The Rough Guide to Costa Rica

by Rough Guides

The new Rough Guide to Costa Rica is the definitive travel guide to this incredible country, with expert information on everything from magnificent national parks to lively cultural festivals and wild beaches. An in-depth field guide with stunning color photography explores Costa Rica's incomparable wildlife, and easy-to-use maps, reliable advice on how to get around, and up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, eco-lodges, restaurants, bars, clubs and shops ensure that you won't miss a thing, no matter your budget. Discover Costa Rica's highlights. The Rough Guide to Costa Rica includes detailed practical advice on what to see and do throughout the country, from turtle-watching in Tortuguero to surfing in Santa Teresa, hiking and zip lining through the Monteverde cloud forests to exploring the breathtaking biodiversity of the Osa Peninsula. Make the most of your time on Earth with The Rough Guide to Costa Rica .

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction

464 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2014

About the author

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0⭐ An excellent, practical guidebook that doesn't hesitate to list the 'cons' of the country, along with its many pros. Well illustrated ( but not chocked-to-bursting) with coloured photos and simple maps of the major towns and attractions. It spends less space than other quides on hotel and restaurant listings ( still plenty of options) and more on things like where to get good maps and where to get laundry done. Obviously put together by people who love the country and who have spent time there. Compact yet comprehensive.
Recommended.

[Nikki Reads A Lot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing, love the readable format, gorgeous pictures, breakdown by region, in depth info on bus travel & a decent range of accommodation & activity options (budget travel or more $). Enjoyed the brief history of the country as well. Can't wait to visit :)

[Sandy]

Rough guides are always an interesting view on a country. Well worth the read.

[Amandine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This Rough Guides was good when informing about all the places which was on our itinerary, it has à lot of information àbout planning à holiday though. Given that our holiday to Costa Rica was planned by an external agency, I feel it lacked information about Costa Rica itself, I would have expected more cultural information, and more about food and things to see, with more information about popular locations.

All in all our holiday was fantastic, but à bit more information about the areas and parks we visited would have been nice.