Every year a constantly expanding network of editors, correspondents and contributors around the world, of the famous travel magazine International Living provides the information, the recommendations on the ground and creates an index of the best countries to retire. This year 2021 the first place has been achieved by Costa Rica, with a score of…
IMPORTANT NOTICES: As of October 26, all local and foreign passengers who enter Costa Rica by air are not required to present a RT-PCR diagnostic test with a negative result. As of November 1: Costa Rica re-enables its air border to all countries in the world as long as they meet the visa requirements when…
A total of 41.6 kilometers of cantonal routes located in the province of Puntarenas will see their condition improved, thanks to the execution of 11 projects that are part of the Cantonal Road Network Program 2. This Program is developed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, through the Executing Unit, in conjunction with…
The reconstruction of the road and the reestablishment of the rail service between Puntarenas and Alajuela is progressing with the signing of the non-reimbursable transfer agreement between the Pre-Investment Fund of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy and the Costa Rican Institute of Railways. This financing for ¢314,458,200 will allow the contracting of…
This Friday, February 14, 2020, the Muellero Park project was inaugurated to boost employment, urban-landscape beautification and tourist activity in the City of Puntarenas, an architectural space with a very peculiar design that extends along 800 meters facing the sea, between the Puntarenas Tourist Pier and the Pacific Marine Park on the Paseo de los…
The Civil Aviation Technical Council announced that 1,380 million colones will be invested to build a new airstrip for the La Managua airfield in Quepos, the third largest in terms of connectivity in Costa Rica. The Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic authorized a direct contracting process to select the company that will…
The Ministry of Planning and Economic Policy transferred to the Costa Rican Railways Institute ¢314.458.200 for the feasibility studies of the 131 km railroad project between Alajuela and Puntarenas. The announcement was made on the morning of this Monday, November 25, by the Minister of MIDEPLAN, Pilar Garrido Gonzalo, and the Executive President of INCOFER,…
In the Malecón de Quepos, the First Waiters & Bartenders Race will be held on Saturday, November 30 at 2 pm. This race of waiters is a recognition for the organizers and participants of the triathlon that this year are celebrating 10 years of the competition in Quepos consecutively. This will also be a way…
This initiative, announced in April, aims to generate a tourist destination that protects and enhances the cultural, historical and natural advantages of San Lucas Island. Under the coordination of the Office of the First Lady of Costa Rica, the project is promoted by the central government, Municipality of Puntarenas, Legislative Power, civil society, communities and…
Today, November 8, Sports Minister Hernan Solano Venegas, opened the Bio Healthy Park in the city of Esparza, which is located on the sports grounds of the Cantonal Committee for Sports and Recreation. This project was carried out through an alliance between the Esparza Municipal Council, the Mayor’s Office and the Cantonal Committee for Sports…