A builder and an architect collaborated on a family beach compound using local materials and with a patio and a pool at the center.

The agent of Casa Flotante, or "The Floating House," describes it as a blend of "tropical luxury" and sustainable design. The home’s architect, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, is known for designing ...

Beloved as a haven for tourists, Costa Rica’s housing market has been hit hard in this year of limited travel, with damaging effects rippling out to some, but not all, of its provinces. 16 Photos View ...

Welcome to the home of Jose Maria Castro, Costa Rica’s first head of state and two-time president, and his wife Pacifica Fernandez who also has a place in history for designing the national flag.

Every day is a vacation at this hotel-branded residential community in Costa Rica. The 2,300-acre Reserva Conchal in Guanacaste is known for its white sand beaches and sustainable practices, and now, ...

Image is for illustrative purposes only. As I take a break from throwing all of my family’s worldly belongings into totes with duct tape labels, I start to reflect on the fact that I’m moving, yet ...

After 25 years in the U.S. Army, Isah Kushma moved to Costa Rica. Her pension and VA disability compensation helped make the ...

Here, in the lush mountains above the tiny village of Uvita, with its unique whale’s tail-shaped beach, a contemporary, glass-walled retreat within an exclusive guard-gated enclave offers total ...

Costa Rica keeps showing up on lists of best places to live abroad, but where you actually live changes it all. From the developed beaches of Guanacaste to the mountains of the Central Valley to the ...

Moving to Costa Rica with six weeks' notice and no prior visit sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Here's the honest story of how one couple made the leap from Germany, what blindsided them upon ...