and travel writer who took his backpack and typewriter the length of Mesoamerica before settling in Costa Rica in 1992. Since then, he has worked steadily for the Tico Times and other local media, and continued his travels in the region. He is also the author of Frommer's Belize, Cuba, and the upcoming Guatemala, as well as the chapter on Venezuela in Frommer's South America.