After an absence of several months, the rain returned to Las Catalinas last night. A steady rain fell all through the night. This is a wonderful and welcome event each year. Nature's response to this annual event is so rapid and so profound that it tends to amaze people - even though they know to ...
I'm posting here the text of a speech I gave to the League of Women Voters in Atlanta last fall. It is not about Las Catalinas - but the concepts are. In fact the story that is at the heart of it I adopted from a piece I wrote back in 2006 about an imaginary day in the Las Catalinas of the future. ...
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From the Tico Times: The number of tourists who landed in January and February at the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, a short drive from popular beaches in Costa Rica's northern Pacific province of Guanacaste, was up more than 24 percent from the same span in 2009, according to the ...
We are very pleased and proud to announce that Githa and Coo ten Hope Saarberg will be opening a magnificent equestrian center at Las Catalinas next year. The center will consist of boarding, training, dressage, jumping, children's clinics, and trail riding within the 1200 acres of Las Catalinas. ...
In yesterday's election Costa Rica elected its first woman president, Laura Chinchilla. She served as the Vice President in the current administration of Oscar Arias before resigning last year to campaign for the presidency.
This, right now, is about as off-season as it gets around Las Catalinas. We are at the statistical peak of rainfall for the year, and some hotels and restaurants in the area close. However, that doesn't mean it isn't pretty. The last few days have been exceptionally beautiful, with sun, clear ...
Here in Atlanta: 37 degrees and a cold steady rain for the last two days...
The Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica - Las Catalinas is sort of on the northern edge of it - is one of four places in the world where researchers have found an unusually large number of people living to 100 or more, and with amazing vitality. Here is a really touching video about a 100 year old woman ...
{This post was provided by a Las Catalinas resident who had the pleasure of meeting the famous Costa Rican mountain biker, who was in our community for a ride.}
Yes, that is our very own swim dock on the cover of Travel and Leisure Magazine, along with many nice mentions in the article itself, which is by Adam Leith Gollner.
The Venice Magazine had found in Playa Danta, Guanacaste a place full of Good vibes. The perfect balance between the new urbanism and the barefoot luxury makes Las Catalinas a perfect place for living.
Arizona Foothills Magazine mentioned our restaurant Limonada as a must visit beachfront restaurant in Costa Rica. ¿Which plates did the writer choose as his favorite? Keep reading.
We are glad to share with you an article in New York Cottages and Gardens magazine were they mention Las Catalinas as a ¨triumph of new urbanism in Costa Rica ¨, ¡take a look!
This year's triathlon was the best ever, by far. From the moonlit preparations for the swim, to the triathlon itself, to the open water swim events, to the afternoon kids races, to the evening awards ceremony, it was a magical day. The video above captures it very well.
"Residents and guests here are more likely to get up at 5 a.m. for yoga, hiking, kayaking or mountain bike rides. Use your trekking poles to explore the nearly 16 miles of dramatic hiking trails, which include routes that hug the coastline and ridges, climb to clifftop lookouts, or "for the ...
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