In 1519, Spaniards Juan de Castañeda and Hernán Ponce de León led an expedition that put in at the Gulf of Nicoya and was met by a party of armed Chorotega warriors. The Spaniards noted that ...

In Guanacaste and the Nicoya peninsula, communities of Chorotega, the southernmost descendants of the Maya, still grow and process corn much in the same way they have for thousands of years. Many of ...

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) confirmed that starting in the first quarter of 2024, women will be able to ...

I love to walk through the town of Nicoya, one of the first Spanish settlements in the country and the home of the Chorotega people. On the Caribbean side of the country, you’ll find the ...

Ritz Carlton’s Nekajui (which translates to “garden” in the local Chorotega dialect)— located on Papagayo Peninsula, close to the Four Seasons and Andaz resorts—will add 107 new rooms ...

The resort also facilitates an array of off-site excursions, including a chance to watch local Chorotega artisans crafting ...

Carlton Reserve, a Six Senses, and more than a dozen others are transforming the sleepy surf town of Nosara into a scene out ...

When Chris Ingham Brooke, a digital publishing entrepreneur, first came to Nosara, Costa Rica in 2016 it was just a sleepy little surf town, with one main drag and jungle stretching to the sand.