The program Fall in Love of your city (Enamorate de tu ciudad), which from tomorrow, and for each Saturday of the year, offers a feast of arts and culture free spirit that will give people a lot of activities to do in costa rica.
The event is abundant, generous and diverse, almost for everyone. Visitors will find from 10 a. m., until 6 p. m., swing classes to learn Creole, or go with the music Cocofunka.
The kids will have options to take advantage of them to his abundant energy and curiosity, with workshops on soap sculptures. It also will challenge their ability to learn to juggle, and when they get home, play with oranges from the refrigerator. This is one of the ideas of Costa Rica government.
Fall in love to your City (Enamorate de tu ciudad) is a project born in 2011, and the idea of the Ministry of Culture. The aim is to attract people around the capital, to come out of the bars of their homes, to enjoy a space that belongs to everyone.
Where's the party? Repeat the venues where it started last year: Morazán, Jardín de Paz, España and some hall of the Centro Nacional de la Cultura (Cenac).
This year the event flirts to reach the park La Merced, the goal is to enable the migrant population, the enjoyment of a wide range of art.
One option is the workshop of sculpture carved in soap, taught by sculptor Patricia Rucavado. She will take a bar of soap, and a couple of simple tools, the artist will explain to attendees how to create some figures.
"People can start experimenting with the basics sheet I give them, may prove more at home," explained the artist.
If your all inclusive costa rica vacations take you to San Jose, the Capital, make sure you give yourself a ride thru the national park to witness one of the best event of the year.
An Incredible Lineup for the 2012 Festival Imperial Costa Rica
Maroon 5, Bjork, LMFAO, Moby, Ximena Sarinana and La Mala Rodriguez are the top names on the list of musical performances confirmed for the 2012 Festival Imperial, one of the most important activities in costa rica for this year. The organization announced the line up this Tuesday morning at a press conference at the Hotel Corobicí.
Other names for the activity will be Thievery Corporation, Cypress Hill, The Flaming Lips, Skrillex, TV on the Radio, Gogol Bordello, Cage the Elephant, Bonobo, Major Lazer, Manchester Orchestra, Felix Martin & Al Doyle (Hot Chip), A-Trak, Akasha, Sonámbulo, 424, Bomba Estéreo, Porter Robinson, Huba & Silica, Zopilot, The Great Wilderness, Color Noise and Patiño Quintana.
The event will be held on March 24th and 25th in La Guácima and is definitely one of the best stuff to do in costa rica if you are around on March.
"In the next days, we will communicate the participation of the last two artists, which are international DJs that will come to complete the line up of electronic scenario Imperial Festival 2012," said Gustavo Cornejo, manager of the brand.
Among the new ideas for this year, it will be mounted two major platforms, alternating to facilitate the participation of the performers on stage.
Also, Cornejo, announced it will mount a separate platform for electronic music lovers, so, they can enjoy some of the best DJ's such as Skrille. If you want to be here for this lineup of great musicians, you should start researching for a few costa rica hotels.
The music will start at noon and will end until midnight. On this occasion, the organizers were associated with international producer C3 Presents, which was responsible for international festivals like Austin City Limits, Lollapallooza in North America, Chile and Brazil.
Tickets will be sell this Wednesday at midnight on the festival's official Facebook and have a discount on presale. The value of the pass to attend both days will be of 55,000 colones.
Costa Rica: Second most peaceful country in Central America
Costa Rica is known world wide as a pleasant and beautiful country, it offers the best beaches, and the climate is idyllic. Costa Rica has a mostly nonviolent past. From the start, Costa Ricans have been wide open to small violence. During colonial times, it was one of the few parts of Latin America settled by people more interested in creating a pleasant place to live and start a family than in exploiting the indigenous people and their gold.
Most "ticos" are still as warm hearted and friendly as their ancestors. Hospitality, respect and friendship are enjoyed by visitors. In Latin America, Uruguay, Costa Rica and Chile are the most peaceful countries. Considering that these countries respect more strongly the model of government, human rights, the democracy, health, and also little investment in military spending and have a good relationship with its neighbors.
Costa Rica fell five places in the world ranking from 26 down to 31 due to the conflict in Nicaragua, after denounce a violation of its sovereignty, consequence of a military invasion of the Costa Rican Calero Island Portillo in 2010. Additionally this low responds to a decline in crime rates. But the fact that Costa Rica is an unarmed nation since 1948 allows it to be in the ranking.
Nevertheless this exuberant country aims as one of the most attractive and awesome destination.
Costa Rica Travel Vacations: Daniel Oduber international airport with brand new facilities
Passengers on American Airlines flight to Miami, Florida were the first to open the brand new Daniel Oduber airport facilities, at 6:50 am on Thursday, a new gate to access the country and enjoy your travel vacations.
The tourists were quite surprised because they did enter the country by the old terminal and exited via the new one.
The shops at the airport are operating regularly, as well as immigration services. “Coriport S.A. is working with government organizations to ensure that the new terminal meets all technical and contractual requirements” according to Francisco Cordero, general manager of Coriport S.A.
The first airplane that landed at the terminal was a Nature Air local plane at 07:00 coming from Pavas Airport in San Jose.
The new terminal investment was around $ 35 million. The terminal is managed by Coriport consortium, in concession for 25 years. It is a new way to get to this beautiful country, ready to be included in your vacation package deals.
According to Costa Rican Tourism Board 225,224 passengers arrived at Liberia’s airport on 2010. Back in November 2011, only eight international and two domestic airlines operated out of the previous terminal, which accommodated only about 900 passengers at the same time.
Guanacaste and especially Liberia have become the most visited places in Costa Rica for celebrities and millionaires. The beaches and the costa rica vacation house rental are amazing to have a great time in this piece of paradise.
Madam President, Laura Chinchilla was the main public character at this historical launch event this Thursday, next to many government and tourism representatives.
Costa Rica airports: The new terminal in Liberia will receive tourists since next January 12
Finally, the new passenger Liberia´s airport terminal will be open next week. The Daniel Oduber International Airport is the main gateway to the beaches and other Costa Rica tourist attractions in Guanacaste province. The structure means an investment of more than $40 million, and it is expected to create a more efficient travel process for passengers.
According to the Direccion de Aviación Civil (DAC), the state authority related to aviation, the country’s second-largest airport will start receiving travelers since next January 12. The 21.000 square meters of new construction will have the capacity to serve until 1.500 passengers at the same time, which will help to increase the Costa Rica tourism, and will create at least 100 new jobs.
The new terminal will offer a lot of facilities for people who visit Guanacaste for travel vacations, work, or business, and for those who come to San José departing from the north province. Since next week, travel agencies and tour operators could extend its offers because of the new expansion of the airport will mean more arrivals via Liberia.
Now passengers will find 30 new check-in counters, a mini-market, a bank kiosk and a money-changing station, among other service, which also represent better travel conditions for tourist who want to enjoy all Guanacaste attractions through many options included in the wide variety of travel packages and tours available in the market and offered by local vacation hotels.
More travelers also implicate more controls, so the modern terminal has a security barrier wider than the current one, and the new checkpoint is equipped with X-ray machines and metal detectors. In addition, the structure has a restaurant, a duty free store, and some other shopping spaces for passengers to have a good time while they wait to come into the country. The airport is located 12 Km west of the city of Liberia.
There are many airlines with operations in Liberia, which allow passengers to have different options to choose the best flights to Costa Rica, and come to enjoy some of the most spectacular and exclusive destinations in Guanacaste, which has all to have a comfortable stay, from cheap hotels to the best beach condo rentals, good restaurants and beautiful beaches, and national parks, among other fantastic natural wonders.