Costa Rica Real Estate Information
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Provinces in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's despite it's size offers soo much, from many different geographies, topographies, ecologies, elevations, and temperate zones. Each of them offer a unique lifestyle, different climates, and varying types of vistas like mountain, urban, jungle, lake, volcano and/or ocean views. In the Central Valley, for instance, the geographic center of Costa Rica, you'll find the most dense population, good roads, services and infrastructure as well as one of the international airports. Made up from parts of San Jose, Cartago, Heredia and Alajuela provinces, this region is clearly the center of commerce in the country. Surrounded by 3 distinct mountain ranges, the Central Valley offers beautiful vistas virtually everywhere you look.
And then there's beach communities found in the Limon province on the Caribbean coast; in Puntarenas province which stretches along the central and south Pacific coast; and well up into the province of Guanacaste, (North Pacific) the "Gold Coast" of Costa Rica known for it's white and golden sandy beaches.
For instance, Puntarenas stretches from the far south Pacific coast where there is lots of rain year round and is always green since it is the tropical rain forest, whereas up into the Nicoya Peninsula in the Guanacaste province where it is more typically much dryer especially Dec - May, since it is home to the tropical dry forest. The Central Valley is called the place with the eternal spring has constant fresher termperature due to its altitude. In the valley there is spring like weather, but up in the mountains, it can sometimes be down right chilly.
So virtually what ever lifestyle and/or climate you're looking for, it can be found in this tiny wonderful country that you could not possibly see all of in 1 lifetime.
