Car Rental Costa Rica

Is Costa Rica also often used as the'Switzerland of Central America' referred to. This is not only to its mountainous landscape, but also of the neutral and diplomatic attitude of the country. In addition, there is a relative prosperity.

With the Caribbean in the East and the Pacific Ocean to the West, Costa Rica has two real' rich coasts'. Beautiful sandy beaches of crystal-clear waters make it popular tourist resorts. Picturesque strongholds are for example, Puerto Limon on the Caribbean and Puntarenas on the Pacific side.

About 60 percent of the four million inhabitants of Costa Rica live in cities. Most of them are in the so-called Central Valley. Here in the climatically beneficiary, also the capital of San Jose is next to Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago. From here you are volcanoes, Irazu effortlessly with a rental car, and Poas reach. A sight that it in no way should miss. There are several active and extinct volcanoes in the entire Cordilleras, a volcanic mountain range that extends to the Central Valley along. The Chirripó Grande is the highest mountain at 3820 metres.

First settlements of Costa Rica back some 11,000 years, until it was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1502. in 1563, the oldest city, Cartago was founded, which was until 1823 also capital of the country. Nevertheless, Costa Rica has preserved large parts of a fantastic, unspoilt landscape.27 Percent of the land is protected, including many rain and cloud forests with a distinctive biodiversity. In particular monkeys of various races romp here.

The best time to go is during the dry season between December and April.