Photo via JosephC5 / Wikimedia Commons. As you navigate the busy streets of Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose is lined with a dichotomy of old versus new. The architecture of days past mixed with the ...

On a clear day, people in Costa Rica’s capital of San José used to enjoy the view of the dormant, 11,260-ft. volcano Irazú, 16 miles to the northeast. But dormant volcanoes, like “unloaded” guns, can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. This article is more than 6 years old. San José's National Theater is one ...

San José is the capital and most populous city of Costa Rica, but it tends to be treated as little more than a way station where travelers arrive and pick up rental cars before heading to the beach or ...

Although San José is often overlooked in the mad dash to the jungle, don’t just blaze through it; Costa Rica’s capital hums with life, entrances with street art and tropical parks and punches high ...

More than 200 heavily armed police officers and tactical units began swarming several high-crime neighborhoods in Costa Rica’s capital on Thursday in an effort to take back city streets that have ...

I’ve travelled all over the world in search of wellbeing and Costa Rica has always been a place that’s topped ... I decided to explore the country this year and visited as many points on the map as I ...